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&on the FactGrid database — a site that might look like just another Wiki at first sight. The visual impression is not completely mistaken. We are using a conventional Wiki to organise our internal communication. But our main product are, invisible at first sight, minute “statements” (so calles triples), which we are collecting on “Items” such as these three on:

If logged in you will seen an “add statement” link at the bottom each of these pages; the Directory of Properties gives you an overview of the statements you can presently make with the database.

Data mining is easier and more difficult: It does not require an account, but basic knowledge about how to address a SPARQL Endpoint.

Visit our

FactGrid FAQ for more information on why you might love to use FactGrid as your research platform
Help Section for further assistance
Terms of Service if you want to have an account on FactGrid
Project Section to take a look at work done on the collective platform

For more information contact:

Dr. Olaf Simons
Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt
Am Schloßberg 2
99867 Gotha
office: +49-361-737-1722
mobile: +49-179-5196880
olaf.simons@pierre-marteau.com

All FactGrid-data are CC0-licensed

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-&mdash; on FactGrid, the Wikibase instance for historical data, re3data.org DOI [https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013283 10.17616/R31NJMQR], [https://wikibase-registry.wmflabs.org/wiki/Item:Q17 Q17] on the global [https://wikibase-registry.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikibase Registry].
+&on the FactGrid database &mdash; a site that might look like just another Wiki at first sight. The visual impression is not completely mistaken. We are using a conventional Wiki to organise our internal communication. But our main product are, invisible at first sight, minute “statements” (so calles triples), which we are collecting on “Items” such as these three on:
-Looking at our central goals &mdash; we want to offer a free Wikibase installation for historical research furnished with a well developed landscape of authority control data to work with &mdash; we are still at the beginning. So much we can say after the first two years of the experimental project: The software is bright and cool to operate. The platform has grown above expectation. This is our [https://database.factgrid.de/query/#SELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FFamiliennameLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3FGeschlechtLabel%20%3FSpracheLabel%20%3FFactGrid_Benutzerseite%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP163%20%3FFactGrid_Benutzerseite.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP154%20%3FGeschlecht.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP247%20%3FFamilienname.%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP460%20%3FSprache.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%28%3FFamiliennameLabel%29 list of users]. As of April 2020 we have generated over 160,000 database items, a lot of them with an unprecedented experimental depth of information. The more massive steps, however, are still lying ahead: In 2019 we entered a a joint venture with the German National Library; we are presently working behind the scenes on an input of up to 10 million GND and Wikidata records. You might like to check our [https://blog.factgrid.de/ blog] to learn more about the project with its numerous facets.
+* [[Item:Q1308|Adam Weishaupt]]
+* [[Item:Q10441|Paris]]
+* [[Item:Q43367|The Pastorate of Altenbergen, Thuringia]]
-If you do not have an account yet &mdash; that is the first thing we should offer (but read our [[FactGrid:Terms of Service]] before you contact the technical coordinator).
+If logged in you will seen an “add statement” link at the bottom each of these pages; the [[Directory of Properties]] gives you an overview of the statements you can presently make with the database.
-The present installation is by default in English. If you have an account you can switch the interface to any language you prefer. What is far more important: The software is ready work with information in practically any language &mdash; as long as users keep putting labels in their languages on the Items and Properties which constitute all the statements. The different projects on board have taught FactGrid a presentation of data in English, German and French. You can switch between these languages when in the SPARQL search interface.
+Data mining is easier and more difficult: It does not require an account, but basic knowledge about how to address a SPARQL Endpoint.
-The interface is not where we would like to have it. We are planning to offer all our data records on multilingual Reasonator pages. Also the search functions are not where we want to have them &mdash; SPARQL is an obstacle to normal internet visitors. [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page Wikidata] is presently the big project that shows how to access a Wikibase installation. Read our [https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/1591 FactGrid FAQ – Why should I use the FactGrid for my research project?] to get an idea what the site can do for you and visit the [[FactGrid:Projects]]-page for first presentations of individual projects. The broader use of this site will come with the GND-input. The platform will be a relaxed space to test its potentials until then.
+Visit our
+* [https://blog.factgrid.de/archives/1591 FactGrid FAQ] for more information on why you might love to use FactGrid as your research platform
+* [[Help:Contents|Help Section]] for further assistance
+* [[FactGrid:Terms of Service|Terms of Service]] if you want to have an account on FactGrid
+* [[FactGrid:Projects|Project Section]] to take a look at work done on the collective platform
+For more information contact:
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