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{{For|the wiki engine software that originally powered [[WikiWikiWeb]]|Wiki Base}}
{{For|the wiki engine software that originally powered [[WikiWikiWeb]]|Wiki Base}}
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<div style=float:right>{{Not a wiki}}</div>
'''Wikibase''' is a collection of {{tag|software}} applications and libraries for creating, managing and sharing {{tag|data}}, and specifically [[WikiIndex:StructuredData|structured data]].  In essence, all [[:Category:Information|information]] entered onto {{tag|Wikibase}} is 'machine-readable', meaning that it is effectively [[:Category:Database|database]] of information which can be accessed universally, and crucially, is {{tag|open data}}.  A [[MediaWiki.org|MediaWiki]] extension, created and hosted by [[Wikimedia Germany|Wikimedia Deutschland]] started in [[:Category:Founded in 2012|2012]], Wikibase is an {{tag|open source}} project.<ref>Lydia Pintscher, Lea Voget, Melanie Koeppen, Elena Aleynikova (August 2019); [https://Upload.Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Strategy_for_Wikibase_Ecosystem.pdf Strategy for the Wikibase Ecosystem] (PDF); ''Upload.Wikimedia.org''; accessed 20 January 2022.</ref>  Wikibase software was developed for, and is used by [[Wikimedia Wikidata]].  Other [[:Category:Wiki|wiki]] sites and projects using Wikibase include [[EAGLE MediaWiki|Europeana - Eagle Project]], [[FactGrid]], [[Rhizome ArtBase]], [[DroidWiki]], and [[Uncyclomedia UnData]].
'''Wikibase''' is a collection of {{tag|software}} applications and libraries for creating, managing and sharing {{tag|data}}, and specifically [[WikiIndex:StructuredData|structured data]].  In essence, all [[:Category:Information|information]] entered onto {{tag|Wikibase}} is 'machine-readable', meaning that it is effectively [[:Category:Database|database]] of information which can be accessed universally, and crucially, is {{tag|open data}}.  A [[MediaWiki.org|MediaWiki]] extension, created and hosted by [[Wikimedia Germany|Wikimedia Deutschland]] started in [[:Category:Founded in 2012|2012]], Wikibase is an {{tag|open source}} project.<ref>Lydia Pintscher, Lea Voget, Melanie Koeppen, Elena Aleynikova (August 2019); [https://Upload.Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Strategy_for_Wikibase_Ecosystem.pdf Strategy for the Wikibase Ecosystem] (PDF); ''Upload.Wikimedia.org''; accessed 20 January 2022.</ref>  Wikibase software was developed for, and is used by [[Wikimedia Wikidata]].  Other [[:Category:Wiki|wiki]] sites and projects using Wikibase include [[EAGLE MediaWiki|Europeana - Eagle Project]], [[FactGrid]], [[Rhizome ArtBase]], [[DroidWiki]], and [[Uncyclomedia UnData]].