Hello Wikisourcerers,
I would like to present a digital library catalogue built for Wikisource named Sangkalak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123617697 (in Bangla সংকলক), which you can find here - https://sangkalak.toolforge.org . This tool was primarily built for Bangla Wikisource back in 2023 as a Wikidata's birthday gift https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Presents and is widely used in that project since then. It was previously presented at the GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikisource_and_Wikidata:_when_two_cool_kids_play_together! and Wikisource Conference 2025 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Conference_2025/Submissions/Wikidata_and_Bangla_Wikisource:_When_two_cool_kids_play_together!. After a presentation at the recent Wikidata and sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects online event, it was decided to make this tool available for other languages Wikisources as well and hence it can be used by any language Wikisource communities from now, if they wish. However, as it was primarily built for the Bangla community, the default interface language shall be Bangla.
You can search the books using 5 parameters like title, author, translator, editor and publisher using 4 functions i.e. contains, exact match, starts with and ends with along with and/or operators. You can query as many times as possible using these parameters, functions and operators by simply adding new lines. After querying for results, you can sub-filter the results again for authors, translators, editors, publishers, places of publication, dates of publication, forms, genres and main subjects at the left sidebar. The tool provides the option to get permanent links, so that you can use them on Wikisource and elsewhere. The tool can be accessed from mobile also.
The tool is dependent on Wikidata based query and strictly follows the FRBR data model described at Wikidata:Books https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books. So, if any Wikisource community is correctly storing the descriptive metadata on Wikidata following this page, their books can be searched in this catalogue. Please note that, if the data model is not followed properly on Wikidata, the books may not come in results, for which you can resolve constraint violations in those relevant items, as necessary.
The tool only queries for those items which use P1957 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1957. If any item has a sitelink to Wikisource, the tool links to the corresponding Wikisource main namespace and gives options to export the books with PDF, Mobi and Epub formats using the WS-export tool. If the sitelinks have proofread and validated badges, it displays them. If the item does not have a sitelink to Wikisource, it links to the index namespaces. The tool also displays QR codes for mobile users. Support for OPDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System is underway.
The interface languages of the tool are currently Bangla and English. However, if you want this tool to be available in your language, you can translate the strings in the json file attached below, save it and send it back to us, so that we can include them in the code.
I would like to specially thank Mahir Morshed who has been developing this tool in his volunteer capacity.
Regards, Bodhisattwa
@Bodhisattwa and Mahir,
Thanks for the inclusion of Tamil.json.
Working fine. I will make a screencast about the usage of this tool for Tamil community https://sangkalak.toolforge.org/?lang=ta&edition=ta
If you give GitHub/GitLab link, I will furnish few cosmetic changes as issues.
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025, 23:35 Bodhisattwa, bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Wikisourcerers,
I would like to present a digital library catalogue built for Wikisource named Sangkalak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123617697 (in Bangla সংকলক), which you can find here - https://sangkalak.toolforge.org . This tool was primarily built for Bangla Wikisource back in 2023 as a Wikidata's birthday gift https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Presents and is widely used in that project since then. It was previously presented at the GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikisource_and_Wikidata:_when_two_cool_kids_play_together! and Wikisource Conference 2025 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Conference_2025/Submissions/Wikidata_and_Bangla_Wikisource:_When_two_cool_kids_play_together!. After a presentation at the recent Wikidata and sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects online event, it was decided to make this tool available for other languages Wikisources as well and hence it can be used by any language Wikisource communities from now, if they wish. However, as it was primarily built for the Bangla community, the default interface language shall be Bangla.
You can search the books using 5 parameters like title, author, translator, editor and publisher using 4 functions i.e. contains, exact match, starts with and ends with along with and/or operators. You can query as many times as possible using these parameters, functions and operators by simply adding new lines. After querying for results, you can sub-filter the results again for authors, translators, editors, publishers, places of publication, dates of publication, forms, genres and main subjects at the left sidebar. The tool provides the option to get permanent links, so that you can use them on Wikisource and elsewhere. The tool can be accessed from mobile also.
The tool is dependent on Wikidata based query and strictly follows the FRBR data model described at Wikidata:Books https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books. So, if any Wikisource community is correctly storing the descriptive metadata on Wikidata following this page, their books can be searched in this catalogue. Please note that, if the data model is not followed properly on Wikidata, the books may not come in results, for which you can resolve constraint violations in those relevant items, as necessary.
The tool only queries for those items which use P1957 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1957. If any item has a sitelink to Wikisource, the tool links to the corresponding Wikisource main namespace and gives options to export the books with PDF, Mobi and Epub formats using the WS-export tool. If the sitelinks have proofread and validated badges, it displays them. If the item does not have a sitelink to Wikisource, it links to the index namespaces. The tool also displays QR codes for mobile users. Support for OPDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System is underway.
The interface languages of the tool are currently Bangla and English. However, if you want this tool to be available in your language, you can translate the strings in the json file attached below, save it and send it back to us, so that we can include them in the code.
I would like to specially thank Mahir Morshed who has been developing this tool in his volunteer capacity.
Regards, Bodhisattwa _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list -- wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikisource-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi Bodhi,
Hope, you are doing well. Is there any possibility of having a one-to-one Google Meet to know more about the digital library catalogue and requirements to add books to the Wikisource app?
Thank you
Regards, Kavitha
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM Bodhisattwa bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Wikisourcerers,
I would like to present a digital library catalogue built for Wikisource named Sangkalak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123617697 (in Bangla সংকলক), which you can find here - https://sangkalak.toolforge.org . This tool was primarily built for Bangla Wikisource back in 2023 as a Wikidata's birthday gift https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Presents and is widely used in that project since then. It was previously presented at the GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikisource_and_Wikidata:_when_two_cool_kids_play_together! and Wikisource Conference 2025 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Conference_2025/Submissions/Wikidata_and_Bangla_Wikisource:_When_two_cool_kids_play_together!. After a presentation at the recent Wikidata and sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects online event, it was decided to make this tool available for other languages Wikisources as well and hence it can be used by any language Wikisource communities from now, if they wish. However, as it was primarily built for the Bangla community, the default interface language shall be Bangla.
You can search the books using 5 parameters like title, author, translator, editor and publisher using 4 functions i.e. contains, exact match, starts with and ends with along with and/or operators. You can query as many times as possible using these parameters, functions and operators by simply adding new lines. After querying for results, you can sub-filter the results again for authors, translators, editors, publishers, places of publication, dates of publication, forms, genres and main subjects at the left sidebar. The tool provides the option to get permanent links, so that you can use them on Wikisource and elsewhere. The tool can be accessed from mobile also.
The tool is dependent on Wikidata based query and strictly follows the FRBR data model described at Wikidata:Books https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books. So, if any Wikisource community is correctly storing the descriptive metadata on Wikidata following this page, their books can be searched in this catalogue. Please note that, if the data model is not followed properly on Wikidata, the books may not come in results, for which you can resolve constraint violations in those relevant items, as necessary.
The tool only queries for those items which use P1957 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1957. If any item has a sitelink to Wikisource, the tool links to the corresponding Wikisource main namespace and gives options to export the books with PDF, Mobi and Epub formats using the WS-export tool. If the sitelinks have proofread and validated badges, it displays them. If the item does not have a sitelink to Wikisource, it links to the index namespaces. The tool also displays QR codes for mobile users. Support for OPDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System is underway.
The interface languages of the tool are currently Bangla and English. However, if you want this tool to be available in your language, you can translate the strings in the json file attached below, save it and send it back to us, so that we can include them in the code.
I would like to specially thank Mahir Morshed who has been developing this tool in his volunteer capacity.
Regards, Bodhisattwa _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list -- wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikisource-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello Kavitha,
To show books in the catalogue tool, all you need to do is to strictly follow the data model described at WikiProject Books of Wikidata and enrich the bibliographical data according to it. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books
The tool will handle the rest and show books automatically.
Regards, Bodhisattwa
On Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 9:00 PM Kavitha Ganesh gkavi10@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Bodhi,
Hope, you are doing well. Is there any possibility of having a one-to-one Google Meet to know more about the digital library catalogue and requirements to add books to the Wikisource app?
Thank you
Regards, Kavitha
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM Bodhisattwa bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Wikisourcerers,
I would like to present a digital library catalogue built for Wikisource named Sangkalak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123617697 (in Bangla সংকলক), which you can find here - https://sangkalak.toolforge.org . This tool was primarily built for Bangla Wikisource back in 2023 as a Wikidata's birthday gift https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Presents and is widely used in that project since then. It was previously presented at the GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikisource_and_Wikidata:_when_two_cool_kids_play_together! and Wikisource Conference 2025 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Conference_2025/Submissions/Wikidata_and_Bangla_Wikisource:_When_two_cool_kids_play_together!. After a presentation at the recent Wikidata and sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects online event, it was decided to make this tool available for other languages Wikisources as well and hence it can be used by any language Wikisource communities from now, if they wish. However, as it was primarily built for the Bangla community, the default interface language shall be Bangla.
You can search the books using 5 parameters like title, author, translator, editor and publisher using 4 functions i.e. contains, exact match, starts with and ends with along with and/or operators. You can query as many times as possible using these parameters, functions and operators by simply adding new lines. After querying for results, you can sub-filter the results again for authors, translators, editors, publishers, places of publication, dates of publication, forms, genres and main subjects at the left sidebar. The tool provides the option to get permanent links, so that you can use them on Wikisource and elsewhere. The tool can be accessed from mobile also.
The tool is dependent on Wikidata based query and strictly follows the FRBR data model described at Wikidata:Books https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books. So, if any Wikisource community is correctly storing the descriptive metadata on Wikidata following this page, their books can be searched in this catalogue. Please note that, if the data model is not followed properly on Wikidata, the books may not come in results, for which you can resolve constraint violations in those relevant items, as necessary.
The tool only queries for those items which use P1957 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1957. If any item has a sitelink to Wikisource, the tool links to the corresponding Wikisource main namespace and gives options to export the books with PDF, Mobi and Epub formats using the WS-export tool. If the sitelinks have proofread and validated badges, it displays them. If the item does not have a sitelink to Wikisource, it links to the index namespaces. The tool also displays QR codes for mobile users. Support for OPDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System is underway.
The interface languages of the tool are currently Bangla and English. However, if you want this tool to be available in your language, you can translate the strings in the json file attached below, save it and send it back to us, so that we can include them in the code.
I would like to specially thank Mahir Morshed who has been developing this tool in his volunteer capacity.
Regards, Bodhisattwa _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list -- wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikisource-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Hello Wikisourcerers,
The digital library catalog for Wikisource named Sangkalak has been made available for all Wikisource language projects, so if any of the Wikisource communities are following the bibliographic data model of Wikidata, they can find their books through this catalog. Permalinks for all languages are also available.
The default interface language of the tool is in Bangla, as this tool was primarily built for Bangla Wikisource, but you can change to a few other interface languages now. At some point in the future, the translation strings will be made available through Translatewiki.
Yesterday, literary genre, form and subject were added as the primary filtration parameters for the tool, so if they are connected with the corresponding literary works (not editions) on Wikidata, they can now be filtered out.
Primary filtration is also now possible by adding Wikidata item QID. That speeds up the query a little faster.
Again, all thanks goes to Mahir Morshedi for adding these new features to the tool.
Regards, Bodhisattwa
On Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 11:35 PM Bodhisattwa bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Wikisourcerers,
I would like to present a digital library catalogue built for Wikisource named Sangkalak https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123617697 (in Bangla সংকলক), which you can find here - https://sangkalak.toolforge.org . This tool was primarily built for Bangla Wikisource back in 2023 as a Wikidata's birthday gift https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Eleventh_Birthday/Presents and is widely used in that project since then. It was previously presented at the GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2023/Program/Wikisource_and_Wikidata:_when_two_cool_kids_play_together! and Wikisource Conference 2025 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Conference_2025/Submissions/Wikidata_and_Bangla_Wikisource:_When_two_cool_kids_play_together!. After a presentation at the recent Wikidata and sister projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects online event, it was decided to make this tool available for other languages Wikisources as well and hence it can be used by any language Wikisource communities from now, if they wish. However, as it was primarily built for the Bangla community, the default interface language shall be Bangla.
You can search the books using 5 parameters like title, author, translator, editor and publisher using 4 functions i.e. contains, exact match, starts with and ends with along with and/or operators. You can query as many times as possible using these parameters, functions and operators by simply adding new lines. After querying for results, you can sub-filter the results again for authors, translators, editors, publishers, places of publication, dates of publication, forms, genres and main subjects at the left sidebar. The tool provides the option to get permanent links, so that you can use them on Wikisource and elsewhere. The tool can be accessed from mobile also.
The tool is dependent on Wikidata based query and strictly follows the FRBR data model described at Wikidata:Books https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books. So, if any Wikisource community is correctly storing the descriptive metadata on Wikidata following this page, their books can be searched in this catalogue. Please note that, if the data model is not followed properly on Wikidata, the books may not come in results, for which you can resolve constraint violations in those relevant items, as necessary.
The tool only queries for those items which use P1957 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1957. If any item has a sitelink to Wikisource, the tool links to the corresponding Wikisource main namespace and gives options to export the books with PDF, Mobi and Epub formats using the WS-export tool. If the sitelinks have proofread and validated badges, it displays them. If the item does not have a sitelink to Wikisource, it links to the index namespaces. The tool also displays QR codes for mobile users. Support for OPDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System is underway.
The interface languages of the tool are currently Bangla and English. However, if you want this tool to be available in your language, you can translate the strings in the json file attached below, save it and send it back to us, so that we can include them in the code.
I would like to specially thank Mahir Morshed who has been developing this tool in his volunteer capacity.
Regards, Bodhisattwa
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