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12.07.2012 Thomas Tunsch

Collaborative Data Stories

The Intranet of the State Museums Berlin – Ready for the Semantic Web?

http://th-t.de/

Data, Information, and Collaboration

People provide data and information– experts provide information of high quality

Collaboration is more than cooperation– sharing information continuously– providing as much information as possible – even

ideas, unfinished papers, raw data ... Blurred boundaries between sender and recipient

– changing role of the concept “author” How are museums as institutions receptive to

collaboration – not only with equal institutions? Let’s have a look inside ...

12.07.2012 Data Stories (Lotico CSW - The Berlin Semantic Web Meetup)

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The Project: Idea

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin– Diversified museum organization:

Archaeology, European art, non-European art, ethnology

– Directorate-General with 5 departments– Part of Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

(Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation): Head Office SPK

Intranet until 2007: maintained by Department of Information and Communications Technology (1 editor with half-time position)

Maintenance of content as a collaborative project of all employees?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatliche_Museen_zu_Berlin

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftung_Preu%C3%9Fischer_Kulturbesitz


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Intranet until 2007


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Intranet 2011


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Main page: Important Links und News


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Main page with current status of network


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Main page: Projects


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Thematic portals


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Thematic portal „Museum Documentation System“ (MDS)


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Statistics

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Articles in the articlenamespace

All pages in SMBw iki Edits Users

Increase in %

24.06.2010 14.10.2011Articles in the article namespace 1.152 1.426All pages in SMBwiki 4.751 5.623Edits 23.009 29.565Users 182 224Administrators 2 3


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Use (without main page)

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Telephone and fax directories

News

SMart (State Museumsexhibitions facilities dates)

Events

Latest News (Intranet)

IT training

Notice Board State Museums

Seminar and workshopsuggestions for IT training

Prussian Cultural HeritageFoundation: Head Office

Current Events

Employee Committee news

Status 24.06.2010Status 14.10.2011


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Use (increase 06/2010-10/2011 in %)


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Share of edits in % (>1 %)


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Instructions for Readers


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Instructions for Authors


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Instructions for Pictures


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MediaWiki: Installation and Configuration

Help: MediaWiki.org, Wikipedia.org Continuously documented in SMBwiki Experiences published in MuseumsWiki

– MediaWiki for a Museum Staff

– 1 administrator of the web server (installation, adjustments PHP, MySQL)

– 1 wiki-administrator with experience in Wikipedia

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

http://museums.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki_for_a_Museum





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Categories and Wikipedia


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Templates and Wikipedia


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Lessons learned (1)

Line organization– limited staff time and resources for projects– Support of hierarchy levels– longer start-up time needed

Patterns of interpretation in the humanities and social sciences– privilege of interpretation by curators– high degree of specialization (experts)– traditional publication process (linear, one-way)

(draft – editing – publication) Further training offered


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Lessons learned (2)

Criticism– too many links– confusing– incomplete

Questions– why should I write– what to write– Is it allowed to write here

without consulting my supervisor?

Problems– My text is not finished yet.– This information is not

meant for everyone.

Hypertext– Hypertext is text which

is not constrained to be linear. (What is HyperText)

– linear documents in the humanities and social sciences (books, articles, ...)

no experience with collaborative communities

http://www.w3.org/WhatIs.html






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But we don't give up ...

... and upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.18 in March 2012


Thank you for your attention

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Contents

Data, Information, and Collaboration

The Project: Idea– Intranet until 2007– Intranet 2011

Main page– Important Links und News– Current status of network– Projects

Thematic portals– Thematic portal „Museum

Documentation System“ (MDS)

Statistics– Use (without main page)– Use (increase)– Share of edits

Further training– Instructions for Readers– Instructions for Authors– Instructions for Pictures

Collaborative Communities– MediaWiki:

Installation and Configuration

– Categories and Wikipedia

– Templates and Wikipedia Erfahrungen

– Lessons learned 1– Lessons learned 2

But we don't give up

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