Hi Johnny,
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Johnny West johnny.west@openoil.net wrote:
I've looked through the documentation but can't find an explicit answer to this question so if I've missed it, apologies.
Wikidata will be implemented as an extension to Mediawiki -- does that mean that the entire Wikidata architecture will be capable of being installed on Mediawiki instances outside Wikipedia?
Yes. That's the plan.
And if so, by this (northern) autumn, when we understand the interface may first be available to early users?
That depends on what you mean with available to early users. The code we are working on is already in MediaWiki git but it's obviously not finished yet. We'll have a demo very soon. I am not going to make any predictions on when exactly it'll be deployed on Wikipedia.
I ask because we run a family of mediawikis and are very interested in piloting integration of Wikidata-type functionality across our own sites. I understand the emphasis in the main Wikipedia-connected project will be to on growing the community of users, and moving forward cautiously with regard to large data uploads. But we would like to experiment with data uploads within our own family of mediawikis, engaging networks of specialists around the world, and also working on the possibilty of automated integration from RSS etc.
Is there anyone in Berlin we could talk to about this?
Yes me for example. I and probably a few other team members will be at the Wikipedia Stammtisch in Berlin tomorrow if you have time: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Berlin
Cheers Lydia