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Structured Commons

and Wikicite

GLAM Strategy for Bringing Wikidata

into Other Project

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Structured Commons funded via Sloan Foundation

  • 3 million USD, 3 years
    • funds to both WMF & Wikidata
  • Includes another GLAM role at WMF
  • Grant is very much focused on involving partners contributing to Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant

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WIKIBASE

SEARCH

TOOLS

APIs

MUSEUMS

COMPANIES

SCIENTISTS

Step 4: Community & Partners input and use Commons structured data (Year 2-3)

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Step 1: Extend Wikibase to enable Commons structured data (Year 1 - 2)

Step 2: Integrate Search & Wikidata (Year 2)

Step 3: Build tools & APIs to input data (Year 2 -3 )

Today: Commons has no structured data

COMMUNITY

SYSTEM DIAGRAM & WORK SEQUENCE

Focus of this section

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Wikibase

STEP 1: WIKIDATA DEVELOPMENT (Year 1/2)

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Wikibase

Wikibase

Federation

Multi-content Revisions

STRUCTURED DATA INTERNALS

Structured data Internals

Wikibase and other storage models need to be created and extended for Commons use cases

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Deployment of MCR is a goal for 2017-18

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What this means for programs?

  • GLAMS are a stakeholder from the beginning
    • Identify GLAM partners and GLAM technologists as early feedback partners
    • Begin identifying workflow gaps and tool gaps
  • Other programs are stakeholders from the beginning:
    • Wiki Loves Monuments/Earth
    • Educational/GLAM Reuse

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  • 55 participants: Librarians, Open Access Advocates, Wikimedians, Ontologists
  • Mapped Journal Citation Data to Wikidata
  • Began defining the broader opportunities around structured Citation Data

2016

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What’s next for WikiCite and Beyond

  • Convening in Vienna post Hackathon: May 23-25, 2017
  • Verifiability/WikiCite/Wikipedia Library as a strategic line at the Foundation
  • Open Citation Data as an initiative (Dario Taraborelli)
  • Internet Archive Citations and Open Access Citation Tools