Public Lecture: Introducing Wikidata, Wikibase and Linked Open Data
Auditorium 2 Franz Cumont, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent, 3 July 2019
On behalf of WeChangEd and the Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities you are invited to a series of public lectures Introducing Wikidata, Wikibase and Linked Open Data as part of the 3-day Ghent University Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop: developing a Wikibase instance.
The public programme, on Wednesday 3 July 2019, in Auditorium 2 Franz Cumont, Ground Floor, Blandijnberg 2, is open to all and serves as an introduction to Wikidata, Wikibase and Linked Open Data (LoD) given by a diverse set of experts.
Registration
Participation in this evening is free, but please register here to ensure your attendance and lunch
Programme
Full details of the programme are below and also on the Ghent University Wikidata and Wikibase Workshop webpage.
10:00 - 10:30 | Registration and coffee
10:30 - 10:40 | Welcome, Why use Wikidata for humanities and cultural heritage data? Christophe Verbruggen, Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities, Ghent University
10:40 - 10:50 | The Case of WeChangEd, Marianne Van Remoortel, WeChangEd, Ghent University
Wikidata, Wikibase and Linked Open Data
10:50 - 11:20 | What is Wikidata? Jens Ohlig, WikimediaDE
11:20 - 12:00 | What is a Wikibase? Andra Waagmeester, Micelio
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch for pre-registered attendees in the Large Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Blandijnberg
13:00 - 13:30 | What is Linked Open Data (LOD)? Andra Waagmeester, Micelio
(Re)Using LOD
13:30 - 14:00 | Science Stories, Kat Thornton, Micelio
14:00 - 14:30 | Discovering the structure of Wikidata with the ShapeArchitect tool, Iovka Boneva & Jérémie Dussart, University of Lille
14:30 - 15:00 | Think decentralised: a future for Web data exchange with Solid, Miel Vander Sande, IDLab, Ghent University-imec
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee
15:30 - 16:30 | Project introductions of the teams attending the full 3-day Workshop, full list to be confirmed on the day of the Workshop
16:30 - 18:00 | Social event - Sponsored by Wikimedia Belgium
Organisers
The content of the workshop will be given by Micelio, with the support of the Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities, WeChangEd - ERC project, Wikimedia Deutschland, Science Stories, IDLab and CRISTaL and is co-origanised in collaboration with Wikimedia Belgium, CLARIAH-VL and DARIAH-BE.
