After several years of silence, WikiCite is coming back — and it’s doing so with a fresh, hybrid format and a clear goal: to reconnect communities, institutions, and individuals working with open citations, bibliographic data, and the Wikidata/Wikibase ecosystem.
Whether you’re a Wikimedian, a librarian, a developer, or simply passionate about the future of open knowledge, this is your chance to participate in shaping the next chapter of WikiCite.
Wikimedia CH’s Innovation Programme supports the event. Volunteering helpers are welcome!
Event Overview
Day 1 – Friday, August 29
In-person in Bern, Switzerland
Institutional sessions and showcases with invited speakers.
All talks will be recorded and shared online.
Day 2 – Saturday, August 30
Fully online via live video conferencing
Technical discussions, community talks, and cross-timezone engagement.
Day 3 – Sunday, August 31
Online and community-driven
Interactive workshops, do-a-thons, and “Ideas for Tomorrow” closing sessions.
Key Topics
The event will explore major developments and shared challenges in the WikiCite ecosystem, including:
- Federated Ontologies and Wikibase Federation
Coordination across decentralized Wikibase instances and aligning schemas across platforms - Wikidata and Library Catalog Integration
Case studies from ETH Zürich and Swiss institutions on using Wikidata for authority data and bibliographic infrastructure - Open Citations and Structured Bibliographic Metadata
Linking scientific publications, cultural heritage, and research outputs using Wikidata - Tooling and Technical Infrastructure
New tools for querying, editing, and visualizing WikiCite data (e.g. LOTUS, Scholia, SPARQL evolution) - Scalability and the Graph Split
Discussions on the Blazegraph replacement, SPARQL federation, and long-term architecture of Wikidata - Data Quality and Disambiguation
Examples like the “Swiss homonyms cleanup” and strategies for maintaining data integrity - Collaborative Models and Governance
How libraries, Wikimedia chapters, and research institutions are collaborating to co-maintain the bibliographic graph - Community and Innovation
Lightning talks, interactive do-a-thons, Wikidata games, and open proposal slots for emerging ideas
Who should attend?
- Wikidata contributors and WikiCite supporters
- Librarians, archivists, researchers, digital humanists
- Developers and data engineers
- Institutions interested in structured, open bibliographic metadata
- Anyone curious about Wikidata and open citations
Want to join? Let us know
Register (non-binding, helps us plan)
Program
Event info
More information coming soon
The detailed program and calls for proposals (talks, posters, workshops) will be announced shortly on the main event page.
Let’s rebuild WikiCite — together.
Mark your calendar and be part of it, share on your socials by using #WikiCite2025 #Wikidata #OpenCitations #WikimediaCH #BibliographicData.
