Wikidata:Lexicographical data/Development
The Lexicographical Data project is part of Wikidata. Its technical components (Extension:WikibaseLexeme, APIs, interface…) are developed by the software department of Wikimedia Germany. Some volunteer developers can also help with development. This page is briefly introducing the persons and roles, and how to give feedback on the development of the features.
Employees
Communication with the communities
Lea Lacroix (WMDE) takes care of communication with communities on Wikidata. She’s the interface between the editors and the development teams, she’s collecting needs and feedback, as well as announcing the future developments. She’s the main contact for Wikidata editors but also editors from other Wikimedia projects, like Wiktionary. She works closely with the product manager, the engineering manager and the developers.
Feel free to contact Léa if you have any question about the project, the development, the link with communities. You can also share suggestions, ideas, needs for improvements with her.
Contact:
- User talk:Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
- lea.lacroix
wikimedia.de - Twitter, Facebook: @Wikidata
Product manager
Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) is the product manager for Wikidata. She’s responsible of the development of Wikidata and the different projects that it contains, including lexicographical data. She’s having a global overview about Wikidata from the technical side, its goals and the strategy to achieve them. She’s taking decisions and establishing priorities for the product, working closely with Lea to understand what the community needs.
Feel free to contact Lydia if you want to discuss about the project, its goals or definition.
Contact:
- User talk:Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)
- lydia.pintscher wikimedia.de
- IRC: Lydia_WMDE
Developers
The software department from Wikimedia Germany employs many developers working on different projects (not only lexicographical data and Wikidata, but also the Mediawiki core, the technical wishlist for German Wikipedia, the fundraising tool of Wikimedia Germany…) The development team is flexible and the developers can move from a project to another in time, when more resources or specific skills are needed for a project.
The developers are committed on the projects they work on, make sure that they are secure, stable and sustainable.
The developers need time and a quiet environment to work. Please don’t contact the developers directly if you have an issue, so they can concentrate on writing the code for you. Prefer contacting Léa (see above) or creating a Phabricator ticket.
User experience
The software department from Wikimedia Germany includes a UX team who’s working on user research, user experience and prototyping user interfaces. They can ask for input from editors, organise research on editor’s workflow.
Volunteers
Editors and volunteers can also be involved in the development, for example by building scripts, tools on the top of the existing structure. They can also submit patches for the core project. They are not part of the Wikimedia Germany software department.
These people are developing tools for lexicographical data or reusing it:
- Tpt is working on the RDF mapping for lexicographical data
- ... (feel free to add yourself here)
Note: topics like definition of properties or discussions about how the content should be organized, is handled by the entire community, not only by developers. If you have any issue about this, feel free to write on Wikidata talk:Lexicographical data.
Development plan
Most of the technical discussions and decisions take place on Phabricator. On the Lexicographical Data Board, you can have an overview of the development plan, the features that are planned for the next releases, and the tasks that the team is working on.
The first release took place in May 2018. Since then, the project is regularly maintained.
Feel free to create new tasks to report bugs or features wishes, or let comments to participate to discussions. If you don’t feel comfortable with Phabricator, you can also write on Wikidata talk:Lexicographical data or contact Lea Lacroix (WMDE) to discuss about technical issues.
The most important discussions and announcements will be made on Wikidata talk:Lexicographical data. Follow this page to get informed of the news. This is also where you can start any discussion.
Former development plans
| Start date | Primary author(s) |
|---|---|
| 2013-02 | JAn Dudík This, that and the other Darkdadaah |
| 2013-06 | Denny (Denny Vrandečić (WMDE)) |
| 2013-07 | Micru Francis Tyers |
| 2013-08 | Denny |
| 2013-09 | Ivadon |
| 2013-10 | Bigbossfarin |
| 2014-10 | GPHemsley |
| 2015-05 | Denny |