https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34778
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Bug #: 34778
Summary: MediaWiki does not support Memento access to versions
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: History/Diffs
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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MediaWiki currently does not support access to prior states of its articles
using the Memento time-based content negotiation paradigm [1,2,3]. Memento
allows browsers to request resources at a particular point in time, and for
TimeGates to then redirect the browser to the version that was accessible at
the requested time. As MediaWiki maintains all versions, it is the most
authentic and knowledgeable source of this information, compared to (for
example) the Internet Archive's very sparse collection of articles. MediaWiki
is the best placed to efficiently and accurately provide this information,
rather than a third party system.
Users wish to see versions of resources both before and after certain events,
for example one might wish to see the page about Michael Jackson both before
and after his death, or follow the evolution of the description of the TSA's
approach to air travel security since 2001.
Editors can also benefit from Memento access to see where the hot spots of
activity are, and the differences before and after editing wars.
By exposing Memento TimeGates, MediaWiki allows for time series analysis of its
resources, either by extracting information from the article (text mining, data
extraction, etc) or from the upcoming data platform. As the information may
change many times, allowing fine grained access is extremely valuable compared
to the DBPedia implementation[4].
A prototype extension which implements Memento for MediaWiki is available:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Memento A working browser plugin for
Firefox is also available: http://bit.ly/memfox
Resources:
1 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-vandesompel-memento/
2 http://www.mementoweb.org/
3 http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1112
4 http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.3661
5 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Memento
6 http://bit.ly/memfox
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