Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington
Project Summary edit
Overall Objectives edit
- Promote understanding of use of Wikibase and Wikidata in GLAM context
- Develop local expertise in Wikidata editing, and explore issues such as Wikidata governance, data persistence, data modeling, identity management and development
- Discover, create, and test Wikidata workflows for reuse by GLAM institutions
- Coordinate with other institutions to escort library data into the semantic web
- Help develop Wikidata best practices for library data
Phase I (August 2020-December 2020) edit
Prong 1: Launch Data Creation Projects (August 2020-) edit
Objectives:
- Enrich and link library data by adding Wikidata statements and identifiers
- Become fluent in workflows for adding basic data
- Become more knowledgeable of the Wikidata user interface
- Explore linking across platforms that would be useful to library users
- Explore ways to improve library data
Tasks:
- Create Wikidata entities for UW faculty, dissertants, schools, departments, programs, buildings, and concepts (especially for SACO proposals) -- Adam Schiff, Crystal Clements, and other volunteer catalogers
- Draft application profiles (human-readable) for each type of entity created -- Adam Schiff, Crystal Clements
- Draft workflows, including selection and use of tools, to correspond to each application profile -- Adam Schiff, Crystal Clements
- Host a training session on Wikidata, invite all catalogers to participate -- Adam Schiff
- Create machine-actionable versions of application profiles -- Theo Gerontakos, Ben Riesenberg, Crystal Clements, Melissa Morgan
- Add Wikidata URIs to name access points in MARC records for UW dissertations (in $1) -- Adam Schiff, Crystal Clements, and other volunteer catalogers
Prong 2: Install Wikibase (August 2020-December 2020) edit
Objectives:
- Consider how to build Wikibase platform into permanent workflows
- Develop local expertise in the Wikibase platform
Tasks:
- Hire student technician to install and configure software -- Theo Gerontakos, Ben Riesenberg, Crystal Clements
- Explore interfaces, data, and tools -- Theo Gerontakos, [new student technician]
- Bonus task: Explore workflows for batch creation and editing of entities, and reconciliation using local Wikibase instance as a test environment -- Theo Gerontakos, Ben Riesenberg, Melissa Morgan
Phase II (January 2021-August 2021) edit
Prong I: Continue Data Creation Projects (January-August 2021)-- Adam Schiff, Crystal Clements, others edit
Objectives:
- Continue objectives in Phase I, Prong 1
- Improve library data workflows in Wikidata environment
- Help create identifier linking and identifier management at web scale through use of Wikidata as an identifier hub
Tasks:
- Continue Phase I, Prong 1 work: Continue creating entities, prepare application profiles for publication, prepare workflows for publication
- Focus on documentation of workflows and publish to Wikidata project page to be shared with the world
- Minimize redundant identifier creation when using Wikidata as an identifier hub
- Auto-generate theses Work items using MARC record and profile (need to figure out how to batch load) -- Theo Gerontakos
Prong 2: Local Wikibase Exploration (January-August 2021) -- Theo Gerontakos, Ben Riesenberg, Melissa Morgan, [new student technician] edit
Objectives:
- Learn Wikibase somewhat
- Consider using Wikibase in our local workflows
- Consider using Wikibase as a central platform for creating and publishing local semantic web metadata
- Learn how to work with batches of data across both the local Wikibase instance and the Wikidata platform
Tasks may include:
- Load data in the local Wikibase instance; use as appropriate
- Create some entities; ideally: convert a single digital collection
- Explore user-driven ontology design in Wikibase to explore cross data model navigation
- Manage local data using already existing tools that expand Wikibase
- Create local tools to extend Wikibase
- Move batches of data in and out of the local instance
- Move batches of data in and out of Wikidata
- Document new workflows and findings in a report to be posted on the project Wiki page
Project Roster edit
Local Project Lead
Theo Gerontakos gerontakos (talk • contribs • logs)
Local Project Managers
Prong 1: Crystal Clements Clements.UWLib (talk • contribs • logs)
Prong 2: Theo Gerontakos
Lead Advisors
Prong 1: Adam Schiff UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk • contribs • logs)
Prong 2: Theo Gerontakos
Local Advisory Board
Theo Gerontakos
Erin Grant EgrantUW (talk • contribs • logs)
Adam Schiff
Crystal Clements
Benjamin Riesenberg riesengrey (talk • contribs • logs)
Local Working Group
Theo Gerontakos
Crystal Clements
Benjamin Riesenberg
Jian Ping-Lee
Melissa Morgan Mcm104 (talk • contribs • logs)
2022-2023 Capstone Students
Bryce Hagan brycehagan (talk • contribs • logs)
Valerie Rollins
Olivia Davis
Volunteer Catalogers and Assignments
Deliverables edit
- Many new Wikidata entities
- Human-readable application profiles for each type of entity we created
- Documentation of library workflows and best practices
- Report on new workflows and findings from Wikibase exploration
- Machine-actionable versions of application profiles
- Local Wikibase instance with some data added
Subpages edit
Workflow, Trainings, and Resources edit
Workflow, Trainings, and Resources
Application Profiles edit
Application Profiles: General References and Qualifier Information
Application Profile for Faculty and Staff
Application Profile for Graduate Students
Application Profile for UW Corporate Bodies
Application Profile for UW Buildings
Application Profile for Subjects
Application Profile for Dissertations and Theses
Lists of Entities Created/Edited edit
Items Created or Edited (Buildings)
Items Created or Edited (Humans)
Items Created or Edited (Labor Archives of Washington)
Items Created or Edited (Organizations)
Items Created or Edited (Other)
Items Created or Edited (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)
Properties Created
Quick Links edit
Internal Microsoft Teams Channel
Project Dashboard (Statistics etc.)