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Wikidata is the free structured knowledge database with almost 50 million structured data items that anyone can edit. A sister project to Wikipedia, it’s part of a global movement to freely share the sum of all knowledge. In this workshop we’ll explore how Wikidata transforms facts into structured data, and how it deals with multiple interpretations of truth in  a world that feels post-fact at times.
[[File:Hay.jpg|thumb|Rodrigo Argenton / CC-BY-SA]]
 
 
'''Time schedule (subject to change)'''
 
10.00 - 11.30 Introduction: Wikidata as a beacon in a post-fact world
 
11.30 - 12.00 Discussion: the value of Wikidata in a post-fact world
 
12.00 - 12.30 Tools and queries on Wikidata


12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
Wikidata is the free structured knowledge database with almost 50 million structured data items that anyone can edit. A sister project to Wikipedia, it’s part of a global movement to freely share the sum of all knowledge. In this workshop we discovered how Wikidata transforms facts into structured data, and how it deals with multiple interpretations of truth in a world that feels post-fact at times.


13.30 - 15.00 Let’s do some editing!
<gallery>
Wikidata2.jpg|understanding wikidata by finding all the data of our physical objects
Wikidata1.jpg|a coffee cup and its structured data
Wikidata4.jpg|an internet banking reader and its structured data
Wikidata3.jpg
</gallery>


15.00 - 16.15 Working in groups on a critical application using Wikidata as a backend
'''ALL THE WIKIDATA TOOLS'''
 
* VizQuery: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/vizquery
16.15 - 17.00 Presentations
* Wikidata Query: https://query.wikidata.org/
 
* Find a property: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/propbrowse/
17.00 - 18.00 Evaluation
* Find a tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/
* Make lists of things from Wikipedia: https://petscan.wmflabs.org/
* General help documentation: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Contents




'''Preparation for participants'''
'''Preparation for participants'''
Participants needed to bring their own laptop (tablets or smartphones won’t work for this workshop!), have an up-to-date browser. Preferably Chrome or Firefox and make a [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount Wikidata account] before the workshop.


* Participants need to bring their own laptop (tablets or smartphones won’t work for this workshop!), and have an up-to-date browser. Preferably Chrome or Firefox.
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* Please make a [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount Wikidata account] before you attend this workshop.
 
[[File:Hay.jpg|thumb|Rodrigo Argenton / CC-BY-SA]]

Revision as of 17:09, 17 August 2018

A gentle introduction to Wikidata
Name A gentle introduction to Wikidata
Location De Bonte Zwaan
Date 2018/07/26
Time 10:00-17:00
PeopleOrganisations Hay Kranen
Type HDSA2018
Web Yes
Print No
Rodrigo Argenton / CC-BY-SA

Wikidata is the free structured knowledge database with almost 50 million structured data items that anyone can edit. A sister project to Wikipedia, it’s part of a global movement to freely share the sum of all knowledge. In this workshop we discovered how Wikidata transforms facts into structured data, and how it deals with multiple interpretations of truth in a world that feels post-fact at times.

ALL THE WIKIDATA TOOLS


Preparation for participants Participants needed to bring their own laptop (tablets or smartphones won’t work for this workshop!), have an up-to-date browser. Preferably Chrome or Firefox and make a Wikidata account before the workshop.