Short presentation about Semantic Mediawiki for the Wikimedia Visualization Data Workshop in Gotha 27.04/28.04. 2012

1. Visualising Data Resources
Semantic Mediawiki
The next level of wikipedia
Author: Karsten Krumrück, Berlin
Workshop Gotha, 27. – 28. April 2012

2. Semantic Mediawiki
Overview
 Status Quo: Mediawiki
 Limits of Mediawiki
 Next Level - Semantic Mediawiki
 Different Content types
 Input Forms
 Dynamic Queries
 Outlook

3. Semantic Mediawiki
Status Quo: Mediawiki
 Wiki Engine for Wikipedia
 Open source and free
 Established technology
 Great community of developers
 Complete history of changes
 Simple usage for reading and editing
 Base for many knowledge databases

4. Semantic Mediawiki
Wikipedia

5. Semantic Mediawiki
Limits of Mediawiki
 No dynamic adaptable queries
 Only fulltext search
 No Input Forms
 No options for linking informations

6. Semantic Mediawiki
Next Level - Semantic Mediawiki
 Based on Mediawiki
 Powerful Mediawiki Extension for the Semantic Web
 Same Look like Wikipedia
 Semantic bundle – the best semantic extensions
 Include all Functions of Wikipedia
 Database for different Content Types
 Defining Input Forms (Semantic Forms)
 Defining dynamic queries (Semantic Queries)

7. Semantic Mediawiki
Semantic Mediawiki

8. Semantic Mediawiki
Different Content Types
 Content types are the base for semantic wikis
 Content Types can be described by properties
 Many datatypes for properties (date, time, string, locations,...)
 Options for defining relationships between content types

9. Semantic Mediawiki
Defining Properties

10. Semantic Mediawiki
Semantic Forms - Overview
 Special semantic extension
 Very flexible layout
 Default settings for input fields
 Plausibility tests

11. Semantic Mediawiki
Create a Form

12. Semantic Mediawiki
Semantic Forms - A practical
example
 Practical sample with wiki-grid
 Sample for an Input Form

13. Semantic Mediawiki
Semantic Queries - Overview
 Complex options for defining queries
 Use properties and categories for searching
 Searching over different content types
 Geographical search
 Flexible options for layout queries (Table, Timeline, Map)

14. Semantic Mediawiki
Define a semantic Query

15. Semantic Mediawiki
Semantic Queries - A practical
example
 Practical sample with wiki-grid
 Sample for Table Layout
 Sample for Geographical Layout
 Sample for Timeline Layout

16. Semantic Mediawiki
Sample applications for SMW
Source: http://smw.referata.com/wiki/Special:BrowseData/Sites

17. Semantic Mediawiki
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