Wikidata Sparql Query Tutorial
Channel: Wikimedian in Residence - University of Edinburgh
Date: 2016-09-03

Navino Evans, co-founder of Histropedia (www.histropedia.com), co-presented a Wikidata Showcase at Repository Fringe 2016 at the University of Edinburgh on 2nd August 2016. Here he demonstrates how to construct Wikidata Sparql Queries simply & easily focussing on the example of notable females educated at the University of Edinburgh filtered by place of birth and showcasing how this data can be visualised with images, timelines, in map form and in the new Wikidata Sparql Query Timeline Viewer using Histropedia.

QUERY LINKS:
- Women educated at the university of Edinburgh (simple version) : http://tinyurl.com/hvp7kjk
 - Women educated at the university of Edinburgh (improved version): http://tinyurl.com/jcvnw6g
 - Women educated at the university of Edinburgh (timeline of improved version): http://tinyurl.com/j97j3xz

RELATED LINKS / FURTHER WATCHING

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Query_Service_Introduction.webm

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