QICHWABASE: A Quechua Language and Knowledge Base for Quechua Communities
This addresses the problem of limited digital resources for Quechua communities, though it is incremental as it applies existing tools to a new domain.
The paper tackles the underrepresentation of minority languages on the Web by proposing QICHWABASE, a Wikibase instance for harmonizing Quechua language and knowledge, concluding that this approach could enhance the presence of minorities online.
Over the last decade, the Web has increasingly become a space of language and knowledge representation. However, it is only true for well-spread languages and well-established communities, while minority communities and their resources received less attention. In this paper, we propose QICHWABASE to support the harmonization process of the Quechua language and knowledge, and its community. For doing it, we adopt methods and tools that could become a game changer in favour of Quechua communities around the world. We conclude that the methodology and tools adopted on building QICHWABASE, which is a Wikibase instance, could enhance the presence of minorities on the Web.