Wikidata and the bibliography of life
Biological taxonomy rests on a long tail of publications spanning nearly three centuries. Not only is this literature vital to resolving disputes about taxonomy and nomenclature, for many species it represents a key source—indeed sometimes the only source—of information about that species. Unlike ot...
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| description | Biological taxonomy rests on a long tail of publications spanning nearly three centuries. Not only is this literature vital to resolving disputes about taxonomy and nomenclature, for many species it represents a key source—indeed sometimes the only source—of information about that species. Unlike other disciplines such as biomedicine, the taxonomic community lacks a centralised, curated literature database (the “bibliography of life”). This article argues that Wikidata can be that database as it has flexible and sophisticated models of bibliographic information, and an active community of people and programs (“bots”) adding, editing, and curating that information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6539ccb6ad6c45549df8a99a20db20ad2023-12-02T21:55:10ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592022-07-0110e1371210.7717/peerj.13712Wikidata and the bibliography of lifeRoderic D. M. PageBiological taxonomy rests on a long tail of publications spanning nearly three centuries. Not only is this literature vital to resolving disputes about taxonomy and nomenclature, for many species it represents a key source—indeed sometimes the only source—of information about that species. Unlike other disciplines such as biomedicine, the taxonomic community lacks a centralised, curated literature database (the “bibliography of life”). This article argues that Wikidata can be that database as it has flexible and sophisticated models of bibliographic information, and an active community of people and programs (“bots”) adding, editing, and curating that information.https://peerj.com/articles/13712.pdfWikidataTaxonomyKnowledge graphBibliometricsCrowd sourcing |
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| title | Wikidata and the bibliography of life |
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| topic | Wikidata Taxonomy Knowledge graph Bibliometrics Crowd sourcing |
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