Published on in Vol 17, No 5 (2015): May

Utilizing the Wikidata System to Improve the Quality of Medical Content in Wikipedia in Diverse Languages: A Pilot Study

Utilizing the Wikidata System to Improve the Quality of Medical Content in Wikipedia in Diverse Languages: A Pilot Study

Utilizing the Wikidata System to Improve the Quality of Medical Content in Wikipedia in Diverse Languages: A Pilot Study

Alexander Pfundner   1 , BSc ;   Tobias Schönberg   2 , MSc ;   John Horn   3 , PharmD ;   Richard D Boyce   4 , PhD ;   Matthias Samwald   1 , PhD

1 Section for Medical Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

2 Unaffiliated, Innsbruck, Austria

3 School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

4 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Matthias Samwald, PhD
  • Section for Medical Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems
  • Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems
  • Medical University of Vienna
  • Spitalgasse 23
  • Vienna, 1090
  • Austria
  • Phone: 43 140400 ext 66650
  • Fax: 43 14040066250
  • Email: matthias.samwald@meduniwien.ac.at