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:

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The full release notes https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase/+/refs/heads/REL1_36/RELEASE-NOTES-1.36 -

Installation instructions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Suite (manual installation) -

Installation instructions https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Docker (Docker) -

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 -

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.