Wikibase Yearly Summary 2021
This timeline tracks what happened around Wikibase in 2021:
Articles & News
Documentation
Talks
Meetings
Staffing
Technical
January
- 2021-01-05
Wikimedia Deutschland launched the official Wikibase account on Twitter.
- 2021-01-06
ADR-16: Use GitHub Actions as secondary CI system for Wikibase.
- 2021-01-14
ADR-17: Wikibase Extension release notes content.
- 2021-01-20
Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability: A CONTENTdm Pilot Project, by Greta Bahnemann, Michael Carroll, Paul Clough, Mario Einaudi, Chatham Ewing, Jeff Mixter, Jason Roy, Holly Tomren, Bruce Washburn, Elliot Williams (OCLC).
- 2021-01-21
Wikidata & Wikibase office hour by Wikimedia Deutschland [notes].
February
- 2021-02-02
2021 development roadmap for Wikidata and Wikibase by Wikimedia Deutschland.
- 2021-02-11
Wikibase Live Session #7 [notes].
- 2021-02-11
First Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour of the Wikidata WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group [notes, video]
NOEMI – Wikibase at the French national Library, by Pascal Lefeuvre (BnF) [slides].
Vocabulary as Resistance and Reconciliation, by Stacy Allison-Cassin (University of Toronto) [slides].
- 2021-02-16
Between the Brackets, Episode 80: Adam Shorland, Wikidata and Wikibase tech lead at Wikimedia Deutschland, by Yaron Koren.
- 2021-02-18
Stories of the Enslaved told using Wikibase, by Elisabeth Giesemann (WMDE).
- 2021-02-23
NFDI4Culture Wikibase Workshop: Wikibase in Knowledge Graph based Research Data Management (NFDI) Projects
Introduction to Wikibase, by Georgina Burnett and Samantha Alípio (WMDE) [slides].
GND meets Wikibase, by Barbara Fischer (DNB) [slides].
Introducing MuseWiki, by Johannes Hentschel (EPFL) [slides, video].
BERD: The knowledge graph of German companies, by Renat Shigapov and Irene Schumm (Mannheim University Library) [slides].
The Wikibase use case for Rhizome’s ArtBase, by Lozana Rossenova (LSBU & Rhizome) [slides].
Using Wikibase as a Platform to Develop a Semantic Biodiversity Standard, by David Fichtmueller (BGBM) [slides].
Die Plattform MaterialDigital, by Philipp von Hartrott (Fraunhofer IWM) [slides].
Documenting materials provenance and testing with Wikibase, by Philipp von Hartrott (Fraunhofer IWM) [slides].
March
- 2021-03-01
Data Partnerships at Wikimedia Deutschland, by Georgina Burnett (WMDE).
- 2021-03-05
First public release of RaiseWikibase, by Mannheim University Library.
- 2021-03-18
ENDORSE, the European Data Conference on Reference Data and Semantics [documents]
- 2021-03-19
[de] Große Resonanz auf ersten NFDI-weiten Wikibase-Workshop am 23. Februar 2021 [Great response to the first NFDI Wikibase workshop on February 23, 2021], by Lucia Sohmen (TIB).
- 2021-03-23
Imagine an ecosystem of semantic data, by Barbara Fischer (DNB) at Sharing is Caring 2021 [video].
- 2021-03-25
Wikibase Live Session #8 [notes].
- 2021-03-26
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #2
April
- 2021-04-09
[nl] Start je eigen Wikidata! Een introductie op Wikibase [Start your own Wikidata! An introduction to Wikibase], by Sjors de Valk.
- 2021-04-14
Wikibase: the Software for Open Data projects, by Samantha Alípio, Mohammed Sadat Abdulai, Georgina Burnett, Dan Shick (WMDE).
- 2021-04-21
Extended Date Time Format for Wikibase, by Jeroen De Dauw (Professional.Wiki) [repository, video].
- 2021-04-26
The ArtBase Relaunches: Welcome to Linked Open Data, by Rhizome.
- 2021-04-28
Wikidata & Wikibase office hour by Wikimedia Deutschland [notes].
- 2021-04-29
WBStack Infrastructure, by Addshore.
- 2021-04-29
A short history of the Wikibase Community User Group, by Envel Le Hir.
- 2021-04-29
Wikibase Live Session #9 [notes].
- 2021-04-30
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #3
May
- 2021-05-03
WBStack setting changes, Federated properties, Wikidata entity mapping & more, by Addshore.
- 2021-05-07
Wikibase Spring Release is available.
- 2021-05-22
Wikibase, starting from scratch, by Luca Mauri at Wikimedia Hackathon 2021 [slides, video].
- 2021-05-23
[es] PhiloBiblon y el mundo wiki. Propuesta de una colaboración [PhiloBiblon and the wiki world. Proposal for a collaboration], by Charles Faulhaber (Berkeley).
- 2021-05-24
Tech Lead Digest – Q1 2021, by Addshore.
- 2021-05-27
Wikibase Live Session #10 [notes].
- 2021-05-27
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #4 [notes]
History, Present & Future of WBStack & WBaas, by Adam Shorland (WMDE) [slides, video].
Exploring WBStack at Columbia University Libraries, by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (Columbia University Libraries) [slides].
June
- 2021-06-03 → 2021-06-10
[fr] Wiki, data et GLAM 2021
Wikidata, Wikibases, Mix’n’match, by Nicolas Vigneron [slides].
Le projet FNE et les enjeux des alignements [The FNE project and matching challenges], by Anila Angjeli (BnF), Benjamin Bober (ABES) [slides].
Le projet Wikibase Résistants aux Archives de l’État en Belgique [The Wikibase Resistants project at the State Archives in Belgium], by Anne Chardonnens [slides].
- 2021-06-07 → 2021-06-11
[de] GNDCon
Die Welt ist klein und man trifft sich immer zweimal…, by Harald Sack [slides (46-47)].
GND meets Wikibase: ein Zweitwohnsitz und eine Dokumentationsplattform für die GND, by Sarah Hartmann, Jürgen Kett, Mathias Manecke (DNB).
The Wikidata and Wikibase Library Community, by Samantha Alípio, Georgina Burnett, Lydia Pintscher (WMDE).
- 2021-06-09
Second online meeting of the Wikibase Community User Group [notes].
- 2021-06-15
IFLA signs the WikiLibrary Manifesto.
- 2021-06-21
ADR-19: Add source information to Property IDs for Federated Properties v2.
- 2021-06-23
Wikibase Knowledge Graphs for Data Management & Data Science, by Renat Shigapov (Mannheim University Library), as part of Data Literacy Snacks 2021 [slides].
- 2021-06-24
Wikibase Live Session #11 [notes].
- 2021-06-26
Tech Lead Digest – Q2 2021, by Addshore.
- 2021-06-29
GNDCon: Meeting of the growing community of Wikibase users, by Georgina Burnett, Bayan Hilles (WMDE).
- 2021-06-30
ADR-20: Keep Wikibase master compatible with Mediawiki Core master.
July
- 2021-07-07
ADR-21: Make all Federated Properties-relevant services source and type dispatching.
- 2021-07-19
What happens in Wikibase when you make a new Item?, by Addshore.
- 2021-07-19 → 2021-07-23
2021 LD4 Conference on Linked Data
- Wikibase: Free, Flexible and Collaborative Linked Data, by Georgina Burnett, Bayan Hilles [video].
- Rune inscriptions in Wikidata / Wikibase, by Magnus Sälgö [video].
- Wikibase and Artists Archives: Connecting “Experiments in Art and Technology” Data from the Rauschenberg Archives, by Miranda Siler [poster].
- 2021-07-20
ADR-22: Create a Property ID interface.
- 2021-07-22
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #5.
- 2021-07-28
Wikidata & Wikibase office hour by Wikimedia Deutschland [notes].
- 2021-07-29
2nd Workshop on Wikibase in Knowledge Graph based Research Data Management (NFDI) Projects
- RaiseWikibase, by Renat Shigapov (Mannheim University Library) [slides].
- GND meets Wikibase, by Thomas Bauer (DNB).
- The ArtBase Wikibase and updated query service, by Dragan Espenschied (Rhizome).
- 2021-07-29
Wikibase Live Session #12 [notes].
- 2021-07-31
Tech Lead Digest – July 2021, by Addshore.
August
- 2021-08-26
Wikibase Live Session #13 [notes].
- 2021-08-27
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #6 [notes, video]
September
- 2021-09-12
Restrict who can create items and properties, by Jeroen De Dauw.
- 2021-09-17
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #7 [video, audio]
Building Enslaved.org in Wikibase, by Seila Gonzalez Estrecha, Dean Rehberger (MSU).
- 2021-09-17
Deleting all Wikibase Items and/or Properties, by Jeroen De Dauw.
- 2021-09-18
Tech Lead Digest – August 2021, by Addshore.
- 2021-09-30
Wikibase Live Session #14 [notes].
October
- 2021-10-20
Wikidata & Wikibase office hour by Wikimedia Deutschland [notes].
- 2021-10-26
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #8
Creating a WBStack Instance for alternative LCSH Labels: data modeling.
- 2021-10-29 → 2021-10-31
WikidataCon 2021
- Main track:
What happened and what’s coming around Wikidata and Wikibase, by Lydia Pintscher, Sam Alipio [notes].
- Wikibase track:
Wikibase as an infrastructure for Knowledge Graphs: The EU Knowledge Graph, by Dennis Diefenbach [notes, video].
LOD-ifying bibliographical and lexical data using wikibase, by David Lindemann [slides, video, notes].
How to open Authority Control system – The GND & Wikibase, by Thomas Bauer, Barbara Fischer [slides, notes, video].
Wikibase as RDM infrastructure within NFDI4Culture, by Ina Blümel, Harald Sack, Lucia Sohmen [slides 1, slides 2, notes, video].
ArtBase: the latest updates on Rhizome’s self-hosted Wikibase, by Dragan Espenschied [slides, notes, video].
De Jonge Wiki, by Max Kristen, Frieder Leipold [notes, video].
Using Wikibase to build The Digital Archive of Artists’ Books (DAAP), by Ami Clarke, Stuart Prior, Frances Whorrall-Campbell [notes, video].
Wikibase: Basecamp for Semantic Lab’s Wiki Journey, by Jessika Davis [slides, notes, video].
Wikibase and Semantic MediaWiki: why and how, by Luca Mauri [slides, notes, video].
Open meeting of the Wikibase Stakeholder Group and interactive roadmapping session, by Dragan Espenschied [notes, video].
Demo of upload process for a wikibase instance, by Alexander Derveaux [notes, video].
Using OpenRefine with arbitrary Wikibase instances, by Lozana Rossenova, Lucia Sohmen [slides, notes, video].
Brief Intro To Our Wikibase Extensions, by Jeroen De Dauw [slides, notes, video].
Pre-launch Announcement and Preview of Wikibase.Cloud, by Sam Alipio, Adam Shorland [slides, notes, video].
How can Wikimedia Deutschland enable an ecosystem of developers around Wikibase?, by Sam Alipio, Tom Arrow [slides, notes, video].
eViterbo: Implementing an open platform in academia, by Alice Faria [slides, notes, video].
A Wikibase for what?” – diverse users at the edge of the graph, by Laurence “GreenReaper” Parry [slides, notes, video].
Wikibase Community User Group meeting and track roundup, by Laurence “GreenReaper” Parry, Lozana Rossenova [report, notes, video].
- WikiCite track:
Wikibase for Citations on Wikipedia, by James Hare [notes, video].
- Main track:
November
- 2021-11-05
TIB at WikidataCon: Part 1, by Lozana Rossenova (TIB).
- 2021-11-05
TIB at WikidataCon: Part 2, by Lozana Rossenova, Lucia Sohmen, Ina Blümel (TIB).
- 2021-11-11
The Wikibase Stakeholder Group launched their official account on Twitter.
- 2021-11-15
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #9
Creating a WBStack Instance for alternative LCSH Labels: property creation.
- 2021-11-25
Wikibase Live Session #15 [notes].
- 2021-11-29 → 2021-12-03
Semantic Web in Libraries (SWIB21)
December
- 2021-12-02
Working with Siegfried, Wikidata, and Wikibase, by Ross Spencer [video].
- 2021-12-06
Tech Lead Digest – Q3/4 2021, by Addshore.
- 2021-12-07
WBStack in 2021 and the future, by Addshore.
- 2021-12-07
First release of the Wikibase Directory, by James Hare [submit form].
- 2021-12-16
Wikibase and WBStack Working Hour #10
Creating a WBStack Instance for alternative LCSH Labels: item creation.
- 2021-12-21
Year review of the Wikibase Stakeholder Group.
- 2021-12-30
Wikibase Live Session #16 [notes, video].
Wikibase Yearly Summary 2020 ← See also → Wikibase Yearly Summary 2022
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