Wikidata July 2017

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Fwd: [Semediawiki-user] Announcing SMWCon Fall 2017

by [[kgh]]

Heiya, forwarding as this may be of interest for you too. Cheers Karsten -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Semediawiki-user] Announcing SMWCon Fall 2017 Datum: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:53:16 +0200 Von: Rutledge, Lloyd <Lloyd.Rutledge(a)ou.nl> An: Semediawiki-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Dear users, developers and all people interested in semantic wikis, We are happy to announce SMWCon Fall 2017 - the 14th Semantic MediaWiki Conference: Dates: October 4th to October 6th 2017 (Wednesday to Friday). Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Conference page: https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2017 Participants: Everybody interested in semantic wikis, especially in Semantic MediaWiki, e.g., users, developers, consultants, business representatives, researchers. SMWCon Fall 2017 will be supported by ArchiXL B.V. [0], Wikibase Solutions [1], The Open University in the Netherlands [2] and Open Semantic Data Association e. V. [3]. Following the success of this format the SMWCon will have one tutorial and workshop day preceding two conference days. Participating in the conference: To help us planning, you can already informally register on the conference page, although a formal registration will later be needed. Contributing to the conference: If you want to present your work in the conference please go to the conference page 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. 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-humanities, 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 Challenges and obstacles for semantic wikis in business environments 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 For questions about sponsorship opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact Ad Strack van Schijndel <ad at wikibase.nl>. Hope to see you in Rotterdam! Remco de Boer, Toine Schijvenaars, Esther Greefhorst, Lloyd Rutledge, Erwin Oord (The Organizing Committee) [0] http://www.archixl.nl/en/ [1] http://www.wikibase.nl/ [2] https://www.ou.nl/ [3] https://opensemanticdata.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-user mailing list Semediawiki-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user

6 years, 9 months

Re: [Wikidata] [GLAM] CLs are hiring...

by Maarten Brinkerink

Hooray! > Op 3 jul. 2017, om 14:19 heeft Erica Litrenta <elitrenta(a)wikimedia.org> het volgende geschreven: > > Hey all, > as an update on this: > The Technical Collaboration team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration> is very happy to welcome Sandra Fauconnier <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SFauconnier_(WMF)>, our new community liaison <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons> focusing on the Structured Data <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Structured_data> program. Sandra will support the collaboration between the communities (Commons, Wikidata, GLAM <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM>…) and the product development teams involved at the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany. Sandra will also drive the engagement with new individual content contributors, existing and new GLAM organizations, and developers interested in exploring the possibilities of the new platform. > > Learn more about and congratulate her at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Technical_Collaboration#Welcoming_Sand… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Technical_Collaboration#Welcoming_Sand…> . > > Best, > Elitre (WMF) > > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Erica Litrenta <elitrenta(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:elitrenta@wikimedia.org>> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > apologies for the cross-posting, we're just too excited: > we're looking for a new member for our team [0], who'll dive right away in the promising Structured Data project. [1] > > Is our future colleague hiding among the tech ambassadors, translators, GLAM people, community members we usually work with? We look forward to finding out soon. > > So please, check the full job description [2], apply, or tell/recommend anyone who you think may be a good fit. For any questions, please contact me personally (not here). > > Thanks! > Elitre (WMF) > Senior Community Liaison, Technical Collaboration > > > [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons> > > [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data> > > [2] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMGV0Rih… <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMGV0Rih…> > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

6 years, 9 months

Weekly summary #267

by Léa Lacroix

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - New request for comment: When multiple sources are cited for a fact, should IMDB be deleted as one of them when used <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/When_multiple_s…> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>/ Press/Blogs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Past: IRC office hour (read the full log here <https://tools.wmflabs.org/meetbot/wikimedia-office/2017/wikimedia-office.20…> ) - Past: Online Wikidata workshop in French (Wikipédia:Soirées Wiki en ligne <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Soir%C3%A9es_Wiki_en_ligne> ) - Upcoming: Wikidata and SPARQL workshop <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-wikidata-and-wikidata-query-…> and Celtic Knot Conference <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> in Edinburgh - Upcoming: Wikidata workshop during the Africa Open Data Conference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Africa_Open_Data_Conference,_…>, in Accra, Ghana, July 17-21 - A Wikidata workshop conducted in Bangalore <https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikidata-workshop-south-india-conducted-in-…> - Blog report about the second Wikidata workshop in the Czech Republic <http://blog.wikimedia.cz/2017/06/druhe-ceske-setkani-projektu-wikidata-se-s…> (in Czech) Other Noteworthy Stuff - Join the Cycle 3 of the Wikimedia Movement Strategy discussions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Strategy_2017>, and debate about the challenges identified by the research - Sitelinks for the new Kabiye Wikipedia (kbpwiki) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28971705> can be added <https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UnconnectedPages?namespace=0&uselang…> - We reached Q31000000 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31000000> - a dataset of 48,000 English questions have been mapped to Wikidata <https://github.com/askplatypus/wikidata-simplequestions> - New Mix’n’match catalog: Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/492> - COH Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage_Challenge>: in July, add pictures from the Connected Open Heritage <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage> in Wikidata - We asked <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_sparql_twitter_poll_2017.png> the followers of the Wikidata Twitter account if they know about SPARQL - The constraint check script has been turned into a gadget, and other news <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Exciting_news_about_con…> - Platypus has started to learn Spanish <https://askplatyp.us/?lang=es> - WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>: We reached 100 registrations, the event is complete for now. More tickets will be released in September. You can still register on the waitlist. - WikidataCon scholarships applications <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Scholarships> are open until July 16th - MySociety is hiring a community manager to work on EveryPolitician with Wikidata and SPARQL <https://mysociety.workable.com/jobs/520044> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: parliamentary group <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4100>, metrically compatible typeface <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4099>, BVMC place id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4098>, MuseScore ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4097>, RePEc institute ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4096>, Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4095>, Australian Standard Geographic Classification 2006 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4094>, Australian Statistical Geography 2016 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4093>, checksum <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4092>, Irish Grid Reference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4091>, Biodiversity Repository ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4090>, Global Terrorism Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4089> - Query examples: - Place of birth of the authors on Wikimammenn, the breton Wikisource <https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3Fli…> - First names of current French members of Parliament <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ABubbleChart%0APREFIX%20q%3A%20…> (source <https://twitter.com/framawiki/status/880821943636807681>) - Timeline of the births of current members of the French National Assembly <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0APREFIX%20q%3A%20%3C…> (source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/880835274208665600>) - Family tree of Harry Potter characters <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AGraph%0ASELECT%20%3Fcharacter%…> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/879422840059158530>) - Map of mountains located in the Basque Country <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0ASELECT%20%3FitemLabel%20…> (source <https://twitter.com/euwikipedia/status/881615439255789568>) - Items with higher number of child statements than number of children <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20items%20with%20more%20child%20%28P40%29%2…> (source <https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/881206185365565441>) - Pictures of Pharaos <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AImageGrid%0ASELECT%20%3Fq%20%3…> (source <https://twitter.com/MagnusManske/status/880431726543216640>) - Map of departemental archives in France <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Locations%20of%20departemental%20archives%0A…> (source <https://twitter.com/Pymouss/status/881801591589924864>) - Newest gadgets: Units converter <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Bamyers99/UnitsConverter.js> converts from 20 currencies to a selected currency. Converts metric units (mass, dimensions, area, temperature, speed) to/from United States units. The currency amounts are inflation adjusted if data is available. Development - Worked more on support for lexicographical data and Wiktionary. The focus was on creating a necessary new datatype to link to Lexemes as well as making Glosses and statements on Glosses editable. - Getting ready to migrate the constraints definitions from templates on the property talk page to statements on the property. You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. Monthly Tasks - Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above. - Comment on property proposals: all open proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview> - Suggested and open tasks <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks> ! - Contribute to a Showcase item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items> . - Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats> or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication 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 27/029/42207.

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