An Analysis of Links in Wikidata

Armin Haller*, Axel Polleres, Daniil Dobriy, Nicolas Ferranti, Sergio J. Rodríguez Méndez

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Abstract

Wikidata has become one of the most prominent open knowledge graphs (KGs) on the Web. Relying on a community of users with different expertise, this cross-domain KG is directly related to other data sources. This paper investigates how Wikidata is linked to other data sources in the Linked Data ecosystem. To this end, we adapt previous definitions of ontology links and instance links to the terminological part of the Wikidata vocabulary and perform an analysis of the links in Wikidata to external datasets and ontologies from the Linked Data ecosystem. As a side effect, this reveals insights on the ontological expressiveness of meta-properties used in Wikidata. The results of this analysis show that while Wikidata defines a large number of individuals, classes and properties within its own namespace, they are not (yet) extensively linked. We discuss reasons for this and conclude with some suggestions to increase the interconnectedness of Wikidata with other KGs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Semantic Web
Subtitle of host publication19th International Conference, ESWC 2022 Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 29 – June 2, 2022 Proceedings
EditorsPaul Groth, Maria-Esther Vidal, Fabian Suchanek, Pedro Szekley, Pavan Kapanipathi, Catia Pesquita, Hala Skaf-Molli, Minna Tamper
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages21-38
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-06981-9
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-06980-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 May 2022
Event19th International Conference on European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2022 - Hersonissos, Greece
Duration: 29 May 20222 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13261 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2022
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHersonissos
Period29/05/222/06/22

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