Rogol,
this was the link previously provided on this project: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Overview including links to previous documents.
Cheers, Denny
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rogol Domedonfors domedonfors@gmail.com wrote:
Lisa
You say that "Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this grant is not diverting our attention. The grant simply enables us to accelerate the work we were planning to do". Please would you publish, or point to, a version of that product roadmap that can inform the community's participation in such planning exercises as the 2017 Wikimedia Movement Strategy and other more tactical product planning processes.
Thanks in advance "Rogol"
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Lisa Gruwell lgruwell@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Pete and Gerard-
I just wanted to give my thoughts on restricted gifts. Like most things, there are both good and bad restricted gifts. They can be bad if a
funder
is making a well-intentioned gift that none-the-less pulls the
organization
in direction that they were not planning to go. Or even worse, when a funder pays for something outside of an org's plans that has ongoing maintenance cost that are not covered in the grant.
This is why the WMF board reviews all restricted grants per our gift
policy
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Gift_policy. Those are the types of dynamics that the board considers when they review a restricted grant.
Structured Data on Commons was in our product roadmap, so this grant is
not
diverting our attention. The grant simply enables us to accelerate the work we were planning to do. In terms of restrictions, we have to follow through with the plan we submitted. In other words, do what we said we
are
going to do. I think that accountability is a good thing. And the Sloan Foundation is a great long-term funder of WMF. If something changes as
the
work progress, I have no doubt we could have a reasonable conversation
with
them about adjusting the plan.
Best, Lisa
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi, Maybe restricted but the subject matter is exactly what we want anyway. Where I have my reservations is that Wikidata will be set in stone and stuff that just is not right will be with us for forever. With more
money
it does not need to be a huge problem because it makes it more
manageable.
Thanks, GerardM
On 9 January 2017 at 21:52, Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.com
wrote:
Structured data on Commons is a huge and important area -- for one
thing,
the whole Media Viewer project would have gone much more smoothly if
there
were underlying structured data to rely on. Kudos to WMF and Sloan
for
the
focus on this issue!
If I'm not mistaken, this is by far the most extravagant restricted
grant
in the history of the WMF. I believe the Stanton Foundation's
usability
grant ($890k in 2008)[1] and Public Policy Initiative grant ($1.2
million
in 2010)[2] are the only ones that comes close. In the past, WMF
board
members have expressed great skepticism about -- specifically -- the
Sloan
Foundation's influence, when it sought to place an observer in WMF
board
meetings. A former WMF Executive Director has written at length about
the
dangers of restricted grants.
It appears there is a new theory in play around restricted grants.
Will
somebody be expressing it publicly? Will the past practice of
publishing
the details of the grant expectations be followed?[3]
-Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
[1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/03/improved-usability- in-our-future/ [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/May_ 2010_Wikimedia_Foundation_will_engage_academic_experts_ and_students_to_improve_public_policy_information [3] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_ Initiative_project_details
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Wes Moran wmoran@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hello Wikimedia community,
It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000
grant
from
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation [1] to
expedite
development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given
over
the
course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that
can
focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into describing the media files on Commons.
This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata development roadmap, and in other products supported by the
Wikimedia
Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program
leaders,
and
external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs,
can
be
involved in the development.
We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope,
available
on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_
data/Sloan_Grant>
[2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia
blog
structured-data>
[3].
We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead
for
the
project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s
GLAM-Wiki
strategist, will be leading the community engagement and
communications
for
the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant.
Stay
tuned for more details about the project in the coming months.
We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward
to
your
participation in its development.
Thank you,
Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis
*Wes Moran, Vice President of Product* *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement * *Wikimedia Foundation*
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/
Sloan_Grant
structured-data
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