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OpenRefine en Wikibase:

Status en plannen 2022

Wikibase kennisgroep, 22 juli 2022

Sandra Fauconnier sandra@openrefine.org

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Who uses OpenRefine (in Wikibase and elsewhere)?

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NFDI grant Wikibase development in OpenRefine

NFDI = German National Research Data Infrastructure

Now till end December 2022

2 (3) deliverables:

  1. Batch upload and batch editing of media files in Wikibases through OpenRefine
  2. Batch editing of data stored in custom (non-Wikidata) data types in Wikibases through OpenRefine

E.g. local media file; EDTF data type

(+ Dissemination to NFDI stakeholders, i.e. documentation + masterclass)

Who: Antonin Delpeuch (development), Sandra Fauconnier (management) + Lozana Rossenova as NFDI4Culture liaison

Grant is (hopefully) renewable!

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Media file upload: current status �(Wikimedia Commons upload)

(SDC batch editing in OpenRefine 3.6; �Media file upload from upcoming version 3.7)

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Reconciliation and Wikibases

A Python web service is currently required to expose a reconciliation endpoint for a Wikibase instance - https://github.com/wetneb/openrefine-wikibase

Integration in Docker image: would be great to have; WMDE has it on its roadmap, but will not be developed soon (yet)

Documentation for Wikibase managers: https://openrefine-wikibase.readthedocs.io/

Can your reconciliation service be used by external parties? Then add it to the reconciliation testbench! Instructions at the bottom - https://reconciliation-api.github.io/testbench/#/

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What do you, as Wikibase administrator, need from OpenRefine?

How can we all help OpenRefine to make that happen?