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Wikidata: Free Knowledge Base Overview

This document provides an introduction to Wikidata, which is a free and open knowledge base that can be edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata acts as central storage for structured data from Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia and others. It also supports non-Wikimedia sites and services. The content is available under a free license and can be interlinked with other open data sets on the linked data web. The document encourages contributions and outlines ways for people to get involved, use Wikidata data, and stay up to date with recent developments.

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Wikidata: Free Knowledge Base Overview

This document provides an introduction to Wikidata, which is a free and open knowledge base that can be edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata acts as central storage for structured data from Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia and others. It also supports non-Wikimedia sites and services. The content is available under a free license and can be interlinked with other open data sets on the linked data web. The document encourages contributions and outlines ways for people to get involved, use Wikidata data, and stay up to date with recent developments.

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