For some context, wb_terms is the table that stores labels, descriptions and aliases of entities for Wikidata :)
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:31 AM Léa Lacroix <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > This is an important announcement for all the tool builders and > maintainers who access Wikidata’s data by *querying directly Labs > database replicas*. > > In May-June 2019, the Wikidata development team will drop the wb_terms > table from the database in favor of a new optimized schema. Over years, > this table has become too big, causing various issues. > > This change requires the tools using wb_terms to be updated. Developers > and maintainers will need to *adapt their code* to the new schema before > the migration starts and switch to the new code when the migration starts. > > The migration will start on *May 29th*. On May 15th, a test system will > be available for you to test your code. > > The table being used by plenty of external tools, we are setting up a > process to make sure that the change can be done together with the > developers and maintainers, without causing issues and broken tools. Most > of the documentation and updates will take place on Phabricator: > > - In this Phabricator task <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221764>, > you can find a description of the changes and the process, and you can ask > for more details or for help in the comments. This is also where updates > will be announced if necessary. > - On the Tool Builders Migration board > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wb_terms_-_tool_builders_migration> > you will find all the details about the migration, how to update your > tool <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221765>, and you can add your > own tasks. > - If you need to discuss with the Wikidata developers or get more > specific help, we set up two dedicated IRC meetings and a session at the > Wikimedia hackathon. More information in this task > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T221764>. > > We are aware that this change will ask you to make some important changes > in your code, and we are willing to help you as much as our resources allow > us to. We hope that you will understand that this change is made to avoid > bigger issues in the near future. > > Note that this change is not impacting Wikibase instances outside of > Wikidata. A dedicated migration plan and announcement will follow. > > We strongly encourage you to not wait until last minute to make the > changes in your code. If you have any question or issue, we will be happy > to help. In order to keep the discussions in one place, please ask > questions or raise issues directly in the Phabricator task and board. > > Thanks for your understanding, > Cheers, > -- > Léa Lacroix > Project Manager Community Communication 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. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >
_______________________________________________ Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
