WikiCite 2025 | 29-31 August in Bern (Switzerland) and online
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Summary:
"...The event will explore major developments and shared challenges in the WikiCite ecosystem, including:
- Federated Ontologies and Wikibase Federation: Coordination across decentralized Wikibase instances and aligning schemas across platforms
- Wikidata and Library Catalog Integration: Case studies from ETH Zürich and Swiss institutions on using Wikidata for authority data and bibliographic infrastructure
- Open Citations and Structured Bibliographic Metadata: Linking scientific publications, cultural heritage, and research outputs using Wikidata
- Tooling and Technical Infrastructure: New tools for querying, editing, and visualizing WikiCite data (e.g. LOTUS, Scholia, SPARQL evolution)
- Scalability and the Graph Split: Discussions on the Blazegraph replacement, SPARQL federation, and long-term architecture of Wikidata
- Data Quality and Disambiguation: Examples like the “Swiss homonyms cleanup” and strategies for maintaining data integrity
- Collaborative Models and Governance: How libraries, Wikimedia chapters, and research institutions are collaborating to co-maintain the bibliographic graph
- Community and Innovation: Lightning talks, interactive do-a-thons, Wikidata games, and open proposal slots for emerging ideas..."