GND – Authority data of the Integrated Authority File and Wikimedia
- Launched: 2010
- Objective: Linking the authority files to Wikipedia and since 2012 increasingly to Wikidata. Right now creating a Wikibase instance hosting the GND in cooperation with Wikimedia Deutschland. This started 2019.
- Role of the German National Library: Volunteers are offered to link GND records to the German speaking Wikipedia and increasingly to Wikidata. The linking is bidirectional. At the same time, Wikipedia volunteers are trained to correct GND records. At this moment the DNB is setting up an GND instance in Wikibase, the software that drives Wikidata too. This will pave the creation of the Semantic Web for cultural data.
- Results: Mutual linking of the GND with Wikipedia and Wikidata as with further databases in the cultural area.
Last changes:
18.05.2021
