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How to estimate completeness of classes in Wikidata

The way in which general encyclopaedic knowledge is collected, curated and used has changed dramatically. Anyone in the world can edit Wikipedia at any time, as a registered user or anonymously. This happens in parallel in different languages. To include all even minority languages and avoid a misalignment of information, the Wikimedia community has created Wikidata, […]

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An international Knowledge Base for all Heritage Institutions (Part 2*)

Heritage institutions are places in which works of art, historical records, and other objects of cultural or scientific interest are sheltered and made accessible to the public.  The equivalent of that in the digital world, is already taking shape, through digitization and sharing of digital-born or digitized objects on online platforms. In this second part, we […]

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An International Knowledge Base for all Heritage Institutions (Part 1*)

Heritage institutions are places in which works of art, historical records, and other objects of cultural or scientific interest are sheltered and made accessible to the public. The equivalent of that in the digital world, is already taking shape, through digitization and sharing of digital-born or digitized objects on online platforms. In this article we […]

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Smartcity – Hype or Reality?

In the last seven years the number of papers published on smart cities has grown exponentially. However, very few of these texts critically evaluate the concept of a smart city.  What’s more, according to our guest author Matthias Finger from EPF Lausanne, there is still no precise definition of what constitutes a “Smart City”. Abstract: […]

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Conceptualizing a National Data Infrastructure for Switzerland

Abstract A national data infrastructure (NDI) provides data, data-related services and guidelines for the re-use of data to individuals and organizations. It facilitates efficient sharing of data, supports new business models, and is thus a key enabler for the digital economy, open research, societal collaboration and political processes. While several European countries have taken steps […]