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Collaborative Creation of a Wikidata handbook (2014-08-28)
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Collaborative Creation of aWikidata handbook
Jakob Voß
Verbunzentrale des GBV (VZG) & Hochschule Hannover
OpenSym (WikiSym), Berlin, 2014-08-28
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Normdaten in WikidataAuthority files in Wikidata
ISBN 978-1-291-85658-368 pages
Available as HTML, ePUB, PDF& print on demand
http://hshdb.github.io/
normdaten-in-wikidata/
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Topic: Authority files in Wikidata
I Wikidata
I Great wiki database that anyone can editI See tomorrow’s Wikidata talk for details!
I Authority files
I Also known as knowledge organization systems (SKOS)I Many authority properties & identifiers in Wikidata, e.g.:
I Dewey Decimal Classification: P1036
I ORCID author identifier: P496
I IMDb movie ID: P345I . . .
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Outline of the book
I Introduction (Wikidata, authority files)I Basic Wikidata concepts (items, properties, statements)I Authority files in WikidataI How to search, edit, configure, reuse WikidataI Glossary, FAQ, Bibliography
general Wikidata handbook
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Project Background
I Conducted by 9 students and meI 6th semester Bachelor of Information ManagementI Hannover University of Applied SciencesI March – June 2014 (13 meetings a 5 hours)
book sprint by non-experts
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Project management
I Face-to-face meetings & discussion (rarely mail)I Trello for organizing
I intuitive interfacesI task lists & appointmentsI less is more!
I Blackboard and paper cardsI Feedback by continuous builds
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Collaborative Writing
I Penflip
I Simple visual web editorI Markdown syntax with highlightingI Document stored as git repository (↔ local, GitHub. . . )
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Continuous builds
I Pandoc for document conversion(Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, ODT, DOCX, ePUB. . . )
edit (Penflip/git) → build (Pandoc) → deploy (HTML/PDF)
I Not fully supported by current toolsI Custom pre/post-processing required for specialized contentI Layout templating requires skills in LaTeX & HTM/CSS/JS
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Revision & Proofreading
I GitHub issues or Trello cards (not used)I Penflip issues (rarely used)I Annotator (great tool, but technical problems)
printed copies are still important
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Shortcomings
I Non-experts need time to get familiar with the topic
I better mix of experts and newbies
I Great tools (Trello, Penflip, git, Pandoc, Annotator)but difficult integration & stability
I report bugs & feature requests
I Missing connection Trello ↔ Document (in git)
I workarounds may exist
I Moving around & rearranging content poorly supported(as envisioned with Hypertext by Ted Nelson)
I open research topic in collaborative writing
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Lessons learned
I Creation of a handbook is possible with untrained studentsI Cross-media publishing (PDF, HTML, ePUB. . . ) is possibleI Required tools
I Project management (e.g. with Trello)I Collaborative Writing platform (e.g. Penflip)I Document conversion (Pandoc + custom scripts)I Proofreading & feedback (e.g. Annotator)
I But tools are just tools, people matter most
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References
book Voß, Jakob et al. (2014). Normdaten in Wikidata.ISBN 978-1-291-85658-3urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-4381
paper Voß, Jakob (2014). Collaborative creation of a
Wikidata handbook.
sources at GitHub (book, paper & slides)
http://hshdb.github.io/normdaten-in-wikidata/
https://github.com/jakobib/opensym2014
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