I imagine the federation of Wikibase instances becoming part of the solution:

https://addshore.com/2018/04/wikibase-of-wikibases/

Along those lines, I wonder if there is potential for Wikibase as a component in the W3C Solid project’s effort:

https://www.w3.org/community/solid/wiki/Main_Page

Jeff

From: Wikidata <wikidata-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Andra Waagmeester <andra@micel.io>
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Date: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 10:11 AM
To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project <wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [External] Re: [Wikidata] Are we ready for our future

I agree it is not clear what is being discussed here. It is growing, but in (my opinion) in a positive way, i.e. being accepted as a viable knowledge graph. 

Regards, 

Andra

On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:27 PM David Abián <davidabian@wikimedia.es> wrote:

Hi!

Indeed, Wikidata grows and will continue growing. But I don't see
clearly what the purpose of this thread is. Is it to propose possible
technical and financial improvements?

Regards,
David


On 5/3/19 14:24, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> Wikidata grows like mad. This is something we all experience in the
> really bad response times we are suffering. It is so bad that people are
> asked what kind of updates they are running because it makes a
> difference in the lag times there are.
>
> Given that Wikidata is growing like a weed, it follows that there are
> two issues. Technical - what is the maximum that the current approach
> supports - how long will this last us. Fundamental - what funding is
> available to sustain Wikidata.
>
> For the financial guys, growth like Wikidata is experiencing is not
> something you can reliably forecast. As an organisation we have more
> money than we need to spend, so there is no credible reason to be stingy.
>
> For the technical guys, consider our growth and plan for at least one
> year. When the impression exists that the current architecture will not
> scale beyond two years, start a project to future proof Wikidata.
>
> It will grow and the situation will get worse before it gets better.
> Thanks,
>       GerardM
>
> PS I know about phabricator tickets, they do not give the answers to the
> questions we need to address.
>
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