Wikidata February 2014

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[Wikidata-l] Semantic MediaWiki conference: call for participation
by Yury Katkov 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Dear users, developers and all people interested in semantic wikis, We are happy to announce SMWCon Fall 2013 - the 8th Semantic MediaWiki Conference: * Dates: October 28th to October 30th 2013 (Monday to Wednesday) * Location: A&O Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Lehrter Str. 12, 10557 Berlin, Germany * Conference wikipage: https://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2013 * Participants: Everybody interested in semantic wikis, especially in Semantic MediaWiki, e.g., users, developers, consultants, business representatives, researchers. SMWCon Fall 2013 will be supported by the Open Semantic Data Association e. V. [1]. Our platinum sponsor will be WikiVote ltd, Russia [2]. Following the success of recent SMWCons, we will have one tutorial day and two conference days. Participating in the conference: To help us planning, you can already informally register on the wikipage, although a firm registration will later be needed. Contributing to the conference: If you want to present your work in the conference please go to the conference wikipage and add your talk there. To create an attractive program for the conference, we will later ask you to give further information about your proposals. Tutorials and presentations will be video and audio recorded and will be made available for others after the conference. ==Among others, we encourage contributions on the following topics== ===Applications of semantic wikis=== * Semantic wikis for enterprise workflows and business intelligence * Semantic wikis for corporate or personal knowledge management * Exchange on business models with semantic wikis * Lessons learned (best/worst practices) from using semantic wikis or their extensions * Semantic wikis in e-science, e-learning, e-health, e-government * Semantic wikis for finding a common vocabulary among a group of people * Semantic wikis for teaching students about the Semantic Web * Offering incentives for users of semantic wikis ===Development of semantic wikis=== * Semantic wikis as knowledge base backends / data integration platforms * Comparisons of semantic wiki concepts and technologies * Community building, feature wishlists, roadmapping of Semantic MediaWiki * Improving user experience in a semantic wiki * Speeding up semantic wikis * Integrations and interoperability of semantic wikis with other applications and mashups * Modeling of complex domains in semantic wikis, using rules, formulas etc. * Access control and security aspects in semantic wikis * Multilingual semantic wikis If you have questions you can contact me (Yury Katkov, Program Chair), Benedikt Kämpgen (General Chair) or Karsten Hoffmeyer (Local Chair) per e-mail (Cc). Hope to see you in Berlin Yury Katkov, Program Chair [1] http://www.opensemanticdata.org/ [2] http://wikivote.ru

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[Wikidata-l] Meta header for asserting that a web page is about a Wikidata subject
by Andy Mabbett 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Suppose I publish a web page about a notable person, building or other entity; and that the subject has a Wikidata entry. What's the best meta header, to assert that the page is about the same subject as the Wikidata entry? I'm thinking of something like: <link rel="foo" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42"> or <meta name="DC.bar" content="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42"> but what values of foo or bar? Given the likely ubiquity of Wikidata in the near future, should we mint: <link rel="wikidata" or a more generic: <link rel="datasource" ? Are there any such headers already in the wild? Should Wikipedia articles and pages on sister projects include such headers? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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[Wikidata-l] GSoC 2014: Annotation tool for feeding wikidata
by Amanpreet Singh 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hi! I am glad to know that mediawiki is selected as one of the mentoring organization for GSoC 2014, Cheers to Quim and all. I have selected a mentorship project from Project list<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects> named Annotation Tool that extracts information from the books and feed them on wikidata<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Annota…> in February start. I have been in contact with the mentors ( Cristian Consonni<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CristianCantoro> , Andrea Zanni <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aubrey>) since then and we have proposed a rough proposal based on our discussions and thoughts. Further information about the project has been provided on the Proposal page. Link for proposal page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Apsdehal We need community's valuable suggestions to improve the proposal, add possible features, and views on the project so that this project can be success. Thanks a lot. -- apsdehal Amanpreet Singh, IIT Roorkee -- Amanpreet Singh, IIT Roorkee

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[Wikidata-l] MediaWiki hackathon in Zurich
by Lydia Pintscher 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Hey folks :) >From 9th to 11th of May there will be a [[mw:Zürich Hackathon 2014|MediaWiki hackathon in Zurich]]. Scholarships are available for this and some of them are given out by Wikimedia Germany for MediaWiki developers who are from Germany or work on Wikidata or the migration of tools from Toolserver to Tool Labs. You can apply for a scholarship directly via the registration form for the hackathon at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nlrQ7cox36xaNK1u9iKP-thogY5TVrilOGJR79DqQ9… The registration deadline is 16th of March. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you there to work on Wikidata together. The whole Wikidata dev team will attend. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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[Wikidata-l] How does Wikidata work?
by Sherlock Holmes 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Hello everybody! Glad to join the team! I'm a freshman to use the Wikidata, and face some confusions: 1. I though Wikidata gathered data from Wikipedia infobox, but I also find that, the statements and infobox are not entirely corresponded. Some infobox data are missed in statements and the Statements also have more data than infobox. Then how does Wikidata actually create a new item? What's the detailed process? If there are new or updated articles in Wikipedia, how does Wikidata catch these updates? 2. I think there are more valuable information in Wikipedia but not included in Wikidata, e.g. categories, infobox data. How can I enrich the Wikidata? I know I may use & follow WikiData Bot's process, any directions? Any suggestions or guidance are welcome! BRs, Sherlock

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[Wikidata-l] Input on Selection of attributes for Extension Catalog Project
by Aditya Chaturvedi 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Hie, I am working on the project for a Catalog for Mediawiki Extensions. The catalog will be just like a store for extensions where users can find the best suited extension for their need and we were thinking if we could use wikidata as a backend for attributes? If that is possible, then I need some assistance in deciding that list of attributes which wikidata can provide. Please suggest how to proceed. A proposal page for the project can be found here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/Gallery_of_extensions Some of the attributes we thought for extensions are: # Name # Description # Image # Version # Category # Version supported # Added on ...and more. Regards, Aditya. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Adi.iiita

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[Wikidata-l] Question about progressive loading
by David Cuenca 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

While reading this [1] and observing how other website load large pages without freezing my computer, I was just wondering why progressive loading of items was not an option for Wikidata. Is it too difficult to implement? Or impossible with mediawiki? Or just undesirable for some other reasons? Thanks! Micru [1] docforge.com/wiki/Web_application/Progressive_loading

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[Wikidata-l] Massive category move on it.wiki
by Vito 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Hi all! I had to move (via category.py) ~3200 categories on it.wiki, as you know moving a category actually means replacing&deleting so I don't think bots will be able to update the relevant wikidata's entries. Any suggestion to update them? Anyone would be able to update it from a list of all those replacements? Vito

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[Wikidata-l] New code, speed, Wikisource and more
by Lydia Pintscher 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Hey folks :) We have just deployed new code. The most important changes are: * We cut down loading time of items significantly. Have a look at this graph: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Item_Loading_Time.png We're not done yet with performance improvements but this is already a huge step. * Wikisource now has access to the data on Wikidata via the property parser function and Lua. * We have extended the Lua interface significantly to make it easier to use Wikidata data in Lua. Hoo will publish more info about this soon. If you can't wait the documentation is up at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikibaseClient/Lua (To use it on Wikipedia you will have to wait until Thursday.) * Bugfixes Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Toolkit: key facts, roadmap, how to join
by Markus Kroetzsch 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Hi all, The new Wikidata Toolkit project has started this week, so here is a brief update. You are invited to participate and to comment. Early users will enjoy a special first-level support: if you have an interesting use-case for our project, we will help you get started and prioritize your requirements. Wikidata Toolkit is going to be a Java library to work with Wikidata (and Wikibase in general). It will allow you to load, query, and analyse the data, and to export it to a variety of formats. Key facts: * Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Toolkit * Code: https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit * Planned milestones: https://github.com/Wikidata/Wikidata-Toolkit/issues/milestones * Project plan (high level): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikidata_Toolkit Our current team consists of four people: Fredo Erxleben, Julian Mendez, Michael Günther, and myself. Development is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and by the German Research Foundation. The project is initially planned for six months. You are invited to contribute code/feature requests/use cases. If you have a concrete task that you would like to solve, please let us know, and we will see what we can do. Our first release 0.1 should be able to create data exports in RDF and maybe in other formats from the internal Wikidata dump files. If you need Wikidata in other formats, please let us know. Our later releases will be able to load data and add query capabilities that allow you to analyse the data. Again, your requirements are welcome. Cheers, Markus -- Markus Kroetzsch Faculty of Computer Science Technische Universität Dresden +49 351 463 38486 http://korrekt.org/

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