2026/01/01 by Jens Bemme, Martin Munke · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Libraries and Information Services #Library Science and Information Systems #Wikis in Education and Collaboration
paper · pdf · doi:10.5334/johd.430
openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/01/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Metadata of German archives in Wikidata has improved massively since winter 2024/25. Users added archive QIDs (the unique identifier for Wikidata items), linked new identifiers, geo data and other information, after we were asking in a call for blog posts, reports, ideas and queries for ‘Wikidata, Geo Data and Archives’ since January for the web portal ‘Saxorum’. We discuss perspectives regarding archival institutions in Saxony as well as in geographically adjacent regions, such as neighboring German states, Poland, and Czechia, and their open metadata. We demonstrate that indexing archives in Wikidata can foster cooperation and networking among memory institutions, for which we provide initial examples.