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+ | ;Title of the submission: "Computer, Tell Me All About This Data": using the MediaWiki web API to get (only) the data you need (Part 1) |
;Themes ([[Submissions#Proposal Themes|Proposal Themes]] - Community, Tech, Outreach, GLAM, Education): Technology and Infrastructure |
;Themes ([[Submissions#Proposal Themes|Proposal Themes]] - Community, Tech, Outreach, GLAM, Education): Technology and Infrastructure |
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| − | ;Type of submission ([[Submissions#Presentation Types|Presentation Types]] - Panel, Workshop, Presentation, etc): Curated talk |
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;Author of the submission: Frances Hocutt |
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;E-mail address: frances.hocutt AT gmail dot com |
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| + | ;Username: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fhocutt Fhocutt] |
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;US state or country of origin: Washington, USA |
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+ | ;Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.): [http://seattleattic.com Seattle Attic Community Workshop] |
;Personal homepage or blog: http://franceshocutt.com; http://twitter.com/franceshocutt |
;Personal homepage or blog: http://franceshocutt.com; http://twitter.com/franceshocutt |
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;Abstract ''(at least 300 words to describe your proposal)'': |
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| + | Have you ever wanted to add to [http://seealso.hatnote.com/ the existing collection of Wikipedia-based visualizations], go digging in wiki-related metadata in search of pattern, or just grab one piece of information from each page in a category, but weren't sure where to start? This talk will take us beyond the in-browser wikipages that we know and love and will introduce the MediaWiki web API: a powerful tool that lets users interact with Wikimedia's immense and intricately connected collections of data and that lets us take advantage of the programmable web to monitor usage, categorize trends, and learn more about how users tend to work. |
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| ⚫ | ;Length of presentation/talk (see [[Submissions#Presentation Types|Presentation Types]] for lengths of different presentation types): <!-- (if other than 75 minutes, specify how long, and how it might fit into a larger 75 minute thematic session) --> 15 |
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| + | We'll discuss how APIs facilitate computer-to-computer communication, introduce MediaWiki's web API and exploratory tools such as API:Sandbox, and explore some of the uses of web API client libraries. Finally, we'll take a look at some of the fascinating data visualizations that have been created with data fetched with the Wikipedia API. Whether or not you write your own code, you'll learn more about MediaWiki's capabilities and ways you can get data beyond the pages you normally see. If you want to learn more, come to the companion workshop, and we'll dig into the API ourselves! |
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| + | ;Slides or further information (optional): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWikiAPITalk-franceshocutt.pdf |
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'''If you are interested in attending this session, please sign with your username below. This will help reviewers to decide which sessions are of high interest. Sign with four tildes. (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).''' |
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| + | # --[[User:Frank Schulenburg (Wiki Ed)|Frank Schulenburg (Wiki Ed)]] ([[User talk:Frank Schulenburg (Wiki Ed)|talk]]) 13:54, 1 April 2014 (EDT) |
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| + | # [[User:Sumanah|Sumanah]] ([[User talk:Sumanah|talk]]) 12:25, 2 April 2014 (EDT) |
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| + | #[[User:Kosboot|Kosboot]] ([[User talk:Kosboot|talk]]) 20:08, 14 May 2014 (EDT) |
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| + | # [[User:Faolin42|Faolin42]] ([[User talk:Faolin42|talk]]) 17:57, 22 May 2014 (EDT) |
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 31 August 2016
- Title of the submission
- "Computer, Tell Me All About This Data": using the MediaWiki web API to get (only) the data you need (Part 1)
- Themes (Proposal Themes - Community, Tech, Outreach, GLAM, Education)
- Technology and Infrastructure
- Type of submission (Presentation Types - Panel, Workshop, Presentation, etc)
- Curated talk
- Author of the submission
- Frances Hocutt
- E-mail address
- frances.hocutt AT gmail dot com
- Username
- Fhocutt
- US state or country of origin
- Washington, USA
- Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
- Seattle Attic Community Workshop
- Personal homepage or blog
- http://franceshocutt.com; http://twitter.com/franceshocutt
- Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)
Have you ever wanted to add to the existing collection of Wikipedia-based visualizations, go digging in wiki-related metadata in search of pattern, or just grab one piece of information from each page in a category, but weren't sure where to start? This talk will take us beyond the in-browser wikipages that we know and love and will introduce the MediaWiki web API: a powerful tool that lets users interact with Wikimedia's immense and intricately connected collections of data and that lets us take advantage of the programmable web to monitor usage, categorize trends, and learn more about how users tend to work.
We'll discuss how APIs facilitate computer-to-computer communication, introduce MediaWiki's web API and exploratory tools such as API:Sandbox, and explore some of the uses of web API client libraries. Finally, we'll take a look at some of the fascinating data visualizations that have been created with data fetched with the Wikipedia API. Whether or not you write your own code, you'll learn more about MediaWiki's capabilities and ways you can get data beyond the pages you normally see. If you want to learn more, come to the companion workshop, and we'll dig into the API ourselves!
- Length of presentation/talk (see Presentation Types for lengths of different presentation types)
- 15-30 min
- Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?
- Yes, if I receive a scholarship
- Slides or further information (optional)
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWikiAPITalk-franceshocutt.pdf
- Special request as to time of presentations
- should be scheduled before the Submissions:Using web API client libraries to play with and learn from our (meta)data workshop (Part 2), not necessarily immediately before
Interested attendees
If you are interested in attending this session, please sign with your username below. This will help reviewers to decide which sessions are of high interest. Sign with four tildes. (~~~~).