DBpedia Blog

Our partner OpenLink Software recently published a new DBpedia usage report on the SPARQL endpoint and associated Linked Data deployment. Copyright © 2021 OpenLink Software Introduction This document shows some of the statistics from the DBpedia 2016-10 dataset collected between July 2017 and January 2021; spanning more than three … read more

DBpedia Databus Feature – Over the last few months, we gave our DBpedia members multiple chances to present their work, tools, and applications. In this way, our members have given exclusive insights on the DBpedia blog. This week we will start the DBpedia Databus Feature, which allows you to … read more

DBpedia Snapshot 2021-06 Release We are pleased to announce immediate availability of a new edition of the free and publicly accessible SPARQL Query Service Endpoint and Linked Data Pages, for interacting with the new Snapshot Dataset. What is the “DBpedia Snapshot” Release? Historically, this release has been associated with … read more

Last week was a fantastic week for DBpedia. On July 7, 2021 we gave 2 talks at the Leipzig Semantic Web Day (LSWT 2021). One day later we organized a DBpedia Tech Tutorial.  First and foremost, we would like to thank the LSWT organizing team for hosting these events. … read more

DBpedia Member Features – Over the last year we gave our DBpedia members multiple chances to present their work, tools and applications. In this way, our members gave exclusive insights on the DBpedia blog. This time we will continue with WordLift. They will show us how they help companies speak … read more

The 2nd of July 2021 marks the halfway point of the year, exactly 183 days have passed and just as many are still ahead of us. Time for us to look back on the past half year. What have we achieved? What still lies ahead of us? In the … read more

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