Wikidata May 2020

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Questions about Mix'n'match tool
by Palonen, Tuomas Y E 11 May '20

11 May '20

Hello, I am an information specialist at the National Library of Finland, where I am linking our General Finnish Ontology YSO (30,000+ concepts with terms in Finnish-Swedish-English) to Wikidata at the moment. I just joined this mailing list. I am currently using Mix'n'match tool and would have a couple of questions. I would be very happy for any answers or contact info to someone who might have the answers. Thank you very much! Here are my questions: * Is there a connection in Mix'n'match between the Preliminarily matched/Unmatched division and any of the three: Match mode, Mobile matching, Visual tool? * More precisely, are the link suggestions provided by Match mode / Mobile matching / Visual tool created only from Preliminary matched list, only from Unmatched list or from both? * Also, if I reject a link suggestion in Match mode / Mobile matching / Visual tool, will that concept be added to the Unmatched list? This would be important for my own (and possibly anybody else's) Mix'n'match work flow / method. If it was up to me, I would suggest rejected concepts not be added to the Unmatched list, but that's just me. I am planning to write a report of my linking project in the future, where I will most likely include some development suggestions / wishes. One immediate wish is that it would be great to tag or somehow put aside link suggestions that require more research and cannot be decided on the spot (for example, Wikidata items may include poor Finnish/Swedish terms and may require some corrections before I can do the linking). Thanks for your help! Best regards, Tuomas / National Library of Finland

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Requests for CheckUser permissions
by Allabout Anime 07 May '20

07 May '20

Hello everyone, In accordance with the policy, I am linking my candidacy for CheckUser here: Wikidata:Requests for permissions/CheckUser/BRPever <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/CheckUser#B…> Thank you! BRPever

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Proposal for a new Wikimedia project: Wikilambda
by Denny Vrandečić 05 May '20

05 May '20

Hello all, after talking about it a few times here, the official proposal for creating the multilingual Wikipedia proposal is now on Meta. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilambda The idea is to create abstract, language-independent content in Wikidata, and then translate it into natural language using function. These functions will be defined and maintained in a new Wikimedia project, which I preliminary called Wikilambda. Wikilambda will be a new Wikimedia project that allows to create, maintain, catalog, and evaluate functions about all kind of things. You can find a lot of further details in the link above. If you have any questions, I am happy to answer them. The official project proposal process basically says, make the proposal here, and then go and tell everyone, and at some point, the Board might look at this and say, yes good idea. So I would love to collect many of your voices and support signatures, so that I can go to the Board and tell them look at this :) So please sign here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikilambda Thank you, Denny

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Weekly Summary #414
by Léa Lacroix 05 May '20

05 May '20

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.* Discussions - New request for comments: A meta item namespace (Mxxx) for structured data about Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/A_meta_item_nam…> Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events> - Competition for the International Museum Day is about improving data about museums in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland on Wikidata, from 3 May 2020 to 18 May 2020, more information on Museum Day 2020/Wikidata Competition <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia/Museum_Day_2020/Wikidata_Competit…> - Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call: Alex Jung on Wikidata and Wikipedia Infoboxes, 05 May. Agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xSuAWN01FVfOIvSML2_7Hzfn0PVoGHgARyGB1tc…> - Upcoming: live SPARQL queries in French by Vigneron <https://www.twitch.tv/belett>, Tuesday May 5 at 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Press, articles, blog posts, videos <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage> - Wikipedia Weekly Network - LIVE Wikidata editing: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHFniHzNwQ> - Art+Feminism Office Hours: Introduction to Editing Wikidata: YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgPg0dNSvQ> - Webinar on why and how to contribute to Wikipedia and Wikidata? (in French): YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgH4Vhm45OA> Tool of the week - ProWD <https://prowd-prototype.herokuapp.com/> explores completeness for entities and classes. Other Noteworthy Stuff - MachtSinn <https://machtsinn.toolforge.org/>, a tool that allows you to easily add Senses to Lexemes, has lately been improved significantly - 33,000 values of British Museum person or institution ID (P1711) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1711> now have a useful target again. After their being mostly inoperative for several years, the new British Museum website now has information pages matching these values, with links to related objects. (Example <https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43386>). To work around bug T112081 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112081>, a script by Andrew Gray is going through the items making null edits to update the relevant URLs. - Outdated copy of wb_terms has been dropped on April 29th <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/2020-April/001539.html> Did you know? - Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>: - General datatypes: none - External identifiers: COVIDWHO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8150>, Sicilian Regional Assembly ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8151>, Sicilian Regional Assembly numeric ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8152>, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8153>, Republic of Korea Parliamentarian Society ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8155>, NKAA ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8156>, MémorialGenWeb monument ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8157>, History Colorado ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8158>, SciProfiles ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8159>, Bibliotheca Augustana author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8160>, CONI honoured ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8161>, DGHS facility code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8162>, Diels-Kranz ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8163>, DPVweb ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8164>, Maryland's National Register Properties ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8165>, Encyclopaedia Metallum label ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8166>, WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8167>, FactGrid item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8168>, Heritage Gateway ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8169>, RPPS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8170>, Priset of Archidiecezja Gdańska ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8171>, Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8172>, Extratime.ie player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8173>, Slovak Registration ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8174>, Infames Romani ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8175>, Itch.io developer profile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8176>, Oregon Historic Sites Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8177> - New property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review: - General datatypes: Ex-libris <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ex-libris>, tabular case data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/tabular_case_data>, Geneanet URL(s) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geneanet_URL(s)>, transitivity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transitivity>, Compatible with <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Compatible_with> - External identifiers: DPE school code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DPE_school_code>, identifiant Prix de Lausanne <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Prix_d…>, CDAPNC author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CDAPNC_author_ID>, identificativo Giunta regionale della Sicilia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificativo_Giu…>, Goodreads work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Goodreads_work_ID>, Wikilengua <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikilengua>, BeWeb cultural institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BeWeb_cultural_ins…>, Anagrafe Istituti Culturali Ecclesiastici ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anagrafe_Istituti_…>, Group Properties wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Group_Properties_w…>, House Divided ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/House_Divided_ID>, Southwest Harbor Public Library item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Southwest_Harbor_P…>, Gitabitan.net ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gitabitan.net_ID>, The Conversation author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Conversation_a…> - Query examples: - Map of countries receiving the Nobel peace prize <https://w.wiki/Pra> (Source <https://twitter.com/salgo60/status/1257202780768473088>) - Map of geolocated Argentine libraries <https://w.wiki/PCY> (Source <https://twitter.com/diegoarielvega/status/1254742476671287296>) - Recipes that include garlic <https://w.wiki/Ppa> (Source <https://twitter.com/jjmerelo/status/1254852765140029441>) - Images of postcards from the catalog of the Regional bibliography of Saxony <https://w.wiki/PVq> (Source <https://twitter.com/saxorum/status/1255883883285020674>) - French municipalities which have the property "archived by" (P485) for the departmental archives of Bouches-du-Rhône <https://w.wiki/PbX> (Source <https://twitter.com/belett/status/1256151372485009409>) - Municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants in the Basque Country <https://w.wiki/PdJ> (Source <https://twitter.com/euwikipedia/status/1256250043922817031>) - People born in Wales who became head of government in Wales or overseas <https://w.wiki/Pg6> (Source <https://twitter.com/heald_j/status/1256542169483091975>) - Average stardate of Star Trek episodes <https://w.wiki/Ppy> (Source <https://twitter.com/alexparsons/status/1256900026787381250>) - Municipalities in mainland France with more than 50,000 inhabitants <https://w.wiki/Pnt> (Source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1257012641660354561>) - Graph showing direct ancestral lines linking Boris Johnson and George I, and Jesus and Abraham <https://w.wiki/Ngv> (Source <https://twitter.com/piecesofuk/status/1252902711596429312>) - Photos by Carlton Watkins with their collection <https://w.wiki/NhZ> (Source <https://twitter.com/WIKI_NLW/status/1252946158235922433>) - Works from Louvre Museum whose inventory number begins with an S <https://w.wiki/Nj7> (Source <https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1253013032646606849>) - Works from the Islamic arts department of Louvre Museum <https://w.wiki/NqA> (Source <https://twitter.com/Pyb75/status/1253380857013952512>) - Map of artists with place of their birth on Wikidata <https://w.wiki/Nxd> (Source <https://twitter.com/b3d2c/status/1253793105930838018>) - Location and image of the cathedrals of Paris <https://w.wiki/NxH> ( Source <https://twitter.com/slaettaratindur/status/1253755105075134472>) - Jewish art collectors and dealers who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps <https://query.wikidata.org/#%23With%20pictures%0A%0A%23died%20in%20Treblink…> (Source <https://twitter.com/OpenLinkArtData/status/1254634722006835200>) - Newest database reports: Notable descedents of *Mayflower* passengers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Genealogy/Mayflower_desc…> Development - Add monolingual language codes rm-rumgr, rm-surmiran, rm-sursilv, rm-sutsilv, rm-vallader, rm-puter (phab:T222426 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T222426>) - More work on the test system for federated properties - More work on displaying statements with federated properties ( phab:T246606 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246606>) - Bridge: more work on generic error screens (phab:T241126 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241126>) - Bridge: warn the user that they are about to edit anonymously ( phab:T246676 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T246676>) - Work on a Wikidata distributed game for automated finding of references - Automated finding references: build a scraper, simple value matching, item analyzer - Have the focus on field when adding new element on Sense (phab:T203461 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203461>) - Add more properties to the PageImages list (phab:T249811 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249811>) - Use strict types everywhere in Wikibase (phab:T251382 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251382>) You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filt…>. 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> - 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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[Virtual OM-2020] 1st CFP: 15th workshop on Ontology Matching collocated with ISWC
by Pavel Shvaiko 04 May '20

04 May '20

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS ON AUGUST 10TH, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Fifteenth International Workshop on ONTOLOGY MATCHING (OM-2020) http://om2020.ontologymatching.org/ November 2nd or 3rd, 2020, International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) Workshop Program, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Ontology matching is a key interoperability enabler for the Semantic Web, as well as a useful technique in some classical data integration tasks dealing with the semantic heterogeneity problem. It takes ontologies as input and determines as output an alignment, that is, a set of correspondences between the semantically related entities of those ontologies. These correspondences can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging, data interlinking, query answering or navigation over knowledge graphs. Thus, matching ontologies enables the knowledge and data expressed with the matched ontologies to interoperate. The workshop has three goals: 1. To bring together leaders from academia, industry and user institutions to assess how academic advances are addressing real-world requirements. The workshop will strive to improve academic awareness of industrial and final user needs, and therefore, direct research towards those needs. Simultaneously, the workshop will serve to inform industry and user representatives about existing research efforts that may meet their requirements. The workshop will also investigate how the ontology matching technology is going to evolve, especially with respect to data interlinking, knowledge graph and web table matching tasks. 2. To conduct an extensive and rigorous evaluation of ontology matching and instance matching (link discovery) approaches through the OAEI (Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative) 2020 campaign: http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2020/ 3. To examine similarities and differences from other, old, new and emerging, techniques and usages, such as web table matching or knowledge embeddings. This year, in sync with the main conference, we encourage submissions specifically devoted to: (i) datasets, benchmarks and replication studies, services, software, methodologies, protocols and measures (not necessarily related to OAEI), and (ii) application of the matching technology in real-life scenarios and assessment of its usefulness to the final users. TOPICS of interest include but are not limited to: Business and use cases for matching (e.g., big, open, closed data); Requirements to matching from specific application scenarios (e.g., public sector, homeland security); Application of matching techniques in real-world scenarios (e.g., in cloud, with mobile apps); Formal foundations and frameworks for matching; Novel matching methods, including link prediction, ontology-based access; Matching and knowledge graphs; Matching and deep learning; Matching and embeddings; Matching and big data; Matching and linked data; Instance matching, data interlinking and relations between them; Privacy-aware matching; Process model matching; Large-scale and efficient matching techniques; Matcher selection, combination and tuning; User involvement (including both technical and organizational aspects); Explanations in matching; Social and collaborative matching; Uncertainty in matching; Expressive alignments; Reasoning with alignments; Alignment coherence and debugging; Alignment management; Matching for traditional applications (e.g., data science); Matching for emerging applications (e.g., web tables, knowledge graphs). SUBMISSIONS Contributions to the workshop can be made in terms of technical papers and posters/statements of interest addressing different issues of ontology matching as well as participating in the OAEI 2020 campaign. Long technical papers should be of max. 12 pages. Short technical papers should be of max. 5 pages. Posters/statements of interest should not exceed 2 pages. All contributions have to be prepared using the LNCS Style: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 and should be submitted in PDF format (no later than August 10th, 2020) through the workshop submission site at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=om2020 Contributors to the OAEI 2020 campaign have to follow the campaign conditions and schedule at http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2020/. DATES FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS AND POSTERS: August 10th, 2020: Deadline for the submission of papers. September 11th, 2020: Deadline for the notification of acceptance/rejection. September 21st, 2020: Workshop camera ready copy submission. November 2nd or 3rd, 2020: OM-2020, Virtual Conference. Contributions will be refereed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as a volume of CEUR-WS as well as indexed on DBLP. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 1. Pavel Shvaiko (main contact) Trentino Digitale, Italy 2. Jérôme Euzenat INRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France 3. Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz City, University of London, UK & SIRIUS, University of Oslo, Norway 4. Oktie Hassanzadeh IBM Research, USA 5. Cássia Trojahn IRIT, France PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be completed): Alsayed Algergawy, Jena University, Germany Manuel Atencia, INRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France Zohra Bellahsene, LIRMM, France Jiaoyan Chen, University of Oxford, UK Valerie Cross, Miami University, USA Jérôme David, University Grenoble Alpes & INRIA, France Daniel Faria, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciéncia, Portugal Alfio Ferrara, University of Milan, Italy Marko Gulic, University of Rijeka, Croatia Wei Hu, Nanjing University, China Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Antoine Isaac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Europeana, Netherlands Naouel Karam, Fraunhofer, Germany Prodromos Kolyvakis, EPFL, Switzerland Patrick Lambrix, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden Oliver Lehmberg, University of Mannheim, Germany Majeed Mohammadi, TU Delft, Netherlands Peter Mork, MITRE, USA Andriy Nikolov, Metaphacts GmbH, Germany George Papadakis, University of Athens, Greece Catia Pesquita, University of Lisbon, Portugal Henry Rosales-Méndez, University of Chile, Chile Kavitha Srinivas, IBM, USA Giorgos Stoilos, Huawei Technologies, Greece Pedro Szekely, University of Southern California, USA Ludger van Elst, DFKI, Germany Xingsi Xue, Fujian University of Technology, China Ondrej Zamazal, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic Songmao Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China ------------------------------------------------------- More about ontology matching: http://www.ontologymatching.org/ http://book.ontologymatching.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Best Regards, Pavel ------------------------------------------------------- Pavel Shvaiko, PhD Trentino Digitale, Italy http://www.ontologymatching.org/ https://www.trentinodigitale.it/ http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel -- Cap. Soc. Euro 6.433.680,00 - REG. IMP. / C.F. / P.IVA 00990320228 E-mail: tndigit(a)tndigit.it <mailto:infotn@infotn.it> - www.trentinodigitale.it <http://www.infotn.it> Società soggetta ad attività di direzione e coordinamento da parte della Provincia Autonoma di Trento - C.Fisc. 00337460224. Questo messaggio è indirizzato esclusivamente ai destinatari in intestazione, può contenere informazioni protette e riservate ai sensi della normativa vigente e ne è vietato qualsiasi impiego diverso da quello per cui è stato inviato. Se lo avete ricevuto per errore siete pregati di eliminarlo in ogni sua parte e di avvisare il mittente

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jean-francois gendron
by Jim Gendron 04 May '20

04 May '20

Did members of your family emigrate to Quebec/Montreal in the late 1600's (1685?)

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Quickstatements to put labels on Properties
by Olaf Simons 04 May '20

04 May '20

Hi Wikidata people, I am trying to use QuickStatements in order to set Spanish Labels and Descriptions on all the Properties of our Wikibase (FactGrid). E.g.: P367 Les "Identificación de la BnF" Somehow I fail with the error code "Revision with ID not found". I can, however easily set these alternative statements (Q24 is the sandbox item): Q24 Les "Identificación de la BnF" P367 P2 "Identificación de la BnF" There seems to be a particular thing to observe about Property labels and descriptions - any clue? Cheers, Olaf Dr. Olaf Simons Forschungszentrum Gotha der Universität Erfurt Schloss Friedenstein, Pagenhaus 99867 Gotha Büro: +49-361-737-1722 Mobil: +49-179-5196880 Privat: Hauptmarkt 17b/ 99867 Gotha

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Best way to tag item for Admin review?
by Thad Guidry 01 May '20

01 May '20

Hi team! How do others tag a Wikidata item for Admin review? Not necessarily spam, but perhaps some errant bot or person causing a bit of confusion with wrongful statements. Such as this case of a Wikidata property that should not be? https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75557618 Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/

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Partial RDF dumps
by Ece Toprak 01 May '20

01 May '20

Hi, I am currently working on a NER project at school and would like to know if there is a way to generate RDF dumps that only contain "instance of" or "subclass of" relations. I have found these dumps: RDF Exports from Wikidata<https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-exports/rdf/exports/20160801/dump_downlo…> Here, under "simplified and derived dumps" taxonomy and instances dumps are very useful for me but unfortunately very old. It would be great if I could generate up to date dumps. Thank You, Alkım Ece Toprak Bogazici University

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Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications
by Pine W 01 May '20

01 May '20

Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Clifford Snow <clifford(a)snowandsnow.us> Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us <talk-us(a)openstreetmap.org> In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting it on talk-us mailing list. 2020 will be the first year that the OSM Foundation operates the new microgrants project. In the coming weeks, we hope to hear from you about a bold, community-driven, and impactive OpenStreetMap project idea that will benefit from a microgrant of up to 5000 euros. We welcome a broad range of projects, with the minimum requirement being a clear connection to OpenStreetMap. What is a microgrant? In our case, it is a modest amount of funds awarded to applicants in order to fund direct expenses of a project. For an idea of successful projects, you can take a look at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team’s 2019 microgrant awardees. Keep in mind that the OSMF has a wider focus than the humanitarian sector, spanning our global community, and welcomes applications with any focus that relates to OpenStreetMap. We particularly encourage applicants to consider the core values from the OSMF’s mission statement and how any microgrant work can incorporate them. The OSMF Microgrant Program focuses on simple grant proposals, and we will swiftly decide on what to fund. Our goal is to avoid a complicated and long application and decision process. You should submit a brief and concise proposal, and we plan to quickly announce the awardees. We encourage submissions from individuals, groups, and organizations who have a clear idea they want to pursue. Each project should be completed within 12 months of the microgrant being awarded this spring. Microgrants are open to all OSMF members, and can be submitted in any language. If you are not yet a member of OSMF then you can apply to join up until the time you submit a microgrant application, and be eligible for an award. Please note there is a fee waiver program that may allow you to join the OSMF at no cost. In light of the ongoing health crisis regarding COVID19, we will not be awarding microgrants for projects which require offline group gatherings and in person meetings, although these ideas are certainly valuable for future rounds. Funding can be used for a variety of purposes. You may need tools and supplies for mapping activity, funds for training materials, technology expenses for a series of virtual mapathons, prizes for an online coding, mapping, or writing contest, and many more examples. Please embrace your own creativity and not feel limited by the range of examples. We encourage you to consult with your local OpenStreetMap community when planning a microgrant application, and make sure you adhere to community guidelines in the scope of the project. If accepted for a microgrant, you will be responsible for reporting progress, signing a grant agreement, and making sure to follow the detailed microgrant rules. It is strongly suggested that your project uses the funding to enable volunteer work to have a wider and stronger impact than it would without funding. The call for microgrants will open on April 19th, 2020 and we will continue to accept applications through May 10th, 2020. In order to submit, visit the OSM Wiki page and click on “Start your application” to enter the template. When this is complete, send a message to microgrants at osmfoundation.org. We also encourage sharing your application on osmf-talk when it is submitted. If you need help with the submission process, please feel free to contact the Microgrants Committee for help. If you don’t have enough time to prepare your plan and application, please consider submitting it in a possible future round of microgrants. Once the submission period closes on May 10th, we invite the community to review the complete list of submissions and provide feedback on the wiki page. We also will accept feedback by email to microgrants at osmfoundation.org and via osmf-talk. Complete timeline: April 19: call for microgrant applications opens May 10: final date for submission (23:59 Pacific Time Zone, USA). May 10-TBD: community feedback period Late May: announcement of awards For more details, see the complete rules and guidelines on the OSM wiki and contact us at microgrants at osmfoundation.org with any questions. This is the first time the OSMF is sponsoring such an activity, and we look forward to learning together about how this benefits our community and how to build a transparent, effective, and inclusive microgrants program for everyone involved. We are grateful for the opportunity to make funds available to the community and hope to hear your ideas in the coming weeks. Clifford Member of the OSMF Microgrants Committee -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us(a)openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

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