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'''Wikidata''' [http://wikidata.org (.org)] is an effort to store and serve structured data to [[Wikimedia]] wikis and to a more limited extent to other parties. Wikidata | '''Wikidata''' [http://wikidata.org (.org)] is a [[w:knowledge base|knowledge base]], an effort to store and serve structured data to [[Wikimedia]] wikis and to a more limited extent to other parties. Wikidata effort saw the daylight in [[2012]]. | ||
The software developed is known as the '''[[Wikibase]]''' extension. | |||
Wikibase allows [[interwiki]] links to be managed with Wikidata removing much contributor annoyanges, redundancy and error-proneness. | Wikibase allows [[interwiki]] links to be managed with Wikidata removing much contributor annoyanges, redundancy and error-proneness. | ||
Wikidata is obviously a main source of [[reference]] level data once it is technically possible for non-WMF wikis to access the data items. | |||
It can be accessed outside of WMF wikis with with | It can be accessed outside of WMF wikis with with | ||