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QRpedia
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QRpedia is a mobile Web-based system which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language. A typical use is on museum labels, linking to Wikipedia articles about the exhibited object. QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but the QRpedia system adds further functionality. It is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Wikimedia UK (WMUK).
QRpedia is a mobile system that uses QR codes to connect people to Wikipedia articles in their chosen language, commonly found on museum displays to provide quick access to information about exhibits. It's operated by a Wikimedia UK subsidiary and offers advantages beyond basic QR code linking by adding extra features for users seeking detailed information on the go.
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Key facts
- Website.name
- QRpedia
- Website.logo
- QR code for QRpedia.png
- Website.logo_size
- 90px
- Website.logocaption
- A QRpedia code which resolves as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia, used widely as the logo
- Website.screenshot
- Qrpedia.org screenshot.png
- Website.collapsible
- yes
- Website.collapsetext
- Screenshot
- Website.caption
- The QRpedia website, showing a QR code, which decodes as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.registration
- None
- Website.language
- Multilingual
- Website.content_licence
- MIT Licence
- Website.current_status
- Online
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QRpedia is a mobile Web-based system which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language. A typical use is on museum labels, linking to Wikipedia articles about the exhibited object. QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but the QRpedia system adds further functionality. It is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Wikimedia UK (WMUK).
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin, a Wikipedia volunteer, coded by Terence Eden, and unveiled in April 2011. It is in use at museums and other institutions in countries including Australia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Malaysia, North Macedonia, Spain, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States. The project's source code is freely reusable under the MIT License.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “QRpedia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.