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@vrandecic@mas.to
2026-04-15 10:40:56

The recording of my @… keynote is available online:
Wikipedia and the Semantic Web -- 20 years of co-development, and the future
Drawing on the roots of @… and the Semantic Web, how they influenced each other during t…

Wikipedia and the Semantic Web: Celebrating 20 Years of Co-Development and the Future
In 2005, the very first papers proposed integrating Semantic Web technologies in the nascent Wikipedia ecosystem. This wasn’t just a convergence; it ignited two decades of mutual inspiration and benefit. From this crucible, the work in semantic wikis drew inspiration. Semantic MediaWiki, particularly, which found global adoption at Google, Microsoft, NASA, and beyond. Wikipedia became the bedrock for pioneering knowledge graphs, including DBpedia, Freebase, and Yago. These pivotal experiences…

@awinkler@openbiblio.social
2026-04-15 11:46:26

Just learned from @… 's presentation (videolectures.net/videos/iswc2) that there is a

Wikipedia and the Semantic Web: Celebrating 20 Years of Co-Development and the Future
In 2005, the very first papers proposed integrating Semantic Web technologies in the nascent Wikipedia ecosystem. This wasn’t just a convergence; it ignited two decades of mutual inspiration and benefit. From this crucible, the work in semantic wikis drew inspiration. Semantic MediaWiki, particularly, which found global adoption at Google, Microsoft, NASA, and beyond. Wikipedia became the bedrock for pioneering knowledge graphs, including DBpedia, Freebase, and Yago. These pivotal experiences…