Wikidata April 2019

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Enriching Wikidata with Portuguese lexemes
by Houcemeddine A. Turki 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. Thanks to my discussion with Dr. David Abian, I came across a public domain ontology for Portuguese. This ontology is available in http://ontopt.dei.uc.pt. Currently, Lexicographical Data does not support Portuguese. I ask if someone can build a bot to automatically integrate this ontology into Wikidata. Onto.PT is downloadable using http://ontopt.dei.uc.pt/index.php?sec=download_ontopt. You can verify that it is a public domain ontology using https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259935306_OntoPT_Recent_developmen…. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36 GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, WikiResearch Tunisia Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb Founder, TunSci ____________________ +21629499418

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Public Domain Ontology for Portuguese
by Houcemeddine A. Turki 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. As Dr. David Abian asked me if there are public domain WordNets, I found that there is a public domain ontology for Portuguese. It is available in http://ontopt.dei.uc.pt. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36 GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, WikiResearch Tunisia Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb Founder, TunSci ____________________ +21629499418

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Integrating WordNet in Wikidata Lexicographical Data
by Houcemeddine A. Turki 13 Apr '19

13 Apr '19

Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. I saw with a lot of interest the work that has been done to ameliorate the quality and the quality of the Lexicographical Data. However, I know that most of the added data already exists in WordNets. It seems that we are just reinventing the wheel. I ask why we cannot have an automated method to integrate WordNets in Wikidata. Concerning the copyright issues, they are solved by putting the WordNets as references of the added statements. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36 GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, WikiResearch Tunisia Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb Founder, TunSci ____________________ +21629499418

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qwikidata: a python package to process Wikidata entities and dumps
by Gabriel Altay 12 Apr '19

12 Apr '19

Hello Wikidata folks, I would like to bring your attention to an open source Python package I've been developing called qwikidata. It is pip installable and has minimal requirements (most limiting is python>=3.6). You can read the docs here ( https://qwikidata.readthedocs.io/en/stable/readme.html). My hope is that it will help people interact with the linked data service, the sparql query service, and the raw JSON dump files. The linked README above provides short examples of each. My design goal was to provide a small set of python classes that handle items, properties, and lexemes (i.e. entities). These entity classes provide methods to access things like labels, claims/statements, snaks, forms, senses, and other data. A more detailed look at one item can be found here (https://qwikidata.readthedocs.io/en/stable/entity.html). I am especially excited about the growing Lexeme dataset and had fun implementing the classes to store that data. Feel free to reach out via email or create issues on the github page of the project. best, -Gabriel

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Re: [Wikidata] [wikicite-discuss] Invitation to join Linked Data for Libraries Wikidata Affinity Group
by Dario Taraborelli 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Hilary, this is wonderful — I have a conflict on that date but we'll make sure to circulate the announcement on social. Cross-posting on the main wikidata mailing list, I bet many community members would be interested in participating. Best, Dario On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 4:39 PM Hilary K Thorsen <thorsenh(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > > I'm a new Wikimedian in Residence as part of the Linked Data for > Production project > <https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104568167>. One > of the goals of the project is understanding how libraries can contribute > to and leverage Wikidata as a platform for publishing, linking, and > enriching library linked data. A number of institutions that are part of > the grant are working on projects involving Wikidata and we decided to > start an interest group with biweekly meetings to discuss various aspects > of Wikidata in support of the projects. Possible topics include Wikidata > best practices, documentation, communication channels, policies, and tools. > > At each meeting, myself or a guest will present some relevant material > related to the topic and we’ll discuss any issues members have encountered > as well as helpful resources. At the first meeting on April 23rd, we’ll > talk about the purpose and goals of the group as well as the Wikidata > related projects that are part of the grant. > > > I'd like to invite any interested Wikicite community members to join us. > The call details and communication channels are below. > > > *First call details:* > April 23, 2019 9am PST / 12noon EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET > Agenda: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BuszEQQxlOY14hK60Fl7n8Huvh6jEWXre0-wSvp… > Join: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188 > > > *Communication:* > Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata > #wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: http://bit.ly/joinld4slack > Notes in public LD4 Wikidata folder: > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n > Website: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P2/Wikidata+Affinity+Group > > > The Affinity Group is open to anyone interested in libraries and Wikidata, > so feel free to share this invitation. > > > Cheers, > Hilary > > > Hilary Thorsen > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Digital Library Systems and Services > > Stanford Libraries > > Stanford, CA 94305 > > thorsenh(a)stanford.edu > 650-285-9429 > > -- > Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite > Twitter: https://twitter.com/wikicite > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "wikicite-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to wikicite-discuss+unsubscribe(a)wikimedia.org. >

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[CfP] ISWC 2019 - *Doctoral Consortium papers due soon*
by International Semantic Web Conference 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019) “Knowledge Graphs, Linked Data, Linked Schemas and AI on the Web” Auckland, New Zealand, 26-30 October, 2019 https://iswc2019.semanticweb.org/ The International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) is the premier venue for presenting fundamental research, innovative technology, and applications concerning semantics, data, and the Web. It is the most important international venue to discuss and present latest advances and applications of the semantic Web, knowledge graphs, linked data, ontologies and artificial intelligence (AI) on the Web. ISWC attracts a large number of high quality submissions every year and participants from both industry and academia. ISWC brings together researchers from different areas, such as artificial intelligence, databases, natural language processing, information systems, human computer interaction, information retrieval, web science, etc., who investigate, develop and use novel methods and technologies for accessing, interpreting and using information on the Web in a more effective way. Follow us: Twitter: @iswc_conf , #iswc_conf ( https://twitter.com/iswc_conf ) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13612370 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISWConf/ Become part of ISWC 2019 by submitting to the following tracks & activities or just attend them! In this announcement: * Highlights 1. Call for Doctoral Consortium Full papers due: April 17, 2019 (less than a week from now) 23:59:59 Hawaii Time * Highlights ******************************************* * Doctoral Consortium: papers submitted to the doctoral consortium will be subject to **double blind** peer review. 1. Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers ********************************************** The ISWC 2019 Doctoral Consortium will take place as part of the 18th International Semantic Web Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. This forum will provide PhD students an opportunity to share and develop their research ideas in a critical but supportive environment, to get feedback from mentors who are senior members of the Semantic Web research community, to explore issues related to academic and research careers, and to build relationships with other Semantic Web PhD students from around the world. The Consortium aims to broaden the perspectives and to improve the research and communication skills of these students. The Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results, but who have sufficient time prior to completing their dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. Generally, students in their second or third year of PhD will benefit the most from the Doctoral Consortium. In the Consortium, the students will present their proposals and get specific feedback and advice on how to improve their research plan. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The international program committee will select - submissions for presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. Students with accepted submissions at the Doctoral Consortium will be eligible to apply for travel fellowships to offset some of the travel costs but they will be asked to attend the whole day of the Doctoral Consortium. We ask the PhD students to submit a 12 page description of their PhD research proposal. All proposal have to be submitted electronically via the EasyChair conference submission System. The proposal text must have at least 8 sections (some can be very short), addressing each of the following questions: 1. Problem statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? 2. Relevancy: Why is the problem important? Who will benefit if you succeed? Who should care? 3. Related work: How have others attempted to address this problem? Why is the problem difficult? 4. Research question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? 5. Hypotheses: What hypotheses are related to your research questions? See Is This Really Science? The Semantic Webber’s Guide to Evaluating Research Contributions. 6. Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? 7. Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions and test your hypotheses? What is the main idea behind your approach? The key innovation? 8. Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success – faster/ more accurate/ less failures/ etc.? How do you plan to test your hypothesis? What will you measure? What will you compare to? 9. Reflections: Why do you think you will succeed where others failed? Provide an argument, based either on common knowledge or on evidence that you have accumulated, that your approach is likely to succeed. Further info: https://iswc2019.semanticweb.org/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/ == Important Dates == Full papers due April 17, 2019 (less than a week from now) 23:59:59 Hawaii Time Notifications May 15, 2019 Camera-ready papers due June 14, 2019 == Program Chairs == Contact: iswc2019-doctoral-consortium(a)inria.fr Miao Qiao, Computer Science Department, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Mauro Dragoni, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy See you all in Auckland! The ISWC 2019 Organising Team ( https://iswc2019.semanticweb.org/organizing-committee/ )

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Re: [Wikidata] Invitation to join Linked Data for Libraries Wikidata Affinity Group
by Hilary K Thorsen 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Hi Thad, Thanks for writing back. That's a great question about what features or changes could be added to OpenRefine. We will definitely be making use of it in the projects we are working on. I hope you'll be able to join the call. Hilary Hilary Thorsen Wikimedian in Residence Digital Library Systems and Services Stanford Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429 ________________________________ Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 20:03:32 -0500 From: Thad Guidry <thadguidry(a)gmail.com> To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Invitation to join Linked Data for Libraries Wikidata Affinity Group Message-ID: <CAChbWaPsNfEm8QEf4eMW+_NX4L3m7svSzDpXBCq+B2qUPYACSQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Hilary, I noted this comment on your doc : " what tools haven't been developed yet, but are also in demand by Wikimedia and library communities? so we can collaborate" So what features or changes could be added to our OpenRefine <http://openrefine.org> to help with any Partner Projects? We're all ears. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ -

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals
by Léa Lacroix 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Hello all, I'm forwarding this information, in case you didn't see this discussion yet. In short, the Wikimedia Foundation is considering rebranding the organization as well as the projects from "Wikimedia" to "Wikipedia". If you have an opinion on this, feel free to voice it on the Meta page, or directly to their team by email, until May 2019. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear… For more information, you can also check the blog post https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/26/leading-with-wikipedia-a-brand-p… and the report from the agency https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overview_of_2030_Wikimedia_brand_resea… Cheers, Léa ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Zack McCune <zmccune(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 04:15 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals To: <wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> :: Apologies for cross-posting to multiple mailing lists. We want to ensure we spread the word about this opportunity to as many people as possible. :: Hi all, We are writing today to invite you to be a part of a community review on Wikimedia brand research and strategy. Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation set out to better understand how the world sees Wikimedia and Wikimedia projects as brands.[1] We wanted to get a sense of the general visibility of our different projects, and evaluate public support of our mission to spread free knowledge. We launched a global brand study to research these questions, as part of our planning toward our 2030 strategic goals.[2] The study was commissioned by the Board, carried out by the brand consultancy Wolff Olins, and directed by the Foundation’s Communications team.[3][4] It collected perspectives from the internet users of seven countries (India, China, Nigeria, Egypt, Germany, Mexico and the US) on Wikimedia projects and values. The study revealed some interesting trends: - Awareness of Wikipedia is above 80% in Western Europe and North America. - Awareness of Wikipedia averages above 40% in emerging markets,[5] and is fast growing. - There is awareness of other projects, but was significantly lower. For example, awareness of Wikisource was at 30%, Wiktionary at 25%, Wikidata at 20%, and Wikivoyage at 8%. - There was significant confusion around the name Wikimedia. Respondents reported they had either not heard of it, or extrapolated its relationship to Wikipedia. - In spite of lack of awareness about Wikimedia, respondents showed a high level of support for our mission. Following from these research insights, the Wolff Olins team also made a strategic suggestion to refine the Wikimedia brand system.[6] The suggestions include: - Use Wikipedia as the central movement brand rather than Wikimedia. - Provide clearer connections to the Movement projects from Wikipedia to drive increased awareness, usage and contributions to smaller projects. - Retain Wikimedia project names, with the exception of Wikimedia Commons which is recommended to be shortened to Wikicommons to be consistent with other projects. - Explore new naming conventions for the Foundation and affiliate groups that use Wikipedia rather than Wikimedia. - Consider expository taglines and other naming conventions to reassert the connections between projects (e.g. “______ - A Wikipedia project”). This is not a new idea.[7][8] By definition, Wikimedia brands are shared among the communities who give them meaning. So in considering this change, the Wikimedia Foundation is collecting feedback from across our communities. Our goal is to speak with more than 80% of affiliates and as many individual contributors as possible before May 2019, when we will offer the Board of Trustees a summary of community response. We invite you to look at a project summary [9], the brand research [10], and the brand strategy suggestion [11] Wolff Olins prepared working with us. For feedback, please add comments on the Community Review talk page [12] or email brandproject(a)wikimedia.org with direct feedback. You can also use either of these channels to request to join a group meeting. We know this is big topic and we’re excited to hear from you! - Zack McCune and the Wikimedia Foundation Communications department [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/07/how-does-the-world-see-wikimedia… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20 [3] https://www.wolffolins.com/ [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Defining_Emerging_Comm… [6] https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/26/leading-with-wikipedia-a-brand-p… [7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-May/029991.html [8] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AStrengthening_and_un… [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear… [10] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Wikipedia_and_Wikimedia_Bran… [11] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Wikimedia_brand_strategy_proposal… [12] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_r… -- Zack McCune (he/him) Senior Global Brand Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- 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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Re: [Wikidata] Invitation to join Linked Data for Libraries Wikidata Affinity Group
by Hilary K Thorsen 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Hi Claudio, Thank you! And thank you for this information and background about the SHARE-VDE author ID. Stanford is one of the partner institutions and there certainly will be a lot more of these to do :-) Cheers, Hilary Hilary Thorsen Wikimedian in Residence Digital Library Systems and Services Stanford Libraries Lathrop Library Stanford, CA 94305 thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429 ________________________________ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:55:02 +0200 From: Claudio Forziati <claudio.forziati(a)gmail.com> To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Invitation to join Linked Data for Libraries Wikidata Affinity Group Message-ID: <CAP6RQA5tg93vzyKHVYUQH+CiWE28hEDRc6W8EUfkodVdRP36ow(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Hilary, congrats for you new WiR position. Please note that there's a property in Wikidata for entities in SHARE-VDE project[1]. If I remember correctly, Stanford University is one of the partner institutions of the project. In addition to the proposal[2], I have only tried to enter (manually or via QuickStatements) a hundred IDs but there would be a lot to do :-) Cheers, Claudio [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6329 [2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SHARE-VDE_author_ID Il giorno mer 10 apr 2019 alle ore 03:04 Thad Guidry <thadguidry(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hi Hilary, > > I noted this comment on your doc : > " what tools haven't been developed yet, but are also in demand by > Wikimedia and library communities? so we can collaborate" > > So what features or changes could be added to our OpenRefine > <http://openrefine.org> to help with any Partner Projects? We're all > ears. > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/OpenRefine > > Thad > https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- Claudio Forziati Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II: claudio.forziati(a)unina.it tel: 081 2536449 - skype: claudio.forziati https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Uomovariabile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8976-0393

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Request
by Ahmed Mamdouh 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

Greetings All, Hope this e-mail finds you well. I am currently doing a master project in NLP in JKU under the supervision of Prof. Bruno Buchberger the famous Austrian Mathematician. I am facing a problem where I can’t get enough data for my project. So is there anything that can be done to extend the limit of queries as they timeout ? Thanks in advance, Mamdouh

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