SemanticWikibase Development discussion
| MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 | |
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| SemanticWikibase Development discussion | |
| Talk details | |
| Description: | 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. |
| Speaker(s): | Kolja Bailly, Lozana Rossenova, Jeroen De Dauw, Torsten Veit |
| Type: | Discussion |
| Audience: | Developers, Community, Academics |
| Length: | 45 minutes |
| Video: | not available |
| Keywords: | Semantic Mediawiki, Wikibase, SemanticWikibase, Wikibase Datamodel |
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TIB Hannover has updated and extended the existing SemanticWikibase extension, that was initially developed by Professional.Wiki. The goal was not only to make the extension compatible with newer Mediawiki versions but also to extend the functionality and increase support of the Wikibase data model. This has led to the following new functionality:
- Support of Wikibase EDTF (extended datetime format)
- Support of Wikibase Qualifiers
- Support of bidirectional data flow via Widgets and Forms
- Connectivity to Mediawiki Categories
Wikibase and Semantic Mediawiki are separate extensions that weren't designed to be compatible. Thus, there are some tradeoffs in connectivity. We will provide insights into the development decisions and propose alternatives of the future development routes. The discussion aims to include community members into the decision process as well as open a forum about the general question if and under which circumstances an extension like SemanticWikibase is helpful and necessary.
