Wikitech-l March 2012

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Auto-created gerrit accounts for users that had enough info in USERINFO
by Ryan Lane 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

I've ran a script to auto-create user accounts for users who had enough information in their USERINFO file (user name, svn account name, email address). If you are one of these lucky few (there were only 28 that didn't already have accounts), then you can follow these instructions to log in: https://labsconsole.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Access#Initial_log_in - Ryan

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GSoC project : Implement pre- or post-commit checks in code repositories
by Akash Nawani 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

Hi Everyone I am a 4th year Engineering student from India. I would love to work on the "Implementing pre- or post-commit checks in code repositories" project if somebody can mentor this project. It is a great idea to have this kind of hooks on the repositories. This project is surely going to save a lot of time of code reviewers. Looking forward for a mentor. Thanks. -- Cheers, Akash

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Google Summer of Code update & how we'll run it
by Sumana Harihareswara 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

I submitted our application to Google and we're just waiting for March 16th, when we'll hear whether we've been accepted. I can't handle all the student-helping on my own, so please try to guide prospective students -- point them to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012 and encourage them to read the FAQ linked there. Gregory Varnum (varnent) has also accepted my request to be my backup on running our GSoC participation this year, so if someone needs shepherding, Greg can help. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012/management#GSoC_manageme… has my plans for running GSoC this year. Key points: People are more important than code; Hands-on mentorship and management; Quality over quantity, scope small. -- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation

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Call for Submissions I-SEMANTICS 2012 (Deadline: April 13th)
by hellmann＠informatik.uni-leipzig.de 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

---- apologies for multiple posts ---- Call for Papers I-SEMANTICS 2012 8th International Conference on Semantic Systems Graz, Austria, 5 - 7 September 2012 http://www.i-semantics.at including Call for Submissions 5th Linked Data Cup Latest News: ========================================================= Wolters Kluwer Germany main sponsor of I-SEMANTICS 2012 I-SEMANTICS proceedings published by ACM ICPS Important Dates (Research & Application Papers & I-Challenge) + Abstract Submission Deadline : April 2, 2012 + Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012 + Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012 + Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012 Important Dates (I-Challenge) + Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012 + Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012 + Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012 Important Dates (Posters & Demo Papers & PhD Track) + Submission Deadline: May 21, 2012 + Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2012 ========================================================= Hashtag for I-SEMANTICS 2012: #isem2012 Scope ===== I-SEMANTICS 2012 (www.i-semantics.at) is the 8th International Conference within the I-SEMANTICS series. I-SEMANTICS 2012 brings together both researchers and practitioners in the areas of Semantic Technologies, Linked Data and the Semantic Web in order to showcase cutting edge research, demonstrators and applications for the Corporate and Social Semantic Web. I-SEMANTICS 2012 is proud to announce the new format ?I-CHALLENGE?, which brings to you the 5th Linked Data Cup (formerly Triplification Challenge), the Best Paper Award and the Best Poster Award. As in the past years the I-SEMANTICS Conference will be complemented by I-KNOW (www.i-know.at), the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Management, aiming to reflect the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and semantic systems. Topics ====== As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry, I-SEMANTICS encourages scientific research and application-oriented contributions in the field of Semantic Technologies, Semantic Web and Linked Data. The topics of interest for this year?s conference include but are not limited to: The Web of Data + (Large scale) triplification of existing (structured) data + Vocabularies, taxonomies and schemas for the Web of Data + Querying, searching and browsing over the Web of Data + Data integration and interlinking for the Web of Data + User interaction and innovative visualizations for the Web of Data + Languages, tools and methodologies for representing, managing and reasoning on the Web of Data + (Mashup) applications utilizing (large scale) Linked Data resources + Recommender systems making use of the Web of Data + Integrating microposts into the Web of Data + Linked Enterprise Data and (Open) Linked Government Data + Connecting the Web of Data with real world sensor data + Location-based services and mobile semantic applications Quality of Semantic Data on the Web + Provenance information for the Web of Data + Large scale ontology inspection and repair + Co-reference detection and dataset reconciliation + Maintenance of Linked Data models + Trust, privacy and security in Semantic Web applications Corporate Semantic Web + Corporate thesauri, business vocabularies, ontologies and rules + Semantic business, e-commerce and m-commerce systems + Semantic procurement for enterprises and governments + Semantics, pragmatics and semiotics in organizations + Enterprise trust and reputation management Semantic Content Engineering + Collaborative ontology engineering + Ontology modularity, alignment and merging + Ontology design patterns and life cycle management + Ontology learning and knowledge acquisition + Quality criteria for collaboratively generated semantic content + Semantic annotation and tagging + Making sense of microposts + Semantic content management systems Semantic Multimedia + Semantic-driven multimedia applications + Multimedia ontologies and infrastructures + Content-based semantic multimedia analysis and data mining + Semantic-driven multimedia indexing and retrieval + Named entity recognition and disambiguation in multimedia documents + Human-computer interfaces for multimedia data access + Smart visualization and browsing of multimedia documents + User-generated semantic metadata for multimedia documents Studies, Metrics & Benchmarks + Case studies of and benchmarks in semantic systems usage + Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research methodologies + Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories + Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies + Applications with clear lessons learned or evaluations (Linked) Data Ecosystems & Markets + Economic foundations of data assets, markets and data crowd sourcing + Business and governance models for data commerce + Production principles and measures of data creation, curation and utilization + Business models and economic impacts of Linked (Enterprise) Data and/or large scale semantic systems + Case studies for sector-specific (Linked) Data strategies I-SEMANTICS Submission Information ================================== All accepted full papers and short papers of I-SEMANTICS 2012 will be published in the digital library of the ACM ICP series. Please note: Poster and Demo papers are planned to be published within CEUR-WS. Optional publication of PhD papers in CEUR-WS is under discussion. Research/Application Papers --------------------------- Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, Word Perfect, Word). The publication will be available under the following ISBN: 978-1-4503-1112-0 Research papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. The number of pages of research papers is limited to 8 pages for full papers and 4 pages for short papers including references and an optional appendix. Full and short papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, Word Perfect, Word). Important Dates (Research & Application Papers) ----------------------------------------------- + Abstract Submission Deadline (strict): April 2, 2012 + Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012 + Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012 + Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012 Posters, Demos & PhD Track -------------------------- The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demonstrations, and PhD track submissions. The Posters, Demonstrations & PhD Track complements the Research Paper Track and offers an opportunity for presenting late-breaking research results, ongoing research projects, and speculative or innovative work in progress. The informal setting of the Posters, Demonstrations & PhD Track encourages presenters and participants to engage in discussions about the presented work. Such discussions can be invaluable inputs for the future work of the presenters, while offering participants an effective way to broaden their knowledge of the emerging research trends and to network with other researchers. Poster and demo submissions should consist of a 2-3 page description that allows us to judge the quality of the presentation. Submissions to this track must be in the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors), i.e. please do NOT use the ACM template here. The objective of the PhD Track is to provide doctoral students with a forum to present and discuss their research projects with experienced researchers (?mentors?) and fellow students. It addresses PhD students at an early stage of their doctoral studies, who want to receive feedback from internationally recognized researchers. Ideally, participants will have a well-defined problem statement and precise questions to discuss with their mentor. Applicants should be PhD students (from any country), conducting ongoing research in the areas of semantic technologies, Linked Data and the Semantic Web. PhD track submissions should consist of up to 1.500 words and contain the following: + Name, affiliation and contact details of the PhD student + Name(s) of the supervisor(s) + Summary of the research project, including: + Problem: research questions, motivation, state of the art and relevance for the fields of Semantic Technologies, Linked Data and Semantic Web + Approach: (planned) approach and methodology + Current status / timeline: current status of the work and any results that have already been reached plus outlook to future work + A list of key questions that the PhD student wants to discuss during the event Submissions will be reviewed by experienced researchers; each submission will receive detailed feedback. The program committee will select participants who will give a short presentation about their research project during the I-SEMANTICS PhD Track. Main focus of the event is on discussion, support and solving open questions.# Important Dates (Posters & Demo Papers & PhD Track) --------------------------------------------------- + Submission Deadline: May 21, 2012 + Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2012 I-CHALLENGE =========== For the first time in 2012 we will bring to you the I-CHALLENGE, consisting of the Best Research/Application Paper Award, the Best Poster Award, the Best PhD Paper Award and the Linked Data Cup. While the best paper will be selected by the program committee, the Best Poster will be voted by the conference audience via online voting. (Please expect more details for all the Best Paper Awards in the weeks to come.) Information on the Linked Data Cup can be found below: Linked Data Cup 2012 -------------------- The yearly organised Linked Data Cup (formerly Triplification Challenge) awards prizes to the most promising innovation involving linked data. Four different technological topics are addressed: triplification, interlinking, cleansing, and application mash-ups. The Linked Data Cup invites scientists and practitioners to submit novel and innovative (5 star) linked data sets and applications built on linked data technology. Although more and more data is triplified and published as RDF and linked data, the question arises how to evaluate the usefulness of such approaches. The Linked Data Cup therefore requires all submissions to include a concrete use case and problem statement alongside a solution (triplified data set, interlinking/cleansing approach, linked data application) that showcases the usefulness of linked data. Submissions that can provide measurable benefits of employing linked data over traditional methods are preferred. Note that the call is not limited to any domain or target group. We accept submissions ranging from value-added business intelligence use cases to scientific networks to the longest tail of information domains. The only strict requirement is that the employment of linked data is very well motivated and also justified (i.e. we rank approaches higher that provide solutions, which could not have been realised without linked data, even if they lack technical or scientific brilliance). Evaluation Criteria ------------------- The submissions will be initially evaluated with a well-known five star ranking system. Furthermore, entries will be assessed according to the extent to which they 1. motivate the relevancy of their use case for their respective domain; 2. justify the adequacy of linked data technologies for their solution; 3. demonstrate that all alternatives to linked data would have resulted in an inferior solution; 4. provide an evaluation that can measure the benefits of linked data Topics ------ Ideas for topics include (but are not limited to): + Improving traditional approaches with help of linked data + Linked data use in science and education + Linked data supported multimedia applications + Linked data in the open source context + Web annotation + Generic applications + Internationalization of linked data + Visualization of linked data + Linked government data + Business models based on linked data + Recommender systems supported by linked data + Integrating microposts with linked data + Distributed social web based on linked data + Linked data sensor networks Submission and Reviewing ------------------------ Submissions to the Linked Data Cup will be reviewed by members of the Linked Data Cup Board and invited experts from the Linked Data community. Submissions should consist of 4 pages and must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting as accepted submissions will be published in the I-SEMANTICS 2012 proceedings in the digital library of the ACM ICP series. Please read the submission page for detailed information on how to submit. Important Dates (Linked Data Cup) --------------------------------- + Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012 + Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012 + Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012 I-SEMANTICS Committee ===================== Scientific Chair ---------------- + Harald Sack (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering) Program Chairs -------------- + H. Sofia Pinto (Technical University of Lisbon) + Valentina Presutti (Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology, Rome) Track Chairs ------------ + I-CHALLENGE: + Sebastian Hellmann (University of Leipzig) + Jörg Waitelonis (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering) + PhD Track Chair: Katrin Weller (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) + Poster Chair: Steffen Lohmann (University of Stuttgart) Industry Chair -------------- + Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company) Conference Chair ---------------- + Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web Company / University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, Austria) Program Committee ----------------- Please go to: http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/scientific-track/program-committee/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Test suite for dumping MediaWikis using xmldumps-backup
by Christian Aistleitner 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

Hello everyone, in the past weeks, I put together "xmldumps-test"---a test suite for Ariel's xmldumps-backup software. xmldumps-test tries to assure that the MySQL database, MediaWiki, and xmldumps-backup play nicely together. xmldumps-test injects data into the database (so do not use it on a live database), starts xmldumps-backup, and compares the generated XML dumps against pre-verified data. Using xmldumps-test I hope to catch problems caused by modifications to MediaWiki or xmldumps-backup /before/ they hit Wikimedia's production servers dumping enwiki, ... The code is up for review at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/operations/dumps/test.git . README serves as general point of entry to the documentation. README.installation shows you how to set up xmldumps-test. After setup is completed, ./run_tests.sh runs all available tests. xmldumps-test comes with tests for REL1_1{7,8,9} and trunk. I'd love to get some feedback, or comments on the scripts. Best regards, Christian -- ---- quelltextlich e.U. ---- \\ ---- Christian Aistleitner ---- Companies' registry: 360296y in Linz Christian Aistleitner Gruendbergstrasze 65a Email: christian(a)quelltextlich.at 4040 Linz, Austria Phone: +43 732 / 26 95 63 Fax: +43 732 / 26 95 63 Homepage: http://quelltextlich.at/ ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Wikitech-l] [Labs-l] New project request
by Liangent 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

(cross posting to wikitech-l) On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Ryan Lane <rlane32(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I've created a project called category-sorting for you. > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Liangent <liangent(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The zhwiki community started a discussion about category sorting >> again[1], which was what Extension:CategoryMultisort[2] designed for. >> However in MW 1.17+ it should be re-written to make use of the new >> Collation component. I plan to do it later (maybe after Git migration, >> as a new extension because it need to be written completely in another >> way) and I want to use Labs so the community can see the current >> developing progress. Can someone create a project for me? >> >> [1] https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E4%BA%92%E5%8A%A9%E5%AE%A2%E6%A0%8… >> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryMultisort What do you think is a better approach to implement this? In 1.16 version I had to create another DB table but in modern MediaWiki, categories have better sorting support so another choice (which seems more natural) is to patch MediaWiki and change $wgCategoryCollation to an array to support multiple collation at the same time. Maybe another choice is to reuse the existing categorylinks table in an extension but this requires MediaWiki to have enough hooks. >> >> -Liangent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Labs-l mailing list >> Labs-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > Labs-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l -Liangent

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[GSoC 2012] Application: Realtime Collaboration on Visual Editor
by Ashish Dubey 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Hi Everyone, So with respect to my GSoC proposal earlier [1], I've written an application draft under my user page [2]. The scope of the project has been greatly resolved. I would be really thankful, if I get some feedback. Thank you. Links - [1] - http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-February/058254.html [2] - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dash1291/GSoC_2012_Application -- Ashish Dubey

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Mark Hershberger departing Wikimedia Foundation in May
by bawolff 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

> Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:31:56 -0700 > From: Rob Lanphier <robla(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikitech-l] Mark Hershberger departing Wikimedia Foundation > in May > Message-ID: > <CAPzpXh6xKcwnJ04JqMO7YcanHYUYSvtH-f3kaJv5xUO-YV5nkQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everyone, > > I regret to inform you all that Mark Hershberger will be leaving the > Wikimedia Foundation at the end of May. > > Mark started as a contractor at the beginning of 2010, helping the > Wikimedia Foundation with code review and the release process. He > developed an interest in our testing infrastructure, and was > responsible for some of the early work in phpUnit and Selenium > integration in our codebase. In early 2011, we reconceived his role > here at the Foundation, asking him to step into the role of > Bugmeister. During the past year and a half, Mark has undertaken the > daunting task of going through the mountainous backlog of bug reports > and patches, as well as the incoming stream of new bugs. > Additionally, he has pushed us to review our backlog of code review > through three deployments now. > > Mark has been a passionate advocate for community developers, and > hasn't shied away from asking for what they need. He has been a > friendly and approachable representative for WMF; enthusiastic and > cheerful with everyone he deals with. Thank you, Mark, for setting > this example! > > We plan to start recruiting for a new Bugmeister soon. I'll post more > details when I have them. > > In the meantime, please join me in thanking Mark for his service to > the Wikimedia movement. > > Rob :'( You will be very deeply missed. I wish you the best of luck in whatever you decide to do next. -bawolff

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Re-introducing "UNCONFIRMED" state to bugzilla
by mah＠wikimedia.org 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

I set up Bugzilla today so that, by default, bugs would be in the "UNCONFIRMED" state. Next week, I plan to begin recruiting volunteers for the "Bug Squad", who will help me to verify bugs by testing them against the Beta cluster. The plan is that the Bug Squad will be able to verify these bugs and change them to the "NEW" state. The Bug Squad idea comes from KDE's Bug Squad (http://techbase.kde.org/Contribute/Bugsquad) and I've begun talking with them. If you have an interest in helping out with or participating in the Bug Squad, please contact me. -- Mark A. Hershberger Bugmeister Wikimedia Foundation mah(a)wikimedia.org

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Deadline for Wikimania submissions is Sunday
by aude 16 Mar '12

16 Mar '12

Reminder to get your Wikimania program submissions in soon! The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 18 at 11:59 (San Francisco) Pacific Daylight Time (or 06:59 UTC on 19 March 2012). We seek submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, and other types of sessions. We want the technical track to be the best possible and we need your help! We want submission on various aspects of MediaWiki technology, mobile apps, operations, and more. How do we make Wikipedia scale? visual editor? Wikipedia and wiktionary mobile apps, wikidata, semantic mediawiki, GLAM tech, toolserver projects and tools, MediaWiki extensions, OpenStreetMap and other maps/geo, Wikimedia labs, and everything else that I'm forgetting to mention. :) Among all these topics, we're also interested in highlight accessibility as a topic for presentations and during the hackathon. You can view the call for participation and make submissions here: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Don't forget there will also be a hackathon during the preconference: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon Cheers, Katie -- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012

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