Extension:PrimarySources

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Wikidata primary sources tool Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface, Page action , Search, Special page
Description	Platform for third-party datasets release and curation on Wikidata
Author(s)	Marco Fossati (Hjfocstalk)
Latest version	2.0-beta (2018-05-22)
Compatibility policy	master
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
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Hooks used BeforePageDisplay ResourceLoaderTestModules
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A platform to release and curate third-party datasets for Wikidata.

This extension serves as the front-end component of the tool.

Installation

This extension is expected to run on a Wikibase instance containing a full Wikidata dump. You can use MediaWiki-Vagrant and its wikidata role to do so.

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called PrimarySources in your extensions/ folder.

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  wfLoadExtension( 'PrimarySources' );
  

• Enable the wikidata role: MediaWiki-Vagrant#wikidata
• Import a Wikidata dump: MediaWiki-Vagrant#How_to_import_a_Wikidata_dump
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension(). If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.24 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'PrimarySources' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/extensions/PrimarySources/PrimarySources.php";

Tool architecture

See also

• Wikidata project page;
• StrepHit renewal WMF grant;
• Back-end Web API documentation;
• Back-end Java documentation.