Wikibase Consultancy
| Wikibase Consultancy | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Professional Wiki |
| Type | Consulting & Services |
| Initial release | 2020 |
| Operating system | Web (SaaS), Linux |
| Written in | PHP, JavaScript |
| License | Open Source / Proprietary |
| Website | wikibase.consulting |
| Contents | |
Wikibase Consultancy is a consulting brand operated by Professional Wiki, focused on Wikibase — the open-source structured data platform that powers Wikidata, the world's largest open knowledge graph.
What Is Wikibase
Wikibase is a MediaWiki extension suite developed by the Wikimedia Foundation that enables structured, linked data to be stored and queried in a wiki. It is the technology behind Wikidata and is used by organisations including the European Commission, various national libraries, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions.
Wikibase enables:
- Representing entities (people, organisations, products, concepts) with defined properties and values
- Linking entities to each other and to external knowledge bases
- Querying the structured data via SPARQL
- Multilingual data storage
- Open data publishing aligned with Linked Data and semantic web standards
Services
Professional Wiki offers the following Wikibase-specific services under the Wikibase Consultancy brand:
- Wikibase Deployment
- Setting up and configuring Wikibase on-premises or in the cloud, including integration with existing infrastructure.
- Data Modelling
- Defining the entity types, properties, and relationships that represent an organisation's domain knowledge.
- Data Migration
- Importing existing structured data (spreadsheets, databases, catalogues) into Wikibase.
- Custom Development
- Building custom Wikibase extensions, importers, and integrations.
- Training and Consulting
- Helping knowledge engineers and data teams understand and work effectively with Wikibase.
Relationship to NeoWiki
Professional Wiki is developing NeoWiki as a spiritual successor to Wikibase — a new MediaWiki extension for structured data and knowledge graphs that aims for significantly better usability while retaining the core value of structured, linked knowledge. NeoWiki draws on the experience gained through years of Wikibase consulting and development.
