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We are struggling about the best way to proceed to launch the site.
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Ideally we would store in Wikidocumentaries what Wikidata does not provide. Without federation of data between Wikibases in place, it is impossible to use Wikidata resources seamlessly. Described below is the ideal situation and the workarounds to get the site up.
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The site reads topics from Wikidata. It stores additional topics in the local Wikibase.
  
==Initial data import==
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When federation with Wikibases becomes available, we can start using this technology. Local items will use Wikidata properties to define the local topics and link to either local or Wikidata items.
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==Installing and updating Wikibase==
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==MediaWiki Extensions needed==
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* Login stuff
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* VisualEditor
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* Citoid
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==Local items and properties==
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In addition to topics, Wikidocumentaries stores additional data:
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* API definitions of various repositories where Wikidocumentaries expects to find content.
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* Image metadata for "saved" images
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* Collections data
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* Annotations
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* Local articles. Articles are created in different languages and linked to the Wikibase items as local articles.
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* Projects data. Users will publicly belong to the project
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* Institution data. An institution is a user like an individual, but we may want to distinguish between the requirements for persons and organisations. We need to find the right way of doing this.
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* User data will need to be stored partly openly on user-created public-facing pages, but for the personal data inside the system.
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==Initial data import and input==
  
 
===Ideal===
 
===Ideal===
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The site runs on a Wikibase, which stores a subset of Wikidata items. Wikidocumentaries will read Wikidata for new and changed info, and Wikidata will import data from Wikidocumentaries when it meets certain criteria.
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==Using ShapeExpressions==
 
 
Other data to store in the Wikibase are definitions of APIs in various repositories where Wikidocumentaries expects to find content.
 
The technology of Wikidocumentaries is based on an experimental setup of using Wikidata data to create the backbone of the site information.
 
* Read [[Using Wikibase]]
 
 
 
===Using ShapeExpressions===
 
 
* The scope of automatically created item may at some point be defined as a Shape Expression, which will probably be stored in the Federated Wikibases registry. This definition can help add whole thematic areas at once in a coordinated manner.
 
* The scope of automatically created item may at some point be defined as a Shape Expression, which will probably be stored in the Federated Wikibases registry. This definition can help add whole thematic areas at once in a coordinated manner.
 
* The newly created items in Wikidocumentaries can be automatically imported to Wikidata, when they meet a certain criteria. This can also be expressed as a ShEx.
 
* The newly created items in Wikidocumentaries can be automatically imported to Wikidata, when they meet a certain criteria. This can also be expressed as a ShEx.
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* Similar approaches will be investigated about Structured Data on Commons
  
====Questions====
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See more about [[Creating topics]]
* What can be a realistic schedule for deploying Shape Expressions?
 
 
 
==Data modelling==
 
* Items and properties
 
* Topics, APIs
 
 
 
Questions to solve about data modelling for Wikidocumentaries
 
* What is created locally for a topic that has a corresponding item in Wikidata?
 
* Is there a way we can use Wikidata properties for items ''LIVE'', without needing to define them locally?
 
* For values we would save the references
 
* Kimmo: The Wikidox properties should be named differently from Wikidata properties. Possibly a different range. Susanna: Discussed in Antwerpen meeting - to be handled with a reference.
 
  
==Creating topics in Wikibase==
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{{design-nav}}
Page = item in Wikidata and/or Wikidocumentaries. Each topic in Wikidocumentaries has a page.
 
* The initial set of topics in Wikidocumentaries are created by selecting a set of Wikidata items and creating them in Wikidocumentaries.
 
* When the user navigates to a page that does not exist in Wikidocumentaries, but for which there is an item in Wikidata (through a link in Wikipedia text for example), the page is automatically created.
 
* The user may create additional topics in Wikidocumentaries with a set of minimum required properties.
 
 
 
See more about [[Creating topics]]
 

Latest revision as of 12:32, 7 November 2021

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The site reads topics from Wikidata. It stores additional topics in the local Wikibase.

When federation with Wikibases becomes available, we can start using this technology. Local items will use Wikidata properties to define the local topics and link to either local or Wikidata items.

Installing and updating Wikibase

MediaWiki Extensions needed

  • Login stuff
  • VisualEditor
  • Citoid

Local items and properties

In addition to topics, Wikidocumentaries stores additional data:

  • API definitions of various repositories where Wikidocumentaries expects to find content.
  • Image metadata for "saved" images
  • Collections data
  • Annotations
  • Local articles. Articles are created in different languages and linked to the Wikibase items as local articles.
  • Projects data. Users will publicly belong to the project
  • Institution data. An institution is a user like an individual, but we may want to distinguish between the requirements for persons and organisations. We need to find the right way of doing this.
  • User data will need to be stored partly openly on user-created public-facing pages, but for the personal data inside the system.

Initial data import and input

Ideal

  • No need to import anything initially. Wikidocumentaries would merge local properties with Wikidata properties, and local items with Wikidata items in searches, gadgets etc.

Workaround

  • Import all properties from Wikidata
  • To reference items in Wikidata, it is possible to make a lookup in Wikidata and save the item locally with a reference to the Wikidata item

Anything below this line has not been updated

Using ShapeExpressions

  • The scope of automatically created item may at some point be defined as a Shape Expression, which will probably be stored in the Federated Wikibases registry. This definition can help add whole thematic areas at once in a coordinated manner.
  • The newly created items in Wikidocumentaries can be automatically imported to Wikidata, when they meet a certain criteria. This can also be expressed as a ShEx.
  • Similar approaches will be investigated about Structured Data on Commons

See more about Creating topics


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