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The article discusses the main problems that accompany data storage and representation in the humanities. The offered solution includes a specially created adapter for transitioning data from Django to Wikibase, which prevents data format from becoming obsolete and makes queries more flexible by means of SPARQL. A database of the historical Russian plant names was chosen as a case study.

The article is devoted to the software product MediaWiki, proposed by the authors of the article for use as a platform for creating the software and technological core of the "digital faculty", which, in turn, is a typical element for building prototypes of the "digital faculty" and "digital university" models. The model considered in the article is proposed by the authors as a comprehensive solution to the problem of digital transformation in the field of education. According to the authors of the article, the MediaWiki software complex, supplemented by domestic software and open source products, will effectively solve the problem of managing information flows in the educational process. The article describes the experience of creating standard wiki systems for faculties and scientific schools of Moscow State University and their use as central elements of the digital transformation of university faculties. The article discusses the creation of a network tool that ensures the management of digital information flows that are formed between teachers and students in the learning process, as well as the development of a system of rules for the interaction of participants in the educational process in the educational process. A digital environment that creates conditions for the successful development of the system. Currently, three systems are being tested, created by specialists from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University in the framework of inter-faculty agreements with the Faculty of Law and the branch of Moscow State University in Sevastopol. The system is built taking into account the experience gained by the authors during the inter-faculty course "Introduction to Wikipedia".

Describes bundling MediaWiki open source wiki software into the electronic resource access strategy to enable custom content that supports online training and course-based information literacy objectives. This article will demonstrate how Florida State University has customized MediaWiki to suit the needs of faculty, students, and librarians.

This study aims to: (1) create category of knowledge communities in university library, (2) designing the prototype of an online encyclopedia of knowledge communities in the university library, and (3) testing a prototype of an online encyclopedia of knowledge communities. The method used is the analysis of web content of the communities website at IPB and development protoype using the MediaWiki software. The first results of this study are categories of knowledge created consisting of the main knowledge about the student association, student activity units, other communities, the terms of the campus and the surrounding of the campus. Second, in designing a prototype of Wiki Kampus make a data flow diagrams, system infrastructure, and installation. Furthermore, installation of MediaWiki including by several stages: (1) downloading and extracting the file master MediaWiki on a web server, (2) set-up the master files MediaWiki, (3) determine the format page categorizing and customize the user interface, and (4) set up a user account for students. Third, Wiki Kampus tested by some students of Master of Information Technology for Libraries (MTP) at IPB and the results is function well. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) membuat kategori pengetahuan komunitas di perpusatakaan PT, (2) merancang prototipe ensiklopedia daring pengetahuan komunitas di perpustakaan PT, dan (3) melakukan ujicoba prototipe ensiklopedia daring pengetahuan komunitas. Metode yang digunakan yaitu analisis konten web komunitas di IPB dan pengembangan prototipe Wiki Kampus menggunakan perangkat lunak MediaWiki. Hasil dari kajian ini yaitu kategori pengetahuan yang dibuat terdiri dari pengetahuan utama yakni seputar himpunan mahasiswa, unit kegiatan mahasiswa, komunitas lain, istilah-istilah kampus dan lingkungan sekitar kampus. Hasil perancangan prototipe Wiki Kampus terdiri dari pembuatan data flow diagram, perencanaan infrastruktur sistem dan penginstalasian perangkat lunak MediaWiki. Penginstalasian MediaWiki melalui beberapa tahapan di antaranya: (1) mengunduh dan mengekstraksi file master MediaWiki pada server web, (2) melakukan set-up file master MediaWiki, (3) menentukan format page categorizing dan mengkustomisasi tampilan pengguna, serta (4) menyiapkan user account untuk mahasiswa. Ketiga, ujicoba Wiki Kampus dilakukan oleh beberapa mahasiswa program Magister Teknologi Informasi untuk Perpustakaan (MTP) IPB berjalan lancar dan berfungsi dengan baik.

Abstract Background Biological sciences are characterised not only by an increasing amount but also the extreme complexity of its data. This stresses the need for efficient ways of integrating these data in a coherent description of biological systems. In many cases, biological data needs organization before integration. This is not seldom a collaborative effort, and it is thus important that tools for data integration support a collaborative way of working. Wiki systems with support for structured semantic data authoring, such as Semantic MediaWiki, provide a powerful solution for collaborative editing of data combined with machine-readability, so that data can be handled in an automated fashion in any downstream analyses. Semantic MediaWiki lacks a built-in data import function though, which hinders efficient round-tripping of data between interoperable Semantic Web formats such as RDF and the internal wiki format. Results To solve this deficiency, the RDFIO suite of tools is presented, which supports importing of RDF data into Semantic MediaWiki, with metadata needed to export it again in the same RDF format, or ontology. Additionally, the new functionality enables mash-ups of automated data imports combined with manually created data presentations. The application of the suite of tools is demonstrated by importing drug discovery related data about rare diseases from Orphanet and acid dissociation constants from Wikidata. The RDFIO suite of tools is freely available for download via pharmb.io/project/rdfio . Conclusions Through a set of biomedical demonstrators, it is demonstrated how the new functionality enables a number of usage scenarios where the interoperability of SMW and the wider Semantic Web is leveraged for biomedical data sets, to create an easy to use and flexible platform for exploring and working with biomedical data.

Background: Biological sciences are characterised not only by an increasing amount but also the extreme complexity of its data. This stresses the need for efficient ways of integrating these data in a coherent description of biological systems. In many cases, biological data needs organization before integration. This is not seldom a collaborative effort, and it is thus important that tools for data integration support a collaborative way of working. Wiki systems with support for structured semantic data authoring, such as Semantic MediaWiki, provide a powerful solution for collaborative editing of data combined with machine-readability, so that data can be handled in an automated fashion in any downstream analyses. Semantic MediaWiki lacks a built-in data import function though, which hinders efficient round-tripping of data between interoperable SemanticWeb formats such as RDF and the internal wiki format. Results: To solve this deficiency, the RDFIO suite of tools is presented, which supports importing of RDF data into Semantic MediaWiki, with metadata needed to export it again in the same RDF format, or ontology. Additionally, the new functionality enables mash-ups of automated data imports combined with manually created data presentations. The application of the suite of tools is demonstrated by importing drug discovery related data about rare diseases from Orphanet and acid dissociation constants from Wikidata. The RDFIO suite of tools is freely available for download via pharmb.io/project/rdfio. Conclusions: Through a set of biomedical demonstrators, it is demonstrated how the new functionality enables a number of usage scenarios where the interoperability of SMW and the wider Semantic Web is leveraged for biomedical data sets, to create an easy to use and flexible platform for exploring and working with biomedical data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Environments for collaborative work and social networking are increasingly complex. There is a clear need for these environments to provide support for semantics. This report discusses work on semantic annotation and interoperability for such environments that began in a hackathon at the Ontology Summit 2014. Our hackathon was primarily concerned with developing semantic tools for the Ontolog Community Wiki, but applies to ecosystems that involve many tools and environments. The hackathon spawned subsequent work that is of independent interest, including the development of an ontology mapping tool for customizing generic repository software for more specific purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wikis have been recently promoted as tools that foster collaborative learning. However, there has been little research devoted to the criteria that are suitable to address issues pertinent to collaborative learning. This paper proposes a set of criteria to explore technical and pedagogical usability issues of collaborative learning with wikis. The criteria are then used to evaluate students' collaborative writing activities. The units of study are wikis that groups of students developed collaboratively using MediaWiki. This paper also reports on technical and pedagogical implications for the use of wikis as collaborative learning tools in teacher education.

The Math Exam/Education Resources (MER) is an open online learning resource hosted at The University of British Columbia (UBC), aimed at providing mathematics education resources for students and instructors at UBC. In this paper, there will be a discussion of the motivation for creating this resource on the MediaWiki platform, key features of the implementation that support student learning (including the evolution of the MER wiki from an exam database to a more-general learning resource), data on student use and response, potential for future development, and a brief description of how the project was implemented. Preliminary correlation data between wiki usage and exam performance are shared along with some preliminary data from an ongoing impact study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The organisation of corporate wikis tends to deteriorate as time goes by. Rearranging categories, structuring articles and even moving sections among articles are cumbersome tasks in current wiki engines. This discourages the layman. But, it is the layman who writes the articles, knows the wiki content and detects refactoring opportunities. Our goal is to improve the refactoring affordances of current wiki engines by providing an alternative front-end tuned to refactoring. This is achieved by (1) surfacing the structure of the wiki corpus as a mind map, and (2) conducting refactoring as mind map reshaping. To this end, we introduceWikiWhirl, a domain-specific language for wiki refactoring.WikiWhirlis supported as an extension ofFreeMind, a popular mind mapping tool. In this way, refactoring operations are intuitively conducted as actions upon mind map nodes. In a refactoring session a user imports the wiki structure as aFreeMindmap; next, conducts the refactoring operations on the map, and finally, the effects are saved in the wiki database. The operational semantics of theWikiWhirloperations follow refactoring good practices (e.g., authorship preservation). Results from a controlled experiment suggest thatWikiWhirloutperformsMediaWikiin three main affordance enablers: understandability, productivity and fulfillment of refactoring good practices. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Indonesia adalah negara yang terdiri dari berbagai suku bangsa dan budaya. Salah satu bentuk kekayaan suku bangsa di Indonesia dapat dilihat dari banyaknya legenda yang tersebar di Indonesia. Hampir setiap daerah di Indonesia memiliki cerita rakyat yang kental dengan suasana mistik, budaya dan tradisi di daerah masing-masing.Sayangnya cerita rakyat ini jarang sekali diekspos sehingga tidak jarang warga negara Indonesia tidak tahu cerita sejarah yang ada di Indonesia. Berdasarkan pemikiran itulah, perlu diadakannya sebuah Wiki legenda Indonesia terkait mitos dan sejarah di Indonesia.Wiki legenda Indonesia menggunakan teknologi CMS MediaWiki, yang telah digunakan oleh Wikipedia sendiri. MediaWiki ini akan dipakai sebagai model awal pembuatan Wiki legenda Indonesia sehingga dapat digunakan sebagai media penyimpanan cerita rakyat. Selain sebagai media penyimpanan, Wiki legenda Indonesia juga berfungsi sebagai media diskusi para peminat cerita rakyat yang ada di Indonesia. Sehingga kedepannya, cerita legenda di Indonesia mampu diketahui oleh seluruh masyarakat Indonesia pada khususnya, dan dunia pada umumnya.

This article describes an experimental study that evaluated differences in students' discourse and actions when they used a wiki with discussion (i.e., an enhanced wiki) vs. a forum with attached MS Word documents for asynchronous collaboration on two case problems. The study used a counterbalanced within-subject design with 34 online learners working in small groups. A systematic content analysis of learners' interactions coupled with visual, analytical techniques showed within-group differences in using the technologies. The study revealed the expanding nature of a forum and the condensing nature of a wiki. Also, findings suggest that in a wiki, groups tend to be more collaborative, whereas in a threaded discussion, groups tend to be more cooperative. The study provides insights for instructors who use wikis and forums in their online courses to support collaborative problem-based activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights: [•] The students did not collaborate much by revising each other’s contributions to the wikis. [•] The students did not use the discussion page to address critical reflections on collaboration. [•] Factors influencing wiki-based collaborative writing in teacher education are discussed. [•] Suggestions for effective use of wikis as collaborative writing tools are presented. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

En aquest article es proposa el terme wikimediasfera per a referir-se al conjunt de projectes wiki, comunitats d'editors, normes i entitats que s'articulen entorn del moviment Wikimedia per a produir coneixement lliure a l'abast de tothom. Es fa una descripció de la wikimediasfera presentant-ne els principals projectes i característiques, així com les seves diverses dimensions: comunitària, tecnològica, normativa, social i institucional. Se'n situa el context i se n'assenyalen els límits difusos. S'explica el paper de les comunitats d'editors de cada projecte i l'autonomia que tenen unes respecte de les altres, i també en relació amb la Fundació Wikimedia. Finalment, hom dibuixa un panorama de conjunt de la wikimediasfera.

[english] Problem: The new study regulation for medical licensing in Germany has caused significant reform of the medical curricula. At Munich University (LMU), the Medical Curriculum Munich (MeCuM) was introduced in 2004. More individual responsibility of the students regarding their academic goals as well as a problem-oriented thought process are essential features of the new curriculum. Through our project, an open web based platform for the design of curriculum-specific teaching and study material has become accessible to students and faculty of the MeCuM. Methods: Students created an online library in harmony with the curricular structure of the MeCuM. The technical implementation was carried out with the MediaWiki-Open-Source software. Contents can be edited from all students or faculty of the MeCuM in an anonymous or personalized manner. An online questionnaire was carried out to evaluate the project. Results: Our online library as a wiki is the first solution of this kind in medical education in Germany. The concept was implemented without technical difficulties and is linked to the official websites of LMU Munich. The website’s contents were visited 417,808 times from December 2005 through June 2007. Online-based evaluation showed that the project is positively recognized, and students are motivated to contribute actively. Discussion: The project closely reflects the academic curriculum of the MeCuM and creates additional opportunities for interaction between students and teachers. The design as an open source project allows easy handling as well as frequent control and ability to update the contents, but integrity and accuracy of the data content require further effort. Additional evaluation will be essential for improvements. The integration of faculty as reviewers and tutors is planned. Sustainability of the project is dependent upon continued student leadership. The concept of the project has been transferred to another medical school. [german] Problemstellung: Mit Einführung der neuen ärztlichen Approbationsordnung ist eine umfassende Reform der medizinischen Curricula in Deutschland verbunden. An der Universität München (LMU) wurde das Medizinische Curriculum München (MeCuM) 2004 schrittweise eingeführt. Es fordert von den Studierenden verstärkte Eigenverantwortung beim Lernen und einen problemorientierten Denkansatz. Durch unser Projekt wird den Studierenden eine offene webbasierte Plattform als Wiki zur Gestaltung der Curriculums-spezifischen Lern- und Lehrinhalte bereitgestellt. Methoden: Wir konzipierten die Online-Bibliothek in Anlehnung an die curriculare Struktur des MeCuM nach fachbezogenen Themen. Die technische Implementierung erfolgte mit der MediaWiki-Open-Source Software. Inhalte können von allen Studierenden des MeCuM sowohl anonym als auch personalisiert editiert werden. Zur Evaluation wurde ein Online-Fragebogen mit sechs Fragen und ein Freitext-Kommentarfeld eingesetzt. Ergebnisse: Eine Online-Bibliothek als Wiki ist die erste Lösung dieser Art an einer medizinischen Fakultät in Deutschland. Das Konzept konnte ohne wesentliche technische Probleme von studentischer Seite implementiert werden und ist an die offiziellen Internetseiten der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität München angebunden. Im Zeitraum von Dezember 2005 bis Juni 2007 wurden die Inhalte des MeCuM-Wikis insgesamt 417.808 Mal aufgerufen. Eine Online-Evaluation zeigte, dass das Projekt positiv von den Studierenden aufgenommen wird und dass die Studierenden zur aktiven Teilnahme motiviert sind. Ausblick: Das Projekt weist einen hohen Bezug zu den Lehrveranstaltungen im MeCuM auf und bietet Raum für eine neuartige Interaktion zwischen Lehrenden und Lernenden. Das Design als Open-Source Projekt erlaubt einfache Handhabung und eine häufige Kontrolle der Inhalte. Die Vollständigkeit und die qualitative Verbesserung der verfügbaren Inhalte erfordern weitere Anstrengungen. Zusätzliche Evaluationen sind für die weitere Gestaltung des Projekts unerlässlich. Es ist geplant, die Dozenten in das Projekt als Reviewer und Inhaltspaten einzubinden. Der Transfer des Konzeptes an eine weitere Fakultät ist bereits erfolgt.

Due to the new possibilities they open up for collaborative writing in education, wikis have received much attention the last few years. As a result, teachers have used wikis to achieve various educational purposes, such as wikis for online courses, teacher evaluation, or class project. How-ever, the novelty and popularity of a technology do not automatically imply its suitability in educational settings. To evaluate the pedagogical effectiveness of wiki-based collaborative writing, there is a need for a theoretical framework that focuses on three essential elements of wikis and their relationships: technology, content, and group work. The framework was used to assess students' perceptions of wiki-based collaborative writing. Even though the results achieved so far are not as satisfactory as expected, the framework provides a promising way of looking at collaborative writing activities in a wiki-based environment. Based, on the results, the article reports on pedagogical implications of using wikis as collaborative writing tools in teacher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which investigates the way on how the collaboration and active participation of the students with fellow learners are supported by the wiki-based learning environment. The study uses the several data collection and analysis methods including self-evaluation to examine the pedagogical value of wikis. Results show that a number of issues in the wiki approach must be addressed to promote it as constructivist and collaborative learning tools.

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Broadly discussed in recent scientific papers, Mass Collaboration Systems (MC), enlist users who explicitly or implicitly collaborate to build a long-lasting artifact that is beneficial to the community. Wikis are systems that let users build artifacts and require users to edit and merge one another's inputs. Wiki's is a semi-closed world and the use and re-use of wiki's information by external non-humans agents are cumbersome tasks. The step from unstructured data but strongly connected information to structured data and annotated information is brought by adopting Semantic technologies into wikis. This paper presents a survey and comparative study of Semantic Wikis, with the emphasis on Semantic Media Wiki model and mechanisms and gives insight about the beneficial to use semantic wikis onto different scientific projects to share knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]