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== Wikidata Analysis | == Wikidata Analysis: Could WikiDeal Use Wikidata? == | ||
Wikidata is the free, open, collaborative knowledge base maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. It serves as the structured data backbone for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This page analyses whether WikiDeal could use or integrate with Wikidata for its own data structures | Wikidata is the free, open, collaborative knowledge base maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. It serves as the structured data backbone for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. This page analyses whether WikiDeal could use or integrate with Wikidata for its own data structures, contracts, user groups, service categories, and more. WM-01 | ||
=== 1. What is Wikidata? === | === 1. What is Wikidata? === | ||
Wikidata (wikidata.org) is a free, open, secondary database containing structured data | Wikidata (wikidata.org) is a free, open, secondary database containing structured data (entities, properties, and statements) that can be queried by anyone. Key facts: | ||
* Maintained by the '''Wikimedia Foundation''' since 2012. | * Maintained by the '''Wikimedia Foundation''' since 2012. | ||
* Contains over '''100 million items''' as of 2025. | * Contains over '''100 million items''' as of 2025. | ||
* Multilingual by design | * Multilingual by design: each item has labels in dozens of languages. | ||
* Queryable via '''SPARQL''' (Wikidata Query Service). | * Queryable via '''SPARQL''' (Wikidata Query Service). | ||
* All data released under '''CC0''' (public domain). | * All data released under '''CC0''' (public domain). | ||
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=== 2. Advantages of Using Wikidata === | === 2. Advantages of Using Wikidata === | ||
* ✅ '''Linked data:''' Wikidata entities are interlinked with Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, and hundreds of other datasets | * ✅ '''Linked data:''' Wikidata entities are interlinked with Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, and hundreds of other datasets, enabling rich, contextual data for WikiDeal service categories, organizations, and locations. | ||
* ✅ '''Multilingual:''' All data is natively multilingual. WikiDeal operates in FR, EN, DE, IT, ES | * ✅ '''Multilingual:''' All data is natively multilingual. WikiDeal operates in FR, EN, DE, IT, ES: Wikidata supports all of these. | ||
* ✅ '''Existing Infrastructure:''' No need to build and maintain a knowledge base from scratch. Wikidata already has millions of items relevant to WikiDeal (organizations, cities, service types, legal frameworks). | * ✅ '''Existing Infrastructure:''' No need to build and maintain a knowledge base from scratch. Wikidata already has millions of items relevant to WikiDeal (organizations, cities, service types, legal frameworks). | ||
* ✅ '''Community maintained:''' Thousands of volunteers continuously update and verify Wikidata. WikiDeal benefits from this shared maintenance. | * ✅ '''Community maintained:''' Thousands of volunteers continuously update and verify Wikidata. WikiDeal benefits from this shared maintenance. | ||
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=== 3. Disadvantages and Risks === | === 3. Disadvantages and Risks === | ||
* ⚠️ '''Governance complexity:''' Wikidata has its own governance model, policies, and community norms. WikiDeal cannot unilaterally control or modify Wikidata content | * ⚠️ '''Governance complexity:''' Wikidata has its own governance model, policies, and community norms. WikiDeal cannot unilaterally control or modify Wikidata content: changes must go through Wikidata's community process. | ||
* ⚠️ '''Dependency risk:''' If WikiDeal relies heavily on Wikidata, any change to Wikidata's API, data model, or availability could disrupt WikiDeal's operations. | * ⚠️ '''Dependency risk:''' If WikiDeal relies heavily on Wikidata, any change to Wikidata's API, data model, or availability could disrupt WikiDeal's operations. | ||
* ⚠️ '''Data sovereignty concerns:''' Personal data (user profiles, contract terms, sensitive community information) cannot be stored in Wikidata | * ⚠️ '''Data sovereignty concerns:''' Personal data (user profiles, contract terms, sensitive community information) cannot be stored in Wikidata: it is a public database. WikiDeal must maintain its own private data layer. | ||
* ⚠️ '''Vandalism risk:''' Wikidata items can be edited by anyone. Critical WikiDeal reference data could be vandalized or incorrectly modified. | * ⚠️ '''Vandalism risk:''' Wikidata items can be edited by anyone. Critical WikiDeal reference data could be vandalized or incorrectly modified. | ||
* ⚠️ '''Latency and availability:''' Real-time applications (e.g., live session tracking for street fundraising) cannot depend on an external API with variable latency. | * ⚠️ '''Latency and availability:''' Real-time applications (e.g., live session tracking for street fundraising) cannot depend on an external API with variable latency. | ||
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| class="con"| ⚠️ Public | | class="con"| ⚠️ Public, no private data possible | ||
| class="pro"| ✅ Full control | | class="pro"| ✅ Full control | ||
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