Hi Johnny,
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Johnny West <johnny.west(a)openoil.net> wrote:
I've looked through the documentation but can't find an explicit answer to
this question so if I've missed it, apologies.
Wikidata will be implemented as an extension to Mediawiki -- does that mean
that the entire Wikidata architecture will be capable of being installed on
Mediawiki instances outside Wikipedia?
Yes. That's the plan.
And if so, by this (northern) autumn,
when we understand the interface may first be available to early users?
That depends on what you mean with available to early users. The code
we are working on is already in MediaWiki git but it's obviously not
finished yet. We'll have a demo very soon. I am not going to make any
predictions on when exactly it'll be deployed on Wikipedia.
I ask because we run a family of mediawikis and are
very interested in
piloting integration of Wikidata-type functionality across our own sites. I
understand the emphasis in the main Wikipedia-connected project will be to
on growing the community of users, and moving forward cautiously with regard
to large data uploads. But we would like to experiment with data uploads
within our own family of mediawikis, engaging networks of specialists around
the world, and also working on the possibilty of automated integration from
RSS etc.
Is there anyone in Berlin we could talk to about this?
Yes me for example. I and probably a few other team members will be at
the Wikipedia Stammtisch in Berlin tomorrow if you have time:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Berlin
Cheers
Lydia
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