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Posted on 2022-04-042022-04-29

Imagine a Graph Query Helper for Graph Databases

FactGrid is a graph database. If you run searches in such a database you should rather not think of a resource filled with interrelated tables (of people, places, organizations, documents…) – but of something more spatial, more geometric,... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-12-012021-04-27

Einblicke in das interne Berichtswesen des Illuminaten-Ordens. Aus der Hand Hermann Schüttlers: 71 Dokumente der Jahre 1781 bis 1785

Die folgende Materialpräsentation ist das Ergebnis eines zweimonatigen Praktikums im Forschungszentrum Gotha. Mein Projekt war es, der Forschung Vorarbeiten zu einem unvollendet gebliebenen Buchprojekt Hermann Schüttlers datenbankgestützt auf den... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-07-042020-07-24

Filling a Wikibase instance with millions of data

As more and more Wikibase instances are cropping up we are seeing attempts to start them with masses of data from already existing data bases that want to switch to the new software. Experimenting I tried to find a faster way to insert a huge amount of... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-05-272020-05-27

FactGrid GYIK – Miért használjam a FactGridet a kutatási projektemhez?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

in English auf Deutsch en français Mi a FactGrid? Miért használjam a FactGridet a saját kutatásomhoz? Miért ne egyből a Wikidatát használjam? A FactGrid ingyenes – hogy működik ez? Mihez kezdhetek az unortodox kutatási témákkal? Milyen... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-05-222022-05-12

The first volume of the Thuringian pastor’s book (1500–1920) as a Wikibase data set

auf Deutsch In a tremendous effort of a year’s work, Heino Richard of the Genealogical Society of Thuringia e.V., step by step translated the first volume of the Thuringian Pastors’ Books (the volume for the former Duchy of Gotha) into data which... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2020-04-302020-05-27

FAQ FactGrid – Pourquoi devrais-je utiliser FactGrid pour mon projet de recherche ?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

auf Deutsch in Englishmagyar nyelven Qu’est-ce que FactGrid ? Pourquoi devrais-je utiliser FactGrid pour mes propres recherches ? Pourquoi ne pas utiliser Wikidata dès maintenant ? FactGrid est gratuit – comment est-ce... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-12-212019-12-28

Celebrating FactGrid’s Q100000: Conrad Alexandre Gérard

Silently and without any fanfare we have passed the 100,000 mark on FactGrid! The item in question is a person: Conrad Alexandre Gérard. In a way he is the perfect candidate to mark this occasion. FactGrid has been diving into networks obscure and... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-10-252020-03-05

Wikibase Inspiration Panel at WikidataCon, Berlin, 2019-10-25

The recent WikidataCon in Berlin had a special panel on Wikibase installations outside Wikidata. Below the video recording of the session embedded from https://media.ccc.de/ This is the list of the talks with the list of the speakers: Anila Angjeli +... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-05-282020-06-10

FactGrid FAQ – Why should I use FactGrid for my research project?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

auf Deutsch en français magyarul What is FactGrid? Why should I use FactGrid for my own research? Why not use Wikidata right away? FactGrid comes free of charge – how does that work? What do I do with unorthodox research interests? Which tools... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-05-272020-06-04

FactGrid FAQ – Warum sollte ich das FactGrid für die eigene Forschung nutzen?

Jack Kirby, "The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!" from Alarming Tales, 1 (September 1957).

in English en françaismagyar nyelven Was ist das FactGrid? Warum sollte ich das FactGrid für die eigene Forschung benutzen? Warum nicht gleich Wikidata benutzen? Das FactGrid kommt kostenfrei – wie geht das an? Was mache ich mit unorthodoxen... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-04-172019-10-02

Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Erfurt and the German National Library – to base the FactGrid on GND data in a joint project

German Version We are proud to announce a new and massive Wikibase project that should keep a large community busy for far more than a year: Last month the president of the University of Erfurt, Prof. Dr. Walter Bauer-Wabnegg, and Dr. Elisabeth... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2019-04-092019-10-02

Memorandum of Understanding zwischen der Universität Erfurt und der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek – das FactGrid wird in einem Gemeinschaftsprojekt auf GND-Daten aufgesetzt

English Version Das FactGrid-Projekt steht vor zwölf Monaten neuer Herausforderungen: Mit ihren Unterschriften vom 15. und 25. März 2019 unterzeichneten der Präsident der Universität Erfurt, Prof. Dr. Walter Bauer-Wabnegg, und Dr. Elisabeth... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2018-12-272019-10-02

Nachklapp zur ersten GNDCon der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, 3./4. Dezember 2018

Die Tickets für die erste große – vom 3. auf den 4. Dezember 2018 an der Frankfurter Nationalbibliothek veranstaltete – GNDCon waren Monate zuvor restlos vergeben. Um die 300 Interessenten füllten schließlich den großen Saal der Adickesallee 1... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2018-04-132018-05-08

The (sobering) status report of Friday 13, April 2018

Four months have passed since the kick-off workshop shop, and the FactGrid project has run into its first unexpected problems. We are confident that we will solve the – primarily technical – issues, but one of the lessons we have learned so far... Read More | Share it now!

Posted on 2018-03-272018-06-12

How to use QuickStatements to get data into the FactGrid

The video shows how easy it is to get data from regular spreadsheets via QuickStatements into the database. You will find a handy cheat sheet of spreadsheet commands, to format your data here:... Read More | Share it now!

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