We hereby announce that the Wikibase 2022 Release for MediaWiki 1.36 has
been published
https://releases.wikimedia.org/wikibase/1.36 and on Docker
Hub <https://hub.docker.com/u/wikibase>.
Here are links to important documentation related to the release:
-
The full release notes
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase/+/refs/heads/REL1_36/RELEASE-NOTES-1.36>
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Installation instructions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Suite>
(manual installation)
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Installation instructions
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Docker> (Docker)
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Updating your Wikibase
<https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/blob/main/docs/topics/upgrading.md>
(Docker)
This new release is compatible with MediaWiki 1.36 and contains new
Wikibase features:
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WikibaseEdtf
<https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/WikibaseEdtf#wikibase-edtf>
extension that allows to store date and time data following Extended
Date/Time Format (EDTF) Specification
<https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/> using a dedicated datatype.
-
SyntaxHighlight
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight> extension
that provides rich formatting of source code is added to wikibase-bundle
container image
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WDQS backend is updated to the most recent version 0.3.97
This release also requires ElasticSearch to be in use in order to have
case-insensitive search of items and properties in Wikibase.
If you have any questions feel free to ask on this mailing list or leave a
comment at Talk:Wikibase/FAQ
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibase/FAQ>.
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*Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase*
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