2023:Program/Technology/SLLEFT-Structured Data Across Wikimedia: Successes and Learnings

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Title: Structured Data Across Wikimedia: Successes and Learnings

Speakers:

Giovanna Fontenelle (WMF)

I’ve been a Wikimedian since 2016, editing as a volunteer and Wikimedian-in-Residence using the User:GiFontenelle account. Now, I’m a Program Officer, for the Culture and Heritage team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Flavia Doria

Journalist and Wikimedian. Co-Coordinator of the user group Wiki Editoras Lx, Regional Ambassador for Europe at Art+Feminism, Product Ambassador for the Structured Data Across Wikimedia team at the Wikimedia Foundation and member of the Leadership Development Working Group.

Carly Bogen

Carly Bogen is Lead Program Manager for the Structured Data Across Wikimedia program at the WMF.

Marco Fossati

Sofia Matias

Pretalx link

Etherpad link

Room: Room 310

Start time: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0800

End time: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:45:00 +0800

Type: No (pretalx) session type id specified

Track: Technology

Submission state: confirmed

Duration: 45 minutes

Do not record: false

Presentation language: en

Abstract & description

Abstract

This session explores the results of the Structured Data Across Wikipedia (SDAW) program. We’ll also discuss what we learned in the process, the impact we’ve had on the Wikimedia ecosystem, and what that means for editors and readers.

Description

The three-year, Sloan funded Structured Data Across Wikimedia (SDAW) program set out to design ways to structure articles and pages to enable new content formats, allow machines to recognize Wikimedia content and suggest relationships to other Wikimedia content, and give Wikimedia users a more inviting, more efficient way to search and find content. The grant period ended on June 30, 2023.

In this session, we will explore the ways in which involved folks were successful in reaching the goals of the SDAW program. We’ll also discuss what we learned in the process, the impact we’ve had on the Wikimedia ecosystem, and what that means for editors and readers. We’ll look at the ways MediaSearch has improved search on Commons; the ways we can now identify information about sections of Wikipedia articles using Section Topics; and the ways we can now suggest suggest images for articles and sections on Wikipedia, all done using Structured Data.

This session will be presented by participants across the SDAW program team, including the WMF Structured Data team; the WMF GLAM team; Wikimedia Portugal; Wiki Editoras Lx; the community members who created the View It! Tool; and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

Proposed Session Type/Format: Lecture Proposed Duration: 45 minutes Proposed Tracks: Technology & Open Data Speakers: Dominic Byrd-McDevitt, Giovanna Fontenelle, Marco Fossati, and Sofia Matias

Further details

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

The session talks about how WMF staff across departments, as well as community members – a diverse group – collaborated to reach the goals of the SDAW program, and talks about the impact this can have for the future of this type of collaboration.

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

Everyone can participate in this session

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