Parsing the Payri: The Potentials of Wikidata for Papyrologists
Abstract
Papyrologists have developed many digital tools over the years but have not yet engaged robustly with Wikidata. In seeking to gather together all the material excavated in the Syrian city of Dura-Europos in this LOD environment, the International (Digital) Dura-Europos Project (IDEA) has offered a perfect opportunity to explore Wikidata’s utility for representing papyri and parchment. This paper details the process of developing a data model for the Dura-Europos papyri and reflects upon both the challenges and potentials revealed by the exercise. It is concluded that if the papyrological community becomes more involved in developing the representation of data on Wikidata, the platform could offer an exciting way to open the field to broader conversations within the digital realm.
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