On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Brill Lyle <wp.brilllyle@gmail.com> wrote:

This is a great development. Not sure if this is helpful to discuss here or
if it is preferrable on the Structured data page? Please advise and I will
copy info there.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data

In May 2015, Wikimedia NYC supported an editathon with the Guggenheim here
in NYC where the Guggenheim donated 100 images to Wikimedia Commons as part
of a GLAM initiative.
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum_May_2015#Gallery

Pharos added some really great metadata to these image pages, which might be
helpful as a guide for what might be the most deluxe type of Commons page
info breakout -- at least it seems pretty deluxe that to me. :-)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GUGG_Dynamism_of_a_Speeding_Horse_%2B_Houses.jpg


Thanks. Stuff like that is useful to have as examples.


As far as discoverability goes, I think that the use of categories on
Commons is mission critical. I see this requested feature is noted on this
project page. Personally, I don't love the flatness of the category system
on Commons (or Wikipedia actually) because it's not especially faceted, but
I think that this "legacy" issue should be very clearly integrated as this
project develops.There are so many images available on Commons but finding
them is a problem. The file name is often not descriptive enough, and the
metadata might be incomplete or poor. So integration with Wikidata is key,
but again, discoverability is even more important. Otherwise it's just
unlabeled jars on the wall.

And to be a total pain, have existing library resources, like the A&A
Thesaurus from the Getty, been consulted to provide controlled vocabularies
and possible copy catalog potential?
Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus:
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/
example: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021368

I'm not a working librarian but I think there are multiple semantic
resources for artwork, especially. I remember this one from grad school....


We will be using Wikidata's vocabulary (items and properties) as that
has a lot of advantages here. However a lot of that is already
connected to A&A Thesaurus and others. So we're pretty flexible there
for different usecases.


Cheers
Lydia

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