As a general question, is *it discouraged or encouraged to mirror corporate data on Wikidata as public repository?*
*Could you provide a bullet list of why discouraged?* *How does the decision process work?* Referring to: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction > Data is entered and maintained* by Wikidata editors*, who decide on the > rules of content creation and management. > Referring to: > *A secondary database.* Wikidata records not just statements, but also > their sources, and connections to other databases. *According to wikidata editors, is it possible to index web sources and collate their data on WD?*How do they deal with bulks or pieces of data that may be provided by users ? Indexing the web does not require agreements, since any web crowler of search engines works indeed like that. Here, a crowd of people can coordinate themselve to create a *consistent* database. I believe consistency is a key to serve *Anyone in the world.* > Anyone can use Wikidata for any number of different ways by using its > application programming interface. I think applications that have "value" in the sense of corporate datasets can be built over data including business profiles and ownership towards other participated /subsidiaries companies and stakeholders who participate in the business. Imagine a minimised version of Bloomberg of Bureau Van Dijk, free to serve * a**nyone in the world.* ***** I think I could contribute in three ways: - collecting data - designing test-application to facilitate crowd-sourced addition of data - providing a simplified guide to treat Wikidata properties on a specific case (a kind of info-graphic, but need very clear guidance in the entities and properties for corporates). On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Jakob Voß <[email protected]> wrote: > Laura Morales wrote: > > OK, just asked. Their reply was that they "reserves the right under >> paragraph 3.3 of ODbL to release the database under different terms", >> which is to say their data is NOT free because they want to control >> how and where the data is used. Are we starting to see "free vs open" >> all over again, this time with data instead of software? >> > > This means we could re-publish the data openly once we actually get it but > they make it hard to get their data :-( > > I'd still try to be open about OpenCorporates and keep on asking them. If > they don't switch to more open data sharing, they will likely be replaced, > that's for sure. So work independently from OpenCorporates but keep > compatible unless they actively reject to work with Wikidata in any way. > > Cheers, > Jakob > > -- > Jakob Voß <[email protected]> > Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG) / Common Library Network > Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1, 37073 Göttingen, Germany > +49 (0)551 39-10242, http://www.gbv.de/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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