2019:Technology outreach & innovation/GlobalFactSync
 | This is an Accepted submission for the Technology space at Wikimania 2019. |
Description
[edit | edit source]DBpedia, which frequently crawls and analyses over 120 Wikipedia language editions, has ample information about
- which facts are in infoboxes across all Wikipedias
- where Wikidata is already used in those infoboxes
- potential conflicts across Wikipedia language versions
GlobalFactSyncRE will extract infobox facts and their references to produce a tool for Wikipedia editors that detects and displays differences across infobox facts in an intelligent way to help synchronization and maintenance of infoboxes between Wikipedia versions and/or Wikidata.
Relationship to the theme
[edit | edit source]This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals — in the following manner:
- Goal 4 - quality education: We envision to increase the data quality of infoboxes with the help of GlobalFactSync in order to allow high quality education and also to build educational applications o n top of this data.
- Goal 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries: The quality of infoboxes (comprehensiveness and up-to-dateness) varies significantly among countries. We think that GlobalFactSync in combination with Wikidata can reduce this gap.
- Goal 8 and 9 - economic growth and industry / innovation / infrastructure: Data is the new oil and has a key role for economic growth and industry 4.0. Wikidata has the potential to become a very valuable free and open knowledge graph with high quality general purpose data applicable in smart & innovative systems.
Session outcomes
[edit | edit source]At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:
- Introduce GlobalFactySyncRE to Wikipedians and reach-out to Wikimedia communities
- Present first prototype for basis of discussion and early feedback
- Acknowledgement of a way how Wikipedians can contribute requirements/visions/ideas how they would like to be supported by GlobalFactySyncRE and collect first requirements and ideas in open discusion
Session leader(s)
[edit | edit source]- Johannes Frey, Institute of Applied Informatics (InfAI e.V.) , Leipzig, Germany - http://aksw.org/JohannesFrey
Session slides
[edit | edit source]Contacts
[edit | edit source]- Sebastian Hellmann (InfAI)
- Tina Schmeissner (InfAI)
- Johannes Frey (InfAI)
Session type
[edit | edit source]Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:
- PREFERRED: learning forum: 20 min presentation + 20 min open discussion; we would introduce the project idea, show a prototype and then start an open discussion how Wikipedians think they could/would work with it, in order to design a workflow appreciated by Wikipedia infobox editors, discovery and discussion of potential problems
- Presentation: (20min) with Q&A (10 min) / short feedback
Requirements
[edit | edit source]The session will work best with these conditions:
- Room
- projector for slides + potentially microphones for audience questions if audience is in a bigger room
- Audience:
there is no limit on the number of participants
we specifically target Wikipedians editing/creating infoboxes and Wikidata editors, so background knowledge and experience with regard to these topics is appreciated
- Recording:
since the second part is an open discussion a recording could be problematic
Interest
[edit | edit source]If you would like to attend this session, please express your interest by signing ~~~~ below
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