Silvia and Giovanna,
Great post on the challenges still facing librarians with Wikidata!
But it looks like data models (community/wiki created) still have alignment
issues with the library world and one of the Jamboards reflected that
concern here:
"Trying to standardize a data model in a domain when other editors have
followed inconsistent practices. I don't want to just edit their items to
fit my model, but I don't know a better solution"
Did the LD4 workshop or WikiProject Libraries have a review of some of the
existing EntitySchema's that are now pretty solid from the community's
point of view?
For example, reviewing the following for gaps or holes or data model
misalignment with the library world:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E36
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E42
I would have thought that the WikiProject Libraries project page would
actually begin to have a listing of some of the EntitySchema's being
solidified.
And any discussions on each EntitySchema to happen on their individual
Discussion page.
My expectation was that Libraries were going to jump for joy once we
released EntitySchema's, but I don't see them being referenced, used, or
discussed much at all on the various WikiProject pages that concern
libraries?
Wikidata:WikiProject Libraries - Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Libraries>
Wikidata:WikiProject Books - Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books>
Wikidata:WikiProject Archival Description/Data structure - Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Archival_Description/Data_structure>
Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control - Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Authority_control>
(etc.)
Regards,
Thad Guidry
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