wikidata + mediawiki = wikidata + provenance == wikiprov

by @beet_keeper

Today I want to showcase a Wikidata proof of concept that I developed as part of my work integrating Siegfried and Wikidata.

That work is wikiprov a utility to augment Wikidata results in JSON with the Wikidata revision history.

For siegfried it means that we can showcase the source of the results being returned by an identification without having to go directly back to Wikidata, this might mean more exposure for individuals contributing to Wikidata. We also provide access to a standard permalink where records contributing to a format identification are fixed at their last edit. Because Wikidata is more mutable than a resource like PRONOM this gives us the best chance of understanding differences in results if we are comparing siegfried+Wikidata results side-by-side.

I am interested to hear your thoughts on the results of the work. Lets go into more detail below.

#Code #CreativeCommons #Data #digitalLiteracy #Golang #mediawiki #OpenData #OpenSource #provenance #reification #reify #siegfried #SPARQL #wikibase #wikidata

What's the difference between "hypostasize" and "reify"? I got excited to find this page but it seems like you can actually just compare any two words. https://wikidiff.com/reify/hypostatize

So here's the OED (both transitive verbs):

Hypostasize: "To make into or regard as a self-existent substance or person; to embody, impersonate."

Reify: "To make (something abstract) more concrete or real; to regard or treat (an idea, concept, etc.) as if having material existence."

#hypostasize #reify