Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons: what's coming, and how to be involved.
Sandra Fauconnier sfauconnier@wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation and WMDE are currently working to integrate structured data support with the the software that enables Wikidata, Wikibase, into Wikimedia Commons. Structured data
will turn Wikimedia Commons into a more engage-able platform from
editors and readers, improving discovery, organization and the pathway
for small contributions in all of the languages supported by Wikimedia
projects. Additionally, providing a better Metadata infrastructure
allows for better uploading of content from partner communities who want
to share their media and to dynamically take advantage of the Wikimedia
community's environment. Like Wikidata, structured data on multimedia
files will allow for more dynamic results and improvements to how
Commons content can be used both within and beyond the Wikimedia
movement.
Sandra Fauconnier,
community liaison, will explain the updated plans for the project, with
a focus on technological developments, and what we are learning from
community engagement and research.
Together, the attendees of this session will identify the challenges
that we expect to be upcoming, and discuss ways in which the Wikidata
community can be involved in the upcoming years.
Link to slides: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Structured_Commons_and_Wikidata_-_WikidataCon_2017.pdf