Dear all, we are drafting a research proposal on establishing Wikidata as a virtual research environment, as explained in http://blog.wikimedia.de/2014/12/05/wikidata-for-research-a-grant-proposal-… . The proposal is being drafted via https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Wikidata_for_research and would benefit from critical review, so we would appreciate your comments, suggestions and edits. Thanks and cheers, Daniel -- http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/institution/mitarbeiter/mietchen-d… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Publications http://okfn.org http://wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

but most of the reactions came - unsurprisingly

integration of further fields of research

Hi Claudia, thanks for your comments. While we aim at making Wikidata useful for any field of research, even a successfully completed project is unlikely to achieve that in one go, so I've changed that phrase to "across fields of research". We have tried to reach out to different disciplines (e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Daniel_Mie… and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Daniel_Mie… as well as via the blog and social media) but most of the reactions came - unsurprisingly - from the computer science and Semantic Web corners. I think that is OK, since our aim is to get the process rolling for a tighter integration of Wikidata with research - that's why we also set up the WikiProject and hope that the proposal will just be the first of many of its activities. Once the first such project has been run (be it ours or a fork thereof or a different one), integration of further fields of research should be simpler than it is today. I was reaching out to Europeana, which resulted in the European Library signing up to become a partner here, which should help cover arts and humanities. I have also reached out to mathematicians but did not receive enthusiasm. I specifically asked for databases about mathematical concepts or other kind of Wikidata-compatible datasets, but did not find any. Pointers most welcome, as are further comments and edits. Thanks and cheers, Daniel -- http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/institution/mitarbeiter/mietchen-d… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Publications http://okfn.org http://wikimedia.org On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:30 AM, <koltzenburg(a)w4w.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l