Introduction to Wikidata for Maastricht University, theory and pratice - 15 October 2024 Wikidata is a free, collaborative, multilingual database, collecting structured open data for anyone in the world to use. It also plays a crucial role in supporting Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Over the last 12 years it has strongly increased in popularity among the scientific and GLAM communities. In this 2,5 hours workshop Maastricht University employees learned the basics of working with Wikidata, both in theory and practice. Topics included What Wikidata is and how it works, both technically and socially, Why Wikidata is relevant for research, science and cultural heritage, and How you can contribute to this knowlegde graph yourself. Workshop outline Part 1: Theory (60 minutes) Presentation: <<URL>> Introduction to the session ahead What is Wikidata? + Recap Wikidata Principles of Wikidata Wikidata for researchers and institutions, pros and cons - When (not) to use Wikidata ...