examination and support. The task force, the public comments, and the structures upon which the white paper is built are all volunteer-based. ARL is grateful to the volunteer effort that is the Wikimedia community.
External contributors generously fixed references, created items in Wikidata, added or improved examples and use cases, suggested new sections, and copy-edited for sense and clarity. This draft addresses the critiques, and benefits enormously from the contributions.
Thanks to Paul Burley, Karen Coyle, Teri Embrey, Beat Estermann, Steven Folsom, Violet Fox, Valeria De Francesca, Michelle Futornick, R. Benjamin Gorham, Stephen Hearn, Regine Heberline, Evelin Heidel, Andy Mabbett, Luca Martinelli, Monica McCormick, Daniel Mietchen, Jere Odell, Daniel Poulter, Lane Rasberry, Charles Riley, Amanda Rust, Dorothea Salo, Robert Sanderson, Dan Scott, Christina Spurgin, Andrew Su, Sara Thomas, Ruth Tillman, Simeon Warner, and several anonymous contributors.
Recommendations in this white paper are from the task force and are intended to inform and provide information for working with Wikidata if desired.
