Hello everyone,
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9am PT /
12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET. It will be a crossover event with the LD4 Discovery
Affinity Group! Bruce Washburn and Jeff Mixter, software engineers from OCLC Research,
will talk about their approach to building out the CONTENTdm Wikibase data model outlined
in Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability: A
CONTENTdm Pilot
Project<https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2021/oclcresearch-tra…
and why they chose Wikibase instead of Wikidata. Then the following Tuesday, March 16th at
9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET join the Discovery Affinity Group to learn more
about the project's experimental applications that were developed to increase
discoverability.
The call details are below. Everyone is welcome to attend both calls. If you aren't
able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google
Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7b…-n>. To
receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the
ld4-wikidata Google
Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-wikidata>
and/or the ld4-discovery Google
Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-discovery>ry>.
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the Linked Data for Libraries LD4
Community and investigates how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library
metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity
Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata.
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone
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Zoom link to join meeting:
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97235432765?pwd=UEJoaDE3YVJrRGczUzFOUWFJbkNpZz09
Password: 794564
Agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PySajs8UGZgpJevzv21J6-5WR54kEb-c71GoVEb…
LD4 Discovery Affinity Group Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 16th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone
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Zoom link to join meeting:
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/177198322?pwd=U1N1bVp3K0ZZU3NsaUQzSURkT0JhQT09
Password: pizza
Agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QgjgfuCaSOtYvxoYNxmXmtaNHon1ponujNRp_7B…
Working Hours:
Join us for a collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice. We will provide a
project for the hour, and you're always welcome to bring your own projects to work on.
This is a space for community and skill-building. We welcome your questions and your
expertise about all things Wikidata. Subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_forum_ld4-2Dwikidata&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=z_RphDfkslImyqkzmjvrIyBdkp0dbnJRkNlH73ymvM0&s=AY-6SFn2xRBDbVHKIV7f1WFdWiLsR4wzAuDcbnYxW3g&e=>
for an announcement of the next working hour.
Upcoming Working Hour dates:
* Friday, March 19, 2021 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 7:00pm CET (Time zone
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* Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 19:00 UTC / 8:00pm CEST (Time
zone
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Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack:
http://bit.ly/ld4slack
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki<https://www.wikidata.org/wik…
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators:
Alex Jung
Open Technology Specialist
University of Toronto Libraries