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After almost 10 years of being part of the Google Summer of code (GSoC) program, it’s time for a recap! We started with only a couple of projects and mentors, and over the years we grew to a total of 65 successful projects, 65 students and 59 mentors. In … read more

by Kingsley Idehen (OpenLink Software) and Sebastian Hellmann (DBpedia Association) Since 2007, we’ve been extracting, mapping and linking content from Wikipedia into what is generally known as the DBpedia Snapshot that provided the kernel for what is known today as the LOD Cloud Knowledge Graph.  Today, we are launching … read more

Like every year DBpedia is again a part of the Google Summer of Code project. We got many applications this year. Out of these applications 10 great projects from students all over the world were selected. We are excited to see them working further on their projects! In the … read more

Congratulations! You made it! You are selected as one of our GSoC students, who will work with DBpedia during the summer of 2021. In the following we will introduce how you can get in contact with the DBpedia community, the developers and your great mentors. Keep reading 😉 Student … read more

On Tuesday the 4th of May, DBpedia organized a tutorial at the Knowledge Graph Conference (KGC) 2021. The ultimate goal of the tutorial was to teach the participants all relevant tech around DBpedia, the knowledge graph, the infrastructure and possible use cases. The tutorial aimed at existing and potential … read more

Contribution from Marek Dudáš (Prague University of Economics and Business – VŠE) ContextMinds is a tool that combines two ideas: concept mapping and knowledge graphs. What’s concept mapping? With a bit of simplification, when you take a small subgraph of not more than a few tens of nodes from a knowledge graph (kg) and visualize it with the classic node-link (or “bubbles … read more

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we gonna do this year?Brain: Wear a mask, keep our distance, and do the same thing we do every year, Pinky. Taking over GSoC2021. For the 10th year in a row, we have been accepted to be part of this incredible program to support … read more

DBpedia evolves with the innovative and active use of its community members who constantly create the emerging DBpedia-related material. We value the efforts of contributing open data, tools and services for a shared reuse and application by the whole DBpedia community. Therefore, we have created a platform where all your … read more

DBpedia Member Features – Last year we gave DBpedia members the chance to present special products, tools and applications on the DBpedia blog. We have already published several posts in which our members provided unique insights. This week we will continue with Wallscope, they will show how you can … read more

DBpedia Member Features – Last year we gave DBpedia members the chance to present special products, tools and applications on the DBpedia blog. We have already published several posts in which our members provided unique insights. This week we will continue with eccenca. They will explain why companies struggle … read more