FYI

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:05 PM Subject: Help needed: Machine-readable metadata for local uploads To: Wikitech Ambassadors wikitech-ambassadors@lists.wikimedia.org

Hi folks,

as of yesterday, the CommonsMetadata extension is active on all wikis. As the name suggests, it's optimized for providing API access to metadata for files on Commons, but it will also work for project-local uploads (e.g. fair use metadata on en.wp) -- provided that the templates used for describing metadata emit the same machine-readable information.

The format for emitting such machine-readable metadata is documented here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Machine-readable_data

The documentation page for the extension (which could use some cleanup & examples BTW) is at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CommonsMetadata

Help modifying local templates accordingly is appreciated.

All best, Erik -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation