Workshop: Wikidata for Open Innovation
- Starts at
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026, 09:00 KST
- Finishes at
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026, 11:00 KST
- Venue
- Room A
Wikidata for Open Innovation in Libraries, Industry, and Communities
Wikidata is an open, multilingual structured knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines and is made by people like you. Digital assistants like Siri and Alexa use Wikidata, as do search engines like Google. You can think of Wikidata as a database of databases, linking items through identifiers. This creates a centralized location of information about anything and everything: from the universe to the pika, love and the Chicago-style hot dog. With over 114,683,910 data items, there’s likely to be an item for your favorite band, and your birthplace. In this workshop, participants will gain hands-on editing experience following an introduction to Wikidata, live demo and overview of its impact across domains: in libraries, research, museums, industry, and open knowledge communities.
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Kalliopi Mathios
Authorities & Entity Management Librarian
Stanford University
Kalliopi Mathios is the Authorities & Entity Management Librarian at Stanford University, where she advances linked open data initiatives within Stanford Libraries. She is the Product Owner and Project Manager for the Sinopia linked data editor and the Blue Core project. She serves as Co-Convener of the PCC Sinopia Cataloging Affinity Group and FOLIO Linked Open Data Special Interest Group, is Past Chair of the LD4 Steering Committee, and Chair of the BIBFRAME Interoperability Group (BIG).
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