Wikidata One click Info Extension"OCI"

Introduction

Wikidata 'One Click Info' Extension is an extension that permits users to have a summarized description of the wikidata's item highlighted. This initiative has seen day in the project context of Software Collaboration for Wikidata.

The extension will run on Chrome and Firefox browsers and when it is activated will allow the user to get a quick summary of the wikidata item or label highlighted. This extension will work in such way that, a user will highlight the intended word or item and later on click on the extension icon to get the summary of the wikidata item highlighted from the extension pop up. It aims to facilitate the use of wikidata and bring more people in the use of wikidata, to help users get the information they need without them leaving their tab or browser and to help wikidata reach more communities and make wikidata's data more accessible and usable for a wider audience.

The extension is developed by the following team.

Team Composition

Wikidata 'One Click Info' Extension's team is a group of developers that is committed to work together to build a browser extension on the occasion of the Software Collaboration for Wikidata to make Wikidata's data more accessible to a wider audience and easy to retrieve.

We are a dedicated group formed to leverage on the use of this opportunity open call, Software Collaboration for wikidata by the Wikimedia Deutschland to promote wikidata and bring awareness and engagement of more communities in the use of wikidata. This group has been purposely formed to work on the browser extension Wikidata 'One Click Info'.

Members of the team

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Deliverabes

This project is planned to be done within 15 weeks spread through as follow:

25 June 2024 - 7 July 2024 - API Documentation: Document on the wikibase API how the search feature works and how to implement it in our tool. Done

7 July 2024 - 28 July 2024 - Basic structure of the extension: Set up manifest file, HTML file for the UI and JavaScript files. Done

28 July 2024 - 18 August 2024 - Service worker Implementation and API communication: Handle network requests and caching, fetching and communication with the API, this involves Implementing JavaScript codes within the extension to make requests to the API, use of libraries, responses and error handling. Done

18 August 2024 - 25 August 2024- UI Integration : Integrate the API responses into the extension's user interface. Done

25 August 2024- 8 September 2024-Testing : Test different scenarios of the extension, API request, errors handling and the service worker. Done

8 September 2024- 22 September 2024- Deployment: Deploy the extension once it is completed and tested. Chrome web and Mozilla Add-ons website. Done