Wikidata

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At a Glance

Replaces Catalog Enrichment Services

Setup Time 2-3 weeks

Skill Level Advanced

Cost Free

Maturity Stable

Community Very Active

Access to millions of entities with detailed metadata contributed and maintained by the global Wikidata community.

Connect your catalog to structured data using RDF and linked data standards for enhanced discovery and interoperability.

Benefit from contributions of thousands of editors maintaining and enhancing metadata for books, authors, and related entities.

Access to descriptions, labels, and metadata in hundreds of languages supporting diverse library communities.

Programmatic access to Wikidata through REST APIs and SPARQL queries for automated enrichment and integration.

Libraries can contribute their own data to Wikidata, enriching the knowledge base for the entire global community.

Assess Enrichment Needs: Identify which catalog records would benefit from Wikidata enrichment (authors, subjects, related works). Plan your matching strategy.
Design Integration Approach: Decide how to integrate Wikidata data: real-time API lookups, periodic batch processing, or manual linking. Consider performance and data freshness requirements.
Set Up Matching Strategy: Develop algorithms to match your catalog records to Wikidata entities using ISBNs, titles, and author names.
Implement Integration: Build or configure tools to query Wikidata APIs and integrate enriched metadata into your catalog system.
Test and Validate: Run pilot enrichment on sample records. Validate quality of matched data and assess accuracy before full rollout.
Deploy Enrichment Process: Implement batch processing or real-time enrichment depending on your chosen approach. Update your catalog with enhanced metadata.
Contribute Back: Establish workflows for your staff to contribute high-quality catalog data back to Wikidata, supporting the global community.