User:S.v.Mering

This is the Wikidata account of Sabine von Mering (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2982-7792). I am a biologist and data scientist based in Berlin. Part of my edits are related to the collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, where I am employed, but not necessarily made on behalf of this institution.

I am using Wikidata for linking information about biodiversity and collections of natural history museums and other GLAM institutions. This includes connecting entities such as researcher and other agents linked to collections, museum collections, institutions, publications, expeditions and objects or specimens. I am interested in further exploring the potential of Wikidata and learning about new tools and best practice. My other interests include highlighting women scientists and other hidden figures or underrepresented groups.

WikiProjects

• WikiProject Research expeditions
• WikiProject Collectors affiliated with the MfN Berlin
• WikiProject BHL
• WikiProject Biodiversity
• WikiProject The Restitution of Knowledge

• WikiProject European Colonialism

Some references and resources

Publications linked to Wikidata

• von Mering S, Gardiner LM, Knapp S, Lindon H, Leachman S, Ulloa Ulloa C, Vincent S, Vorontsova MS (2023) Creating a multi-linked dynamic dataset: a case study of plant genera named for women. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e114408. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e114408
• von Mering S, Braun PJ-C, Cubey RWN, Groom Q, Haston EM, Hendriksen A, Johaadien R, Leachman S, Marsden L, Rainer H, Santos J, Endresen D (2023) Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata: Best Practice for Standardisation and Contextualisation. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e111427. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111427
• von Mering S, Kaiser K, Petersen M (2022) Transforming Closed Silos into Shared Resources: Opening up data on historical collection agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e93787. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.93787
• Dillen M, Haston EM, Kearney N, Paul DL, Santos J, Shorthouse DP, Vaughan A, von Mering S, Groom Q (2021) Is Your Collection Ambiguous? Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 5: e73702. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.73702
• Groom Q, Bräuchler C, Cubey RWN, Dillen M, Huybrechts P, Kearney N, Klazenga N, Leachman S, Paul DL, Rogers H, Santos J, Shorthouse DP, Vaughan A, von Mering S, Haston EM (2022) The disambiguation of people names in biological collections. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e86089. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e86089
• Schwarz A, Möhrle F, von Mering S (2023) Collections from Colonial Australia in Berlin's Museum für Naturkunde and the Challenges of Data Accessibility. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e111980. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111980

• Kaiser K, von Mering S (under review). Making Connections. Open Data for Transdisciplinary Provenance Research on Collections from Colonial Contexts.
• von Mering S, Stolze E, Kaiser K, Petersen M (submitted). Sharing data, caring for collections. Open data on collection agents affiliated with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin as a basis for transdisciplinary provenance research.

Blog posts

• Who is in your database and why does it matter? Collection discovery through disambiguation. Guest blog post by Sabine von Mering, Heather Rogers, Siobhan Leachman, David P. Shorthouse, Deborah Paul & Quentin Groom (October 2022). https://blog.pensoft.net/2022/10/14/who-is-in-your-database-and-why-does-it-matter/
• Entangled “her”stories – How to create an open multi-linked dynamic dataset of plant genera named for women Guest blog post by Siobhan Leachman, Sabine von Mering, Heather Lindon & Carmen Ulloa Ulloa (December 2023). https://blog.pensoft.net/2023/12/06/entangled-herstories-how-to-create-an-open-multi-linked-dynamic-dataset-of-plant-genera-named-for-women/

Important properties

• collection items at
• archives at
• employer and affiliation