The document outlines the collaborative creation of a handbook on Wikidata, conducted by students and faculty from Hannover University of Applied Sciences in 2014. It discusses project management strategies, collaborative writing tools, and challenges faced during the handbook's development. Key lessons include the feasibility of producing such a handbook with untrained individuals and the importance of effective project management and collaborative platforms.

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Collaborative Creation of a
Wikidata handbook
Jakob Vo
Verbunzentrale des GBV (VZG) Hochschule Hannover
OpenSym (WikiSym), Berlin, 2014-08-28

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Normdaten in Wikidata
Authority

3. les in Wikidata
ISBN 978-1-291-85658-3
68 pages
Available as HTML, ePUB, PDF
print on demand
http://hshdb.github.io/
normdaten-in-wikidata/

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Topic: Authority

5. les in Wikidata
I Wikidata
I Great wiki database that anyone can edit
I See tomorrow's Wikidata talk for details!
I Authority

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I Also known as knowledge organization systems (SKOS)
I Many authority properties identi

7. ers in Wikidata, e.g.:
I Dewey Decimal Classi

8. cation: P1036
I ORCID author identi

9. er: P496
I IMDb movie ID: P345
I . . .

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Outline of the book
I Introduction (Wikidata, authority

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I Basic Wikidata concepts (items, properties, statements)
I Authority

12. les in Wikidata
I How to search, edit, con