What the !*&@ Just tuned in & they're talking about hostility & sexism?!
Anybody know the usernsme of AndyHall? (The blonde guy in the broadcast) DaveF Who are these people? On 26/07/2017 18:45, Andy Mabbett wrote:
I've just learned that this week's Wikimedia Research Showcase, streamed online TONIGHT at 7.30pm UK time, will focus on structured data in OpenStreetMap. Details below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC1jgK8C8aQ As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research showcases here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#July_2017 This month's presentation: Freedom versus Standardization: Structured Data Generation in a Peer Production CommunityBy Andrew HallIn addition to encyclopedia articles and software, peer production communities produce structured data, e.g., Wikidata and OpenStreetMap’s metadata. Structured data from peer production communities has become increasingly important due to its use by computational applications, such as CartoCSS, MapBox, and Wikipedia infoboxes. However, this structured data is usable by applications only if it follows standards. We did an interview study focused on OpenStreetMap’s knowledge production processes to investigate how – and how successfully – this community creates and applies its data standards. Our study revealed a fundamental tension between the need to produce structured data in a standardized way and OpenStreetMap’s tradition of contributor freedom. We extracted six themes that manifested this tension and three overarching concepts, correctness, community, and code, which help make sense of and synthesize the themes. We also offer suggestions for improving OpenStreetMap’s knowledge production processes, including new data models, sociotechnical tools, and community practices.
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