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Time: 11:00 am, Eastern Time (New York, GMT-05:00)

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Attendees

(star)  Indicating note-taker

  1. Kitio Fofack 
  2. Ralph O'Flinn 
  3. Don Elsborg
  4. Benjamin Gross
  5. Brian Lowe (star)
  6. Jim Blake
  7. Huda Khan

Agenda

  1. Brief intro to wikidata and the wikiverse
    1. Overview of relationship between wikidata/wikicite/wikibase/scholia/wikipedia ( wikiverse as it pertains to semantic data )
    2. Overview of usages for wikidata
    3. Overview of wikicite in wikidata
    4. Internationalization in wikidata ( i18n )
  2. Overview of semantic capabilities for these tools
    1. SPARQL query builder - https://query.wikidata.org/
  3. Brief overview of WD semantics
  4. Daniel's interest in VIVO
  5. The matching problem - wikidata has mix-n-match, how would this work in VIVO
  6. Next steps/actions ( strawman ideas ) Vivo <-> WD ontology mapping
    1. Publication data as a potential joint project
      1. Identifying actual sources of data in wikidata - Eg - attribution of the data source
      2. Usage of triple-pattern-fragment endpoint in VIVO and perhaps wikidata
      3. Rules for vivo <->
        • Attribution
        • Data must be CC0
    2. Country data as a potential joint project - replace FAO data
      1. Simplify VIVO data
      2. Timely updates via Wikimedia process
    3. Potential future projects ( VIVO depth in humanities, grants, advising )

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