Wikipedias Next Big Thing: Wikidata, A Machine-Readable, User-Editable Database
techcrunch.com/2012/03/30/wikipedias-next-big-thing-wikidata-a-machine-readable-user-editable-database-funded-by-google-paul-allen-and-others
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The projects goal in developing a semantic, machine-readable database doesnt just help push the web forward, it also helps Wikipedia itself. The data will bring all the localized versions of Wikipedia on par with each other in terms of the basic facts they house.
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