Keep in sync Zotero library and Wikidata

alexander.winkler · December 28, 2023

I am aware of the tools/workflows that allow Zotero items to be uploaded to Wikidata. But does anybody know how i can best link from a Zotero item (e.g. in a public Zotero group) to a Wikidata item? I would like to curate my bibliographical items in Zotero and successively mirror them into Wikidata (reconciling e.g. authors, topics etc. to make the data fit for LOD and other useful applications such as Scholia (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia) ). I don't necessarily need the enhanced data in Zotero, but I'd like to have an automated(?) way to have the WIkidata Q-ID added to my Zotero item.

The idea is probably still a bit vague. But if anyone has heard anything along these lines, I would be grateful for any tips!

zuphilip · December 29, 2023

If you start in Wikidata and save items then in Zotero, the QIDs should be already saved with the translator. Moreover, I have written a little JS script to look up Zotero items in Wikidata and save the QIDs back: https://gist.github.com/zuphilip/aa9f59271fcb0807fb20c7d0110d26e4 (but I don't use that actively).

Juandev · February 7, 2024

@Alexander.winkeler: well, I would love it otherwise.

Adelie.R · 2025-02-28T16:00:36+00:00

I used the script zuphilip, thanks !
The tuto is good : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Zotero
Otherwise from what I understood, open refine is often used for reconciliation : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine, but I have not found precise workflow guidelines for bibiliographic items. I found this : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Walkuraxx/e-scholarship#How_to_import_books_to_Wikidata_using_a_spreadsheet_and_OpenRefine
Anyway, I am very interested in a Zotero-Wikidata sync function as well. Maybe we could get a QID field some day.