Wikibase Stakeholder Group

Hello Fediverse!

The Wikibase Ecosystem grows [1].
The Wikibase Stakeholders unite [2].
We will keep you informed on our news, projects [3] and cool Wikibase extensions.

[1] https://w.wiki/4NRu
[2] https://wbstakeholder.group/members
[3] https://wbstakeholder.group/projects

Check out insights from
@despens@digipres.club at the learning program for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. He points towards decentralized, federated databases with culturally appropriate standards and communities, augmenting each other. #Wikibase https://rhizome.org/editorial/2022/apr/19/community-centered-knowledge-management/

2021 has been a big year for our group founded in the fall of 2020. During this year we refined our structure & our vision, and grew our community. Learn more about our journey from the highlights of our 2021 community meetings. (1/12)

[2021 gif via Giffy]

Users of Wikibase would like to express the sameness of properties and items in their Wikibase with arbitrary URLs from any linked open data repository or established ontologies. This would enable inferencing over Wikibase. We proposed an extension for that. More news soon!

We warmly welcome our new member David Fichtmüller [1] working at BGBM in Berlin. David runs a unique Wikibase instance [2] based on hybrid installation (manual + Docker). See the details in [3].

[1] https://bgbm.org/de/personal/david-fichtmueller
[2] https://wiki.bgbm.org/bdidata
[3] https://w.wiki/4Kza

Our first project is "Institutional Requirements to Wikibase" [1]. The document covers 5 areas (Deployment, Customization, Developer Experience, Documentation & Features) which could be improved in Wikibase. We've sent it to Wikimedia DE.

[1] https://wbstakeholder.group/projects/institutional-requirements