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'''Wikidata''' ''the free knowledge base that anyone can edit'' is a new {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} hosted and maintained project, {{tag|FoundedIn2012|founded 2012}}.  Wikidata aims to create a free {{tag|knowledge}} base about the {{tag|earth|world}} that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike.  It will provide {{tag|data}} in all the [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia]] projects, and allow for the central access to data in a similar vein as [[Wikimedia Commons]] does for multimedia files.  Wikimedia Wikidata uses a {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|dual licensing}} scheme: "All structured data from the main and property namespace is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)|Creative Commons CC0 License}}; text in the other namespaces is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License}}".
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}}(As of: 27 November 2012)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
 
 
'''Wikidata''' is a new {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} hosted and maintained project, {{tag|FoundedIn2012|founded 2012}}.  Wikidata aims to create a free {{tag|knowledge}} base about the {{tag|earth|world}} that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike.  It will provide {{tag|data}} in all the [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia]] projects, and allow for the central access to data in a similar vein as [[Wikimedia Commons]] does for multimedia files.  Wikimedia Wikidata uses a {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|dual licensing}} scheme: "All structured data from the main and property namespace is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)|Creative Commons CC0 License}}; text in the other namespaces is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License}}".


Wikidata is currently used extensively by [[OmegaWiki]].
Wikidata is currently used extensively by [[OmegaWiki]].
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*[http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de Wikidata demo system] at Wikimedia.de
*[http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de Wikidata demo system] at Wikimedia.de
*[http://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/04/04/meet-the-wikidata-team/ Development team blog]
*[http://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/04/04/meet-the-wikidata-team/ Development team blog]
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|statistics URL = http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
|wikiFactor = <!--Preferred. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.-->
|wikiFactor URL = <!--Source of wF (often 'PopularPages' or 'MostVisitedPages') - see Template:Size. If unknown leave void.-->
}}(As of: 27 November 2012)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->