Heads-up to API developers and to deployment reviewers. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/glam/2013-January/thread.html#310 is the full discussion thread.
-Sumana -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [GLAM] Wiki GLAM Toolset project (GLAM Digest, Vol 18, Issue 11) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:47:54 +0100 From: Maarten Zeinstra <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <[email protected]> Hi Ed, This is as of yet unsure. We are now developing on Wikimedia labs and use the architecture of an extension. This extension will either keep on running on WIkimediaLabs and use Commons' API to upload materials or run as an extension on Wikimedia Commons. Our team is aiming for the latter. However this is something that the sysadmins of Commons need to approve. This also a reason why we are looking for more eyes on the project. To ensure the quality of our code and avoid any possible security risks. Does this answer your question? Cheers, Maarten On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:24 , Ed Summers <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, by "Wikimedia instance" I of course meant "Mediawiki instance" :-) > > //Ed > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:23 AM, Ed Summers <[email protected]> wrote: >> I guess I'm confused about the expected deployment of the GLAM >> Toolset. Is the idea that the plugins you develop will be deployed on >> the commons? Or will the GLAM Toolset be deployed in a separate >> Wikimedia instance, and then (somehow) the data will be migrated from >> it to the commons? Or something else entirely? >> >> //Ed >> >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Maarten Zeinstra <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Ed, >>> >>> The short answer is no. >>> >>> Mass uploading files from cultural institutions has always been a tailor >>> made process. Most of it thanks to the work of Maarten Dammers/ Multichill. >>> We are now seeing that more and more cultural institution want to add parts >>> of their collection online which makes this original process not manageable. >>> This is mainly because there are different standards used within WIkimedia >>> Commons and within the cultural institution. This project tries to solve >>> that project by giving an interface for these institution to upload data and >>> map their internal standard to the standard that Wikimedia Commons uses. >>> Also it gives these institutions the option to do it without much assistance >>> from a Wikipedian, which speeds things up in the long run. >>> >>> Does this answer your question? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Maarten Zeinstra >>> Project member of the Wiki GLAM Toolset project >>> >>> On Jan 24, 2013, at 3:42 , Ed Summers <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is it not possible to upload metadata via the API? >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, Maarten Dammers wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ed, >>>> >>>> Op 23-1-2013 11:14, Ed Summers schreef: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the update. I was wondering why you need to develop this >>>>> new functionality as a mediawiki extension. Is there not enough >>>>> functionality in the commons Web API [1]? Or is the plan to create >>>>> plugins that will be deployed on commons.wikimedia.org? >>>> >>>> It's not about uploading large amounts of images (that's easy), but it's >>>> about uploading it with metadata properly sorted out. >>>> For this handling of metadata the extension will be the interface. Please >>>> take a look at the sprint demo's at >>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMwiki_toolset_project to get >>>> an idea. >>>> >>>> Hope that that answers your question, >>>> >>>> Maarten >>>> >>>>> >>>>> //Ed >>>>> >>>>> [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Geer Oskam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As you might have heard Wikimedia Nederland, Wikimedia UK, Wikimedia >>>>>> France >>>>>> and Europeana are collaborating to provide a set of tools to get >>>>>> material >>>>>> from GLAM institutions onto Wikimedia Commons. The Wiki GLAM Toolset has >>>>>> to >>>>>> be created in a way that re-use can easily be tracked, and that Commons >>>>>> materials can easily be integrated back into the collection of the >>>>>> original >>>>>> GLAM. You can find more about our the Wiki GLAM Toolset on our project >>>>>> page. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Currently we are looking for developers who can help us in this process, >>>>>> if >>>>>> you are interested please let us know. You can find more specific >>>>>> information about our needs on our discussion page. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>> >>>>>> Geer Oskam >>>>>> www.europeana.eu >>>>>> >>>>>> Phone: +31 (0)70 31 40 972 >>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>> Skype: GeerOskam >>>>>> >>>>>> Over 20 million cultural records for re-use via Europeana API: find out >>>>>> more >>>>>> and register for an API-key on http://bit.ly/Reuse_API >>>>>> >>>>>> Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are >>>>>> confidential >>>>>> and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >>>>>> are >>>>>> addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the >>>>>> system >>>>>> manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, >>>>>> distribute or copy this email. 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