Unique identifiers for authors are a fairly complex problem, but if you're interested in this project Martin Fenner (a member of the ORCID Board of Directors) will be attending the hackathon.
On May 31, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Diederik van Liere wrote: > http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-your-number-is-up-1.10740 > > On 2012-05-31, at 8:39 AM, Dario Taraborelli wrote: > >> Max et al, >> >> I'm glad your brought up this opportunity for wikidata to work with OCLC. An >> issue that I haven't seen adequately discussed on the list yet is how >> citation/source data is expected to be represented in wikidata. >> >> There is a great opportunity for wikidata to help fix one of the biggest >> structured data problems that have afflicted Wikipedia, i.e. the lack of >> dedicated support for citations, which are currently represented via >> templates (in the best scenario) or raw links (in the most common scenario). >> Having citation support built into wikidata with the ability to represent >> sources themselves as entities, and associate them with the appropriate >> unique identifiers when available (ISBN, DOI, PMID, ArXiV IDs etc) would >> allow us to fix many of the outstanding limitations of the current lack of >> support for citations in Wikipedia. >> >> A central, canonical repository for all sources used as citations across >> WIkimedia projects (including WikiData itself) would allow us to: >> >> • simplify the maintenance of citations in WIkimedia projects >> • avoid the proliferation of templates in Wikipedia articles and allow >> citations to be referred to by unique keys >> • expose citation data in both human and machine-readable format (enabling >> the possibility to export records in various formats like RIS, bibtex, >> EndNote or format them using CSL [1]) >> • support collaboration around sources – this is one of the most exciting >> (and promising) recent trends in collaboration in Wikipedia >> • measure usage of sources across languages and projects (in particular >> measuring the use of open access/libre materials) >> • allow editors to annotate the relation between sources or between sources >> and factual statements using citation typing ontologies such as CiTO [2] >> >> Some of these goals are the same the WikiCite project is trying to achieve >> [3] but there are different communities, projects and organizations out >> there that would benefit for a source repository hosted in Wikidata: just to >> name a few, acawiki, the altmetrics project, OKFN's open blbliography >> project. >> >> Citation data could be seeded from data parsed from Wikipedia itself as well >> as open bibliographic databases such as WorldCat (for monographs) or the >> CC-BY licensed Mendeley catalogue (for scholarly papers) (licensing issues >> are important but IMO not insurmountable). >> >> Hope to see a good discussion on this topic at the Wikidata summit/hackathon >> in the next couple of days. >> >> Dario >> >> [1] http://citationstyles.org/ >> [2] >> http://imageweb.zoo.ox.ac.uk/pub/2008/publications/Shotton_ISMB_BioOntology_CiTO_final_postprint.pdf >> [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicite >> >> >> On May 29, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Denny Vrandečić wrote: >> >>> Hi Max, >>> >>> thank you for the pointer! I am very excited about the idea of working >>> together with a project like OCLC! We had a discussion on IRC in the office >>> hour, and I just want to point to the answers there, as soon as the logs >>> are up. >>> >>> Let us make an appointment for Wikimania, and if you have follow ups, let >>> us know! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Denny >>> >>> >>> >>> 2012/5/25 Klein,Max <[email protected]> >>> Hello Wikidata Wizards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Phoebe Ayers from the Board recommended I talk to you. My name is Max Klein >>> and I am the Wikipedian in Residence for OCLC. OCLC owns Worldcat.org the >>> world’s largest holder of Library data at 264 million bibliographic records >>> about books, journals and other library items. We would really like to >>> partner with you as Wikidata is being built, in incorporating our data into >>> your project. >>> >>> >>> >>> What we can offer: >>> >>> · WorldCat.org metadata http://www.worldcat.org/ . >>> >>> o Typically, for any work we have most of the following: title, authors, >>> publisher, formats, summaries, editions, subjects, languages, intended >>> audience, all associated ISBNs, length, and abstract. >>> >>> · APIs to this data http://oclc.org/developer/ >>> >>> o And some other cool APIs like xISBN which returns all the ISBNs of all >>> the editions of book on the input of any single one. >>> >>> · Library finding tools >>> >>> o When viewing a record on our site, we show you the closest library >>> which has that work, and links to reserve it for pick-up. >>> >>> · The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) http://viaf.org/, >>> which is an Authoritative Disambiguation file >>> >>> o That means that we have certified data on disambiguation of Authors >>> >>> · WorldCat Identities, an Analytics site >>> http://www.worldcat.org/identities/ >>> >>> o It gives you for Author metadata and analytics: Alternative names, >>> significant dates, publication timelines, genres, roles, related authors, >>> and tag clouds of associated subjects. >>> >>> >>> >>> What’s in it for us: >>> >>> · We are a not-for-profit member cooperative. Our mission is >>> “Connecting people to knowledge through library cooperation.” >>> >>> · Since I work at the research group, for now this is just a >>> research project. >>> >>> o If at some point this goes live - and you want to - we’d like to >>> integrate the “find it at a library near me” feature, that means >>> click-throughs for us. >>> >>> >>> >>> The ideas: >>> >>> There are a lot of possibilities, and I’d like to hear your input. These >>> are the first few that I’ve can come up with. >>> >>> · Making infoboxes for each book or author that contains all their >>> metadata. >>> >>> o Ready to incorporate into all language projects. >>> >>> · Using authority files to disambiguate or link works to their >>> creators. >>> >>> o Solving DABs >>> >>> · Using our analytics (e.g. author timelines) as Wikidata data >>> types to transclude. >>> >>> o Curating articles with easy to include dynamic analytics >>> >>> · Populating or creating works/author pages with their >>> algorithmically-derived history and details. >>> >>> o Extremely experimental semantic work. >>> >>> >>> >>> I’m roaring and ready to get this collaboration going. I know Wikidata is >>> at an early stage, and we are willing to accommodate you. >>> >>> Send me any feedback or ideas, >>> >>> >>> >>> Max Klein >>> >>> Wikipedia in Residence >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> +17074787023 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Project director Wikidata >>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 2 | 10963 Berlin >>> Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >>> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter >>> der Nummer 23855 B. 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