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.

Here are links to important documentation related to the release:

This new release is compatible with MediaWiki 1.36 and contains new Wikibase features:

WikibaseEdtf extension that allows to store date and time data following Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) Specification using a dedicated datatype.
SyntaxHighlight extension that provides rich formatting of source code is added to wikibase-bundle container image
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.

Mohammed Sadat
Community Communications Manager for Wikidata/Wikibase

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