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== DBpedia Mapping Wiki ==
This is the DBpedia Mappings Wiki. Its contents are used by the DBpedia extraction framework. Here, you can edit
* the DBpedia ontology schema (classes, properties, datatypes)
* the DBpedia infobox-to-ontology mapppings

The DBpedia extraction framework collects the templates defined here and extracts the Wikipedia content according to them in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework RDF]. (''[[Extraction_Framework_HowTo|learn how]]'')

Mappings can be written for a variety of languages, while the ontology and schema is ought to be used for all of them.

== Mapping Example ==
This is how you write a simple infobox mapping.

'''Mapping:Infobox_actor'''
<pre>
{{TemplateMapping 
| mapToClass = Actor 
| mappings = 
   {{ PropertyMapping | templateProperty = name | ontologyProperty = foaf:name }}
   {{ PropertyMapping | templateProperty = place_of_birth | ontologyProperty = birthPlace }}
}}
</pre>

This mapping extracts three RDF triples for each Infobox_actor in the English Wikipedia. For example for [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vince_Vaughn&oldid=437756176 Vince Vaughn]
<pre>
dbpedia:Vince_Vaughn  rdf:type                dbpedia-owl:Actor .
dbpedia:Vince_Vaughn  foaf:name               "Vince Vaughn"@en .
dbpedia:Vince_Vaughn  dbpedia-owl:birthPlace  dbpedia:Minneapolis .
</pre>

== Prerequisites ==
If you like to edit the mappings or ontology schemat this is what you need:
* a user account on this wiki (''[[Special:UserLogin|register]]'')
* editor rights
** they will be given to you within a couple of days
** if not, lease ask for editor rights at [mailto:dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net] '''Max: question: should we make this dbpedia-developers? I don't think the whole discussion list cares about Heinz from Königs Wusterhausen getting editor rights'''
** once you got editor rights, please provide some information about yourself on your user wiki page
* a namespace for the language you want to write mappings for
** if the namespace does not exist already (see the left side bar) please request it at [mailto:dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net] 

== That's it! ==
That is all you need to kick-start. To get more detailed information, please follow the provided links.

Your contributions will be available
* in the [http://live.dbpedia.org/ DBpedia Live] end point shortly after your edit (currently only for English)
* in the next [http://dbpedia.org/downloads DBpedia datasets] release

''Happy mapping!''

== About DBpedia ==
To learn more about DBpedia itself visit http://dbpedia.org/About.