Hello all,
If you are regularly involved in adding, organizing or reusing data from
Wikidata, you certainly encountered some questions or issues related to
data modelling: how to describe and structure information in a consistent
way on Wikidata. This is a big topic for the community at large, and that's
why we will address it together during a 3-days online event, the *Data
Modelling Days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023>*,
that will take place next week, on November 30th, December 1st and 2nd.
During this online gathering, we will have lots of discussions on various
topics that you can discover *in the program*
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023#Sessions>:
we will talk about Entity Schemas and how they can be useful to improve
data quality and consistency on Wikidata, how to model heritage, gender,
references or web fiction, the challenges encountered by people reusing
Wikidata's data inside and outside the Wikimedia projects, how to model
data on a fresh new Wikibase instance, and many other exciting topics.
Aside from attending sessions and joining the discussions, you can also
join our *Data Modelling Clinic sessions*, where you can bring any topic
you are working on, ask questions or ask the community for feedback or
help. You will find these sessions on each day in the program.
The event is taking place online on the video conference platform Jitsi, it
is free, no registration needed (although you are invited to add your name
to the participants list
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023/Participants>).
Most sessions will be recorded in video and have collaborative notes, and
we will publish a list of outcomes and next steps for each session.
We are hoping to see a lot of you at the event!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Events/Data_Modelling_Days_2023>
or
directly by writing to me.
Best,
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.