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Call for Edits Nearby: Open Archives Metadata from Saxony Cover

Call for Edits Nearby: Open Archives Metadata from Saxony

By: Jens Bemme and  Martin Munke  
Open Access
|Jan 2026

Abstract

Metadata of German archives in Wikidata has improved massively since winter 2024/25. Users added archive QIDs (the unique identifier for Wikidata items), linked new identifiers, geo data and other information, after we were asking in a call for blog posts, reports, ideas and queries for ‘Wikidata, Geo Data and Archives’ since January for the web portal ‘Saxorum’.

We discuss perspectives regarding archival institutions in Saxony as well as in geographically adjacent regions, such as neighboring German states, Poland, and Czechia, and their open metadata. We demonstrate that indexing archives in Wikidata can foster cooperation and networking among memory institutions, for which we provide initial examples.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.430 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 24, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 27, 2025
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Published on: Jan 20, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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