2023:Program/Open Data/8TFHHG-Attributing the sum of all human knowledge: WikiCite discussion

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Title: Attributing the sum of all human knowledge: WikiCite discussion

Speakers:

Phoebe Ayers

Phoebe is an academic librarian, specializing in computer science and engineering. She is a former WMF Board of Trustees member, current Wikimedia Endowment board member, and member of the Wikimania steering committee. She’s a long time editor in English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata, has led many edit-a-thons and trainings, organized many Wikimedia events, and spoken widely about the Wikimedia projects. She’s a fan of citations.

Pretalx link

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Room: Room 326

Start time: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:45:00 +0800

End time: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:15:00 +0800

Type: No (pretalx) session type id specified

Track: Open Data

Submission state: confirmed

Duration: 30 minutes

Do not record: false

Presentation language: en

Abstract & description

Abstract

What’s the future of citations in Wikidata and on the Wikimedia projects? This session will highlight projects related to WikiCite and the future of citations and bibliographic metadata in the Wikimedia projects.

Description

Citations form the basis of how we know what we know in Wikipedia and beyond. Citations provide attribution and provenance, and demonstrate reliability. Items about bibliographic data are also a major part of Wikidata, as a large portion of Wikidata items represent individual scientific publications. WikiCite is the name of the collaborative community that has developed around citation projects. There are currently many open questions, including what should technical infrastructure look like around bibliographic metadata, and what new citation projects could tell us about the world’s diverse publications and how they are used in the Wikimedia projects. From 2016-2021 there was a funded initiative to support WikiCite initiatives. Now, the time is ripe for the community to discuss and build the next generation of WikiCite infrastructure and projects, and determine the future of citations on the Wikimedia projects. This session will give an introduction to WikiCite, and will feature four short lightning talks from community members (live and recorded) about various projects related to citations.

Further details

Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

• Diversity: WikiCite projects aim to represent the world’s literatures (not just in English) which will support our multilingual projects, and make diverse bibliographic data available
• Collaboration: Wikicite is a geographically diverse group of interested librarians, programmers, wikidatians and more who share an interest in citations
• Future: there are many open questions and urgent technical issues that need to be resolved to build the next generation of infrastructure

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Some experience will be needed

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

• Onsite in Singapore
• Remote online participation, livestreamed
• Remote from a satellite event
• Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
• Pre-recorded and available on demand