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Zotero to Wikibase bibliographical data export app
Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Accepted

Due date: 2024-05-31T00:00:00Z

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

Application

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General information[edit]

  • Applicant username: DL2204
  • Organization name: N/A
  • Amount awarded: 3851.51
  • Amount spent: 3851.51 USD, 3500

Part 1: Project and impact[edit]

1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)

Following the workflow steps specified in the project proposal, I have developed the ZotWb tool, a python flask web application, which wraps functions for communicating with the Zotero platform, and with a custom Wikibase instance. Functions include transfer of bibliographical records from Zotero to Wikibase, entity-linking procedures for person names and other literal values in the bibliographical records, and some functions that ease bulk edit operations on both platforms, as well as for entity import from Wikidata to Wikibase. Target users are smaller GLAM or research projects that deal with bibliographical data and want to share that as Linked Open Data on a Wikibase instance, with the possibility of federation with Wikidata.

I have published all code on github, together with a documentation, and I have carried out some dissemination actions. The python code is kept simple, so that users might easily understand how to incorporate more functions to the application, depending on their use case.

Links:

Github: https://github.com/dlindem/zotwb Documentation on the Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud (SSHOC): https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/workflow/P0siWJ

2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)

Share links to:

  • Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
  • Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
  • Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.

You can also share links to:

  • Important social media posts
  • Surveys and their results
  • Infographics and sound files
  • Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects

Links to pages describing ZotWb:

Github: https://github.com/dlindem/zotwb Documentation on the Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud (SSHOC): https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/workflow/P0siWJ

In the following, I list events where ZotWb was or will be presented. As soon as direct links to the mentioned event are available, I will include these in the version of this report published on-wiki.

Wikibases we are aware of that are currently being fed with bibliographical data, using the ZotWb tool:

Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)

For example:

  • Training materials and guides
  • Presentations and slides
  • Work processes and plans
  • Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others

Textual and video documentation is available at:

3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups Disagree
B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community Disagree
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups Agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives Neither agree nor disagree
E. Encourage the retention of editors Not applicable to your fund
F. Encourage the retention of organizers Not applicable to your fund
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement Agree
F. Other (optional)

Part 2: Learning[edit]

4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)

You can recall these learning questions below: I want to use this grant as opportunity to dedicate work time on the described actions; a research question relevant in this section could be: How can a micro-grant boost community driven tooling?

Answering my own question from the project proposal, I confirm that this Rapid Grant has certainly helped. Thanks to the grant, I could dedicate time not only to write the scripts necessary for the task to solve, but also to wrap it in a simple web-application, write a documentation, and carry out some dissemination actions. This would otherwise not have been possible.

5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)

One of the goals mentioned in the project proposal was to get external early adopters on board, for early feedback. I have achieved this in the framework of previously established connections (colleagues in ongoing research projects); on the other hand, it was not possible to get additional people involved. I think that this is due to the very specialized kind of use case the tool supports. In general, I am sure that there is a critical mass of potential users, for the ZotWb use case and beyond: Python is a widely known programming language, and users might easily understand how to re-use ZotWb code in own scripts for communicating with Wikibase through a user-friendly web interface.

I would encourage members of GLAM projects and (early stage) Digital Humanities researchers or others who produce code for interaction with Wikidata or Wikibase to make use of a small grant, to be able to dedicate time on a documentation and a dissemination that allows other potential users to re-use their code.

6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)

I have submitted a proposal for a speech about ZotWb at Wikimania 2024. I plan to enrich the project report with reference to the recording of the speech held there. I am reporting about ZotWb in the Wikibase User Group, and in the Wikibase Cloud user community.

Part 3: Metrics[edit]

7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)

In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.

Target Results Comments and tools used
Number of participants 30 30 The ZotWb tool is being used in a recently set up research network, the European Network on Lexical Innovation (https://eneoli.eu), where a specialized bibliography is collaboratively collected using Zotero, and annotated on a Wikibase instance (https://eneoli.wikibase.cloud). In this context, the tool is being run by members of ENEOLI Working Group 1.
Number of editors 1 1
Number of organizers 1 1
Wikimedia project Target Result - Number of created pages Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata 1000000
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

8. Other Metrics results.

In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.

Other Metrics name Metrics Description Target Result Tools and comments

9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)

No

9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)


Part 4: Financial reporting[edit]

10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

3500

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

3851.51

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Upload the financial report

12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)


13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?

No

13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

N/A

13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

N/A

13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

N/A

14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?

Yes Your response to the review feedback. 14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?

Yes

14.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.

Yes

15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)


Review notes[edit]

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A

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