Here is a list of GLAM-Wiki projects and initiatives that use Structured data on Wikimedia Commons, which can be consulted as inspiration.
Please, feel free to add your own projects and examples.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Case
- Structured data on files from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) using PetScan and QuickStatements, as well as Python through theMETbot.
When?
What?
Learn more:
The Harvesters, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Allegory of the Catholic Faith, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Dancing Class, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mme. Charpentier and Her Children, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digital Public Library of America
Case
- Structured data on files from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
When?
What?
Who?
- A project by the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and funded by the Sloan Foundation.
- Led byDominic Byrd-McDevitt, DPLA Data Fellow, previously mentored bySandra Fauconnier, Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data at the Wikimedia Foundation, and currently mentored byGiovanna Fontenelle, Program Officer, GLAM and Culture at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Learn more:
Bird's eye view of Leadville, Colorado 1882, Denver Public Library through DPLA
Idaho in 1866, Denver Public Library through DPLA
The mountain empire of the west: Middle Park, Grand County, Colorado, Denver Public Library through DPLA
Illustration of theObsidian Cliff, Aug 18, 1888, Denver Public Library through DPLA
Idaho the County Seat of Clear Creek County, taken from the Illinois Bar, Denver Public Library through DPLA
Wikimedia Sverige
UNESCO Archives
Case
- Files from UNESCO Archives with Structured Data on Commons uploaded by Wikimedia Sverige.
When?
What?
Who?
Where?
Scoffolding on a bridge during a river flood
UNESCO building plaque built by architect Bernard Zehrfuss
UNESCO General Conference, in November 1954, Uruguay, Montevideo
Ms. Indira Gandhi, Minister of Information of India, Member of the Executive Board of UNESCO
Fortress of Qasr Ibrim, a monument in Nubia
Swedish Performing Arts Agency
Case
- 5000 music-related files, such as images, audio files, and sheet music from the Swedish Performing Arts Agency uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Wikimedia Sverige and using Structured Data.
When?
What?
Who?
Where?
Learn more:
Sheet music sample by Johan Helmich Roman
[Sats] Roman by Johan Helmich Roman
Tommos Kerstis vallåt performed by Carl Gustaf Färje
Radio Sweden's recording of folk music, performed by Jan Fridegård
Nordic Museum
Case
- Structured data statements, related to provenance, added to files from the Nordiska museet using apython script.
When?
What?
Who?
Where?
Childrens clothes, Nordic Museum
Beckershof mansion, Nordic Museum
Berga mansion, Nordic Museum
Fishnet shirt, Nordic Museum
Paris Museums, Belgium National Heritage Site, Onroerend Erfgoed, and Dutch institutions
Case
- Structured data statements added byBotMultichill to items from GLAM collections.
When?
What?
Who?
L'Incendie de la Comédie-Française, le 8 mars 1900, Musée Carnavalet
Lievegem Molenslag 40, Belgium National Heritage Site
Finna
Case
- Structured data statements andFile captions added to institutions from Finna, a project maintained by the National Library of Finland.
When?
What?
Who?
The second locomotive made in Finland at the first Finnish industrial exhibition in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki City Museum
Helsinki Railway Station Restaurant, Helsinki City Museum
The timing of the running competitions at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Helsinki City Museum
Jakob Smitsmuseum
Case
- Structured data for the collection of a small art museum.
When?
What?
- Official pilot project for Structured data on Wikimedia Commons.
- Structured data for the collection of the Jakob Smitsmuseum, a small municipal art museum in Mol, Belgium (1.5 full time staff, 9 volunteers).
- Around 100 data items and files of artworks (paintings, prints, drawings) by artist Jakob Smits uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.
Who?
- Data and media uploaded byPACKED, expertise center for digital heritage in Flanders, Belgium.
- Mentored bySandra Fauconnier, Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Learn more:
Project Wolfers
Case
- Connecting three generations of decorative arts and their historical context.
When?
What?
- Official pilot project for Structured data on Commons.
- Structured data for the work of a dynasty of Belgian silversmiths: Louis Wolfers, Philippe Wolfers and Marcel Wolfers, and their firms, collaborators and companies.
- Highlights stories and connections between works in different museum collections and their broader context.
- Also focus on describing copyright statements in structured data.
Who?
- Data and media uploaded byPACKED, expertise center for digital heritage in Flanders, Belgium.
- Mentored bySandra Fauconnier, Program Officer, GLAM and Structured data at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Learn more:
Louis Wolfers père et fils: Teapot ‘Le Maraudeur’, 1890, collection DIVA
Philippe Wolfers: Nike brooch, 1902, collection King Baudouin Foundation and Royal Museums of Art and History
Structured data-driven page and list that displays relationships between objects designed by the Wolfers dynasty, and the drawings that have served as blueprints and designs for them
Wikidata graph showing connections between silversmith Philippe Wolfers and architect Victor Horta
Punjabi Qisse
Case
- Digitized publications, described with structured data, and to be transcribed on Wikisource.
When?
What?
- Official pilot project for Structured data on Commons.
- Structured data was added to a set of old, digitized Punjabi books in the Qisse genre.
- This pilot project looked at the potential of re-use of data between various Wikimedia projects: Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource, improving the workflow of contribution to these projects.
Who?
- Data and media uploaded by Punjabi Wikimedia volunteers.
- Mentored bySatdeep Gill, Program Officer, GLAM and Underrepresented Heritage at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Learn more:
Selection of Punjabi Qisse digitized for this pilot project
List of digitized books with metadata
Structured data for one file (scan of the bookDulla Bhatti)
Metadata roundtripping
Case
- A new possibility thanks to structured data is metadata roundtripping for GLAM institutions.
When?
What?
- Official pilot project for Structured data on Commons in 2019.
- Research and experiments around a new area of potential, unlocked by structured data: 'roundtripping' data between GLAM databases and Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata.
Who?
- A project by the Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet).
- Mentored bySandra Fauconnier, Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data at the Wikimedia Foundation.
- The final blog post also refers to related research on the use of Wikidata by GLAM institutions, by Wikimedia Deutschland.
Learn more:
ORDER case study
Case
- A case study for the Organized, Reusable Data Enhanced in Relationships (ORDER).
When?
What?
Who?
- Case study by Wikimedia Sverige for the FindingGLAMs project, uploading a photo collection from the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet).
Learn more:
Hauptstrasse in Ochsenfurt, Germany (1901). Sigurd Curman
Alhambra, Patio de los Leones (1910). Sigurd Curman.
Structured data of one of the uploaded photographs
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