Sending a reminder: Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour

When: Mon. 13 February 2023, 1PM Eastern (time zone converter)

Registration: Please follow this link to register: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrdO-prTsvGtVEblXS0d_eM_1lwyS-LsOT

The February Working Hour will feature a presentation by Steve Baskauf on using VanderBot with Wikibase: 

The Wikibase API provides a mechanism for programmatic control of uploads, and its behavior is consistent across instances (Wikidata, Structured Data in Commons, and those that are established privately). In this session, I will discuss basic interactions with the API and demonstrate using the VanderBot Python application to rapidly upload tabular data to a wikibase.cloud instance. After performing a mass deletion, I’ll conclude by describing how I’ve used the Wikibase API to facilitate addition of structured data to Commons.

Steve Baskauf is a Data Science and Data Curation Specialist at the Vanderbilt University Heard Libraries. He has had a long-term interest in Linked Data and for the past several years has been experimenting with ways to streamline uploads to Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour: 

The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour is part of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group and seeks to create a space for GLAM professionals experimenting with Wikibase/WBStack implementation, the software that Wikidata is based on, to learn collaboratively and share tips, tools, and resources.  For more details, see the project page.  Sign up via this link for LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour announcements.