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. 2023 Jul 20;19(7):e1011235.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011235. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Ten quick tips for editing Wikidata

Thomas Shafee  1 , Daniel Mietchen  2   3   4   5 , Tiago Lubiana  2   6 , Dariusz Jemielniak  7 , Andra Waagmeester  8
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Ten quick tips for editing Wikidata

Thomas Shafee et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Structure of an example Wikidata item.
Wikidata items are linked to one another and to outside databases via properties that describe the relationships between them. (A) Some example links to and from the item human retinoic acid receptor alpha (Q254943). Items can have outgoing links; e.g., to the concept of a protein (Q8054), incoming links; e.g. from the human RAR–SRC1 complex (Q107514806), or both; e.g., to and from the human RARA gene (Q18031040). There can be multiple links out with the same property (e.g., multiple molecular functions) and links out to external websites and identifiers; e.g., it has the MeSH ID (P486) of D011506. The links formed by properties can be further annotated with qualifiers; e.g., its physical interaction with (P129) tretinoin (Q29417) is with the role of (P2868) being an agonist (Q389934). Now imagine this for a hundred million node items and many billions of property edges. (B) The human–readable interface for this item is organised into the label, description, and aliases, followed by a list of statements with their qualifications and references, with a final section listing any Wikipedia (and other wikimedia) pages for the item. (C) Example labels, descriptions, and aliases for virus (Q808) from the 410 currently supported languages. These screenshots contain only text and data released under a CC0 licence.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Example visualisations generated using the Wikidata Query Service.
(A) Which drugs target genes involved in cell proliferation. (B) Litter size versus lifespan for endangered species. (C) Birthplaces of people after whom taxa are named. (D) Co–occurance of main topics of PLOS “Simple Rules” and “Quick Tips” articles (cropped to subset around learning and career). The map image is produced using base map and data from OpenStreetMap and the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Example reference types to support statements.
Examples of (A) referencing to Wikidata items for journal review articles, (B) referencing to a database entry, (C) referencing to a website, or (D) using a heuristic estimate to justify a statement. These screenshots contain only text and data released under a CC0 licence.
Fig 4
Fig 4. Property auto–suggestion.
Once you start to add statements to an item (especially instance of/subclass of), the interface will begin to suggest common properties to add that other similar items include. Depicted are the suggestions given for a protein domain. For some properties, it will then also suggest common values for that statement. This screenshot contains only text and data released under a CC0 licence.
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