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Vienna History Wiki (

online collection of reference works in German about the history of Vienna
. The main content of the wiki are persons, buildings, topographical objects (streets, parks, waters, districts...), organisations, events and other items (such as special German expressions used in Vienna). It is written by Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna and Vienna City Library staff as well as external experts, and all content is subject to an editorial process and approved before publication.

Background

The "Vienna History Wiki" was built up by the Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna (MA8) and the Vienna City Library (MA 9). It was opened to the public in 2014. It is a historical knowledge platform of the City of Vienna aiming at combining knowledge from the city administration with those of external experts. Amongst several departments of the City of Vienna, other project partners are continuously working on the content, e. g. the

Austrian Mediathek.[1]

Cornerstone of the wiki are more than 27,000 articles (31,000 entries) of the six-volume encyclopedia „Historisches Lexikon Wien" edited by Felix Czeike (2nd edition 2004).

The Vienna History Wiki uses

ontology. The wiki is still growing, and demonstrates a satisfied user base[2]

See also

References

  1. S2CID 16545150
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  2. S2CID 255024419
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