Data is an obvious and critical open science research output. WikiData and Open Science: a Model for Open Data Work is an interview with Dr. Timo Borst from ZBW – Leibniz Information Center for Economics about research uses across disciplines for WikiData’s 90 million data objects. WikiData is a neutral, comprehensive, open source database in the Wikimedia family that has been practicing the FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability) principles from its beginning. Dr. Borst touts the benefits of WikiData as an open and enriched repository of linked data that is a great source of data to use and to share one’s own data. He provides several use scenarios in the life sciences and humanities. Dr. Borst is obviously a WikiData fan and an advocate for open scholarship as a process.
