Thanks, and sorry that yours wasn't accepted. It reads way more useful than my little toy there!
Cheers, Magnus On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:04 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Unfortunately my SOLRSearch proposal was deemed > ineligible<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IEG/SOLRSearch> the > reason given that "extensions require code review from WMF to deploy" so I > hope yours is more successful. > > -john > > > > On 14.02.2013 07:14, Yaron Koren wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > If you hadn't heard, the Wikimedia Foundation has started the first round > of what is planned to be be a twice-annual program to fund individuals and > small groups to work on projects that further the WMF's goals - "individual > engagement grants": > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG > > I have a proposal currently in place for a project that relates to > Wikidata. It's a Javascript "data browser", that would provide a drill-down > interface to let users navigate through the data of Wikipedia, Wikidata, > and any standard MediaWiki-based wiki, without overloading the server with > queries. This would be accomplished by using browser-based data storage, > which would also enable fast navigation on mobile devices, and even offline > use. The downside is that it would mean, for the case of > Wikipedia/Wikidata, that it could only store a small fraction of the > overall data; but there could be multiple "apps" for different subject > matters - one for cars, one for buildings, one for politicians, and so on. > > You can read my proposal here: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/MediaWiki_data_browser > > Any feedback is welcome, here or on the proposal talk page; and there's a > section at the bottom for endorsements, if you would like to see this > project happen. > > Thanks, > Yaron > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >
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