FactGrid: Database for Historians

Abstract

FactGrid is an open data-based community database for historians. The platform, running on the easy-to-edit Wikibase, provides research projects a shared database where they can store and analyse structured data. The linked data remains editable in the long-term, we can run complex queries and visualise the data on map or timeline. In my article, besides introducing the platform, I will try to unpack the ways in which the initiative might enrich historical research in Hungary.