A Wikipedia for free data - Data Blog

" ... As of 2 April, a team of twelve developers in Berlin is working on the project Wikidata. It is the official start of a project through which the Wikipedia community has been discussing for years. 'Wikidata is the Wikipedia of data,' says Richter. The aim is to create a database of structured, open-access information that anyone can edit. This is something the Wikipedia editions around the world will benefit. One of the first goals of the project is to prepare the data in the Infobox of Wikipedia articles about places, states or persons machine-readable. For if the database could feed all outputs simultaneously Wikipedia: Updated someone the population of Berlin, these changes will automatically be visible in all language editions. For the editors that would make your job easier ..."