2025:Program/Adding structured data to files on Commons in an easy and fun way - ISA tool

Session title: Adding structured data to files on Commons in an easy and fun way - ISA tool

Session type: Poster

Track: GLAM

Language: en

ISA is a fun, multilingual, mobile-first microcontributions tool, that makes it easy for (groups of inexperienced) people to add structured data to images on Commons. It was originally built to provide better multilingual and structured descriptions of Wiki Loves Africa images. But it is also developed to be useful to all of the Wiki Loves X competitions, and eventually ended up being meant for all media files on Wikimedia Commons. It was developed as a collaboration between Wiki In Africa, Histropedia and the Structured Data on Commons project. It is a GLAM pilot for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons.

Description

ISA received the Coolest Tool Award at Wikimania 2024, category Eggbeater! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award/2024 and previously received the coolest tool WikidataCon 2019 Award in the Multimedia category in October 2019. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program/WikidataCon_Award It has a great impact on improving all media files on Wikimedia Commons by providing them with better multilingual and structured descriptions. Within 5 years, there were thousands of contributions in the ISA tool by hundreds of contributors. Link to ISA tool impact: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:ISA_Tool/Impact We are planning to present a poster of this promising tool to increase the awareness about it and encourage others to join its campaigns and share about campaigns in their communities. ISA presented as a poster at Wikimania 2024 at poland with a campaign about Poland for better explanation and as a workshop at WikiArabia 2024 in Oman Unlocking Image Potential: Improve Searchability with the ISA Tool https://ae.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Unlocking_Image_Potential:_Improve_Searchability_with_the_ISA_Tool

How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 – Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?

ISA is a fun, multilingual, mobile-first microcontributions tool, that makes it easy for (groups of inexperienced) people to add structured data to images on Wikimedia Commons. The tool is designed to be a host of small competitions! Wikimedians (organizers) can create campaigns to improve one or several specific categories of images on Wikimedia Commons, within a certain time frame. Information is provided on the tool to easily turn this campaign into a little competition. Then wikimedians (participants) use the tool to improve descriptions of the images included in the said campaign. So the tool is very helpful for communities and event organisers to reach more people who may be interested and encourage them to get involved in the open movement with a strong impact (although easy way)

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

Everyone can participate in this session

Speakers

• Donia

I am a board member of Egypt Wikimedians User Group the communication manager. I have been active in Wikimedia projects since 2019, organising many event: edit-a-thons, campaigns, photo contests, and writing contests.