Cite, preserve, connect – Wikidata as a metadata layer for a Neo-Latin collection

On examples from the Croatiae auctores Latini (CroALa) collection I will show how Wikidata, the free and open structured knowledge base of Wikimedia, can be used and enriched to provide biographical, bibliographical and lexicographical information about Neo-Latin authors and texts. When information is published in Wikidata, the platform guarantees computational manageability, persistence and long-term preservation.