| MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024
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| Conference details
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| Start: |
November 4, 2024
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| Finish: |
November 6, 2024
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| General Chair: |
Bernhard Krabina
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| Local Chair: |
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| Program Chair: |
Sabine Melnicki
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| Wikidata-ID: |
Q130380623
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| DOI: |
not yet provided
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Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,
Gasometer D, Guglgasse 14, 1110 Vienna, Austria
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| Table of Contents
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The 2nd MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference brings together developers, users, and organizations from the MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki community around the world.
November 4–6, 2024, Vienna, Austria
Conference audience and mission[edit]
MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference will be a three-day conference featuring discussions of topics related to the usage of (Semantic) MediaWiki software by and within companies, non-profits, governments, organizations, and communities, including the Semantic MediaWiki community. If you use MediaWiki, or you're interested in it, we would love to see you attend.
This conference aims to:
- inspire/onboard new users,
- inform on where and how MediaWiki is used,
- convey and consolidate best practices,
- initiate/foster/integrate application and development and
- strengthen the community of stakeholders and its service portfolio.
Learn how to "do" MediaWiki to assume your responsibilities regarding your organization's knowledge management.
Please also refer to the following pages for further details:
Program[edit]
The full program is also available on the conference website at http://conference.knowledge.wiki.
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12:00
15 min.
Updates to Canasta since MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Spring 2024 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
12:15
15 min.
Update on what's new with Open CSP.
12:30
30 min.
A couple of month ago, Extension:CollabPads was added to BlueSpice MediaWiki. This talk it about how we got there and what we learned since then.
14:00
20 min.
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The talk describes the initial exploration of possibilities, development, impact and final results of SMW implementation and usage in Violinwiki.
14:00
30 min.
Discussion of the benefits and drawbacks when supporting and targeting LTS releases of MediaWiki core.
14:20
20 min.
CompGen runs a regular MediaWiki with thousands of pages on genealogical research. This talk presents the ongoing semantification efforts.
14:50
10 min.
A lightweight Python application that identifies and highlights continuous text patterns (such as citation text) in PDF documents, whether uploaded to MediaWiki or from external sources.
15:00
30 min.
Some thoughts and experiences on how to continuously ensure and monitor the state of security of a MediaWiki deployment.
15:00
30 min.
Wikibase4Reserach is a fast and easy customizable docker pipeline to setup knowledge systems like Mediawiki, SemanticMediawiki, Wikibase or SemanticWikibase within minutes.
15:30
90 min.
We provide a guided installation session to assist people in the setup of a new knowledge system or transfer their existing data and config to our Docker-based installation pipeline for Wikibase4Research.
16:10
20 min.
Thoughts on improving Wikidata's (and, more generally, Wikibase's) user interface.
16:30
10 min.
How to make large knowledge graphs structured for machines manageable for humans
16:40
10 min.
Extension to manage categories, and expanding WikiSearch for actions on search results.
17:00
10 min.
How to utilise Microsoft Graph to synchronise MediaWiki content for visibility across Microsoft's M365 suite, including the GenAI Assistant 'M365 Copilot'.
17:15
45 min.
TIB Hannover are planning to further develop the SemanticWikibase extension. This discussion aims to gather community and developer feedback for specific details of the implementation.
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9:45
60 min.
Siemens' "Wikisphere" has thrived since 2008 due to openness, structure, and automation, with the current "AI wave" highlighting the advantages of hypertextual content over traditional artefacts.
11:15
15 min.
In this lightning talk, we will discuss the basics of MyWikis' LLM integration, WikiChat, and show some examples of how it works, especially in relation to GDPR requirements.
12:00
30 min.
How to ensure your company's knowledge management system stays current and your employees enjoy contributing to it.
12:30
30 min.
BlueSpice's newest features: notification templates, notification system, redesigned user interface for special pages, numbering of headings, and AI editing assitant.
13:00
30 min.
In this presentation, we will introduce a tool called the “Concept Editor,” which is designed to comply with the Dutch standard NL-SBB (Dutch version of SKOS and other semantic standards).
14:30
20 min.
Michael Kallinger will give an overview of modern management of wiki administration, with a special focus on www.wissensmanagement.gv.at and www.verwaltungspreis.gv.at.
14:50
25 min.
What factors influence the use of wikis in organizations? Preliminary results from research employing the UTAUT/UTAUT2 methodology and the System Usability Scale.
15:15
30 min.
This presentation showcases an IMS built on SMW that enhances compliance in logistics through BPMN synchronization, QR code asset management, and a local AI for privacy-conscious querying.
16:15
20 min.
Juggel is a highly flexible MediaWiki-based information and productivity platform. The configurability is demonstrated through Juggel lists.
16:55
15 min.
Some quick possibilities to add AI to your wiki.
19:00
Official conference dinner (included in ticket prices).
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9:20
40 min.
The talk will give an overview of 10 years of operation of the Vienna History Wiki, the largest city wiki that leverages Semantic MediaWiki for GLAM institutions of the city of Vienna.
10:00
30 min.
This talk provides an introduction to Wikibase, a free open-source software for managing collaboratively edited structured data, highlighting its use cases in research and cultural heritage and its basic functionalities.
11:30
10 min.
How it is utilized in institutional knowledge/data management and research projects
11:40
10 min.
Seamless integration of automated workflows thanks to osw-python, prefect & pydantic
11:50
10 min.
How to feed Knowledge Graphs to Chatbots?
12:00
10 min.
We provide an extended version of SemanticWikibase, that connects Wikibase with Semantic Mediawiki. Compatible with actual Mediawiki LTS version, extended functionality and tools for easy installation.
12:30
30 min.
SciCom Wiki describes scientific and educational content such as videos and podcasts. This talk highlights our journey from concept in 2021 to non-profit establishment in 2023.
13:00
15 min.
Farewell and closing remarks
13:30
180 min.
Location: KDZ – Zentrum für Verwaltungsforschung (5 min)
Registration[edit]
Buy a ticket at Eventbrite! There is a limit of 80 participants that can join in Vienna!
In order to attend in person in Vienna, you must
purchase a ticket via Eventbrite! You don't have to have an PayPal account, you can continue as “guest” to pay with credit card. Early-bird tickets will be available until September 30.
| Rates
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Professional
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Freelancer / Student
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MWStake Member(1)
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| Early bird (until September 30th)
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$ 400
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$ 200
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15% discount
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| Regular (starting October 1st)
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$ 450
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$ 250
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15% discount
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| Online (3)
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Free of charge (no ticket required)
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Free of charge (no ticket required)
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Free of charge (no ticket required)
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- (1) How to become an individual Member of the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group ($ 100 per year) is explained here. Discount codes will be sent to MWStake members via e-mail.
Thank you to the sponsors of MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024!
Hallo Welt!
The company behind BlueSpice, the open-source enterprise wiki software
WikiTeq
MediaWiki Built for your Business
MyWikis Europe
GDPR compliant (Semantic) MediaWiki hosting from the heart of Europe.
Organization[edit]
KMA on LinkedIn, 
SMW on Facebook, 
MWStake on Mastodon, 
SemanticMW on X/Twitter, 
Semantic MediaWiki on YouTube. Hashtags on 
Twitter and 
