On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Brill Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a great development. Not sure if this is helpful to discuss here or > if it is preferrable on the Structured data page? Please advise and I will > copy info there. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data > > In May 2015, Wikimedia NYC supported an editathon with the Guggenheim here > in NYC where the Guggenheim donated 100 images to Wikimedia Commons as part > of a GLAM initiative. > Images: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Guggenheim_Museum_May_2015#Gallery > > Pharos added some really great metadata to these image pages, which might be > helpful as a guide for what might be the most deluxe type of Commons page > info breakout -- at least it seems pretty deluxe that to me. :-) > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GUGG_Dynamism_of_a_Speeding_Horse_%2B_Houses.jpg
Thanks. Stuff like that is useful to have as examples. > As far as discoverability goes, I think that the use of categories on > Commons is mission critical. I see this requested feature is noted on this > project page. Personally, I don't love the flatness of the category system > on Commons (or Wikipedia actually) because it's not especially faceted, but > I think that this "legacy" issue should be very clearly integrated as this > project develops.There are so many images available on Commons but finding > them is a problem. The file name is often not descriptive enough, and the > metadata might be incomplete or poor. So integration with Wikidata is key, > but again, discoverability is even more important. Otherwise it's just > unlabeled jars on the wall. > > And to be a total pain, have existing library resources, like the A&A > Thesaurus from the Getty, been consulted to provide controlled vocabularies > and possible copy catalog potential? > Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus: > http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/ > example: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021368 > > I'm not a working librarian but I think there are multiple semantic > resources for artwork, especially. I remember this one from grad school.... We will be using Wikidata's vocabulary (items and properties) as that has a lot of advantages here. However a lot of that is already connected to A&A Thesaurus and others. So we're pretty flexible there for different usecases. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
