GLAM-WIKI 2015/Proposals/Sum of All Knowledge - A Project to Visualize the Knowledge Getting Added to Wikimedia Projects
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This is an accepted submission for GLAM-WIKI 2015. |
- Submission no. GW15.1025
- Title of the submission
Sum of All Knowledge - A Project to Visualize the Knowledge Getting Added to Wikimedia Projects
- Type of submission
lecture / presentation with questions
- Author of the submission
Hay Kranen
- Country of origin
the Netherlands
- Affiliation
Wikimedia volunteer
- E-mail address
hay@wikimedia.nl
- Username
Husky
- Personal homepage or blog
- Twitter username
@hayify
- Facebook url
- Abstract
Technical development within the Wikimedia movement focuses on improving the experience and content of the projects. However, the Wikimedia promise is about sharing knowledge. Why should the Wikimedia projects be the endpoint of our content?
The Sum of All Knowledge (previously: Sum of all Paintings) is a website (found at http://sum.bykr.org) that offers an alternative way of browsing through Wikimedia content, with a special focus on using Wikidata to enhance the user experience. Because Wikidata offers categorization of every entity we can adapt the design of the page. Why should an article about a painting look the same as a biography?
- Detailed proposal
Technical development within the Wikimedia movement focuses on improving the experience and content of the projects. However, the Wikimedia promise is about sharing knowledge. Why should the Wikimedia projects be the endpoint of our content?
The Sum of All Knowledge (previously: Sum of all Paintings) is a website (found at http://sum.bykr.org) that offers an alternative way of browsing through Wikimedia content, with a special focus on using Wikidata to enhance the user experience. Because Wikidata offers categorization of every entity we can adapt the design of the page. Why should an article about a painting look the same as a biography?
This talk will give an overview of the project, with insights on the use of the Wikimedia API’s, including the technical challenges encountered. Audience interaction is appreciated very much. The whole project is open source and available on Github.
- Track
Discovery or Exposure
- Length of presentation/talk
Preferably 25 Minutes, but could be shortened to 10-15 minutes if needed.
- Target audience
Technical attendees will feel right at home, but generally anyone interested in reuse of content might find this talk of use.
- Expected outcomes
Insight in how Wikimedia content can be reused, hopefully some suggestions on how to improve the project.
- Will you attend GLAM-WIKI 2015 if your submission is not accepted?
Yes
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