… that it has already been eleven years since the first DBpedia dataset was released? Eleven years of development,  improvements and growth, and now, 13 billion pieces of information are comprised in our last DBpedia release. We want to take this opportunity to send out a big thank you to all contributors, developers, coders, hosters, funders, believers and DBpedia enthusiasts who made that possible. Thank you for your support.

But, apart from our data sets, there is much more DBpedia has been doing., especially during the past year. Think about the success story of Wouter Maroy, a GSoC 2016 student who got the opportunity to do a six weeks internship at our DBpedia office in Leipzig and who is still contributing to DBpedia’s progress.

All in all, 2017 was highly successful and full of exciting events. Remember our 10th DBpedia Community Meeting in Amsterdam featuring an inspiring keynote by Dr. Chris Welty, one of the developers at IBM computer Watson. Our DBpedia meetings are always a great way to bring the community closer together, and to not only meet our DBpedia audience but also new faces. Therefore, we have already started to plan our community meetings for 2018.

We hope to see you in Poznan, Poland, in spring and to meet you during the SEMANTiCS Conference in Vienna, from 10th – 13th of September 2018. Additionally, if everything goes according to plan, we will be mentoring young DBpedia enthusiasts throughout summer in GSoC 2018 and meet the US DBpedia community in autumn this year. Follow us on Twitter or check our Website for the latest News.

And last but not least, this year we plan something special. DBpedia intends to participate in Coding DaVinci – Germany’s first open cultural hackathon, which happens to take place in Leipzig, right around the corner. Aspiring data enthusiast will develop new creative applications from cultural open data. The kick-off is in early April, followed by 9 weeks of cooperative coding. We are eagerly awaiting the start of this event.

We do hope, we will meet you and some new faces during our events this year. The DBpedia Association want to get to know you because DBpedia is a community effort and would not continue to develop, improve and grow without you. Thank you and see you soon…

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