GND MediaWiki extension

MediaWiki extension that adds scripts to import GND PICA+ into Wikibase.

The GND extension was created by Professional.Wiki for the German National Library. Professional.Wiki provides commercial Wikibase hosting, MediaWiki development and support.

Platform requirements

• PHP 7.4 or later, including PHP 8
• MediaWiki 1.35
• Wikibase Repository REL1_35

See the release notes for more information on the different versions of this extension.

Installation

First install MediaWiki and Wikibase Repository.

The recommended way to install the GND extension is using Composer with MediaWiki's built-in support for Composer.

On the commandline, go to your wikis root directory. Then run these two commands:

COMPOSER=composer.local.json composer require --no-update dnb/mediawiki-gnd:*
composer update dnb/mediawiki-gnd --no-dev -o

Enabling the extension

Then enable the extension by adding the following to the bottom of your wikis LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'GND' );

You can verify the extension was enabled successfully by opening your wikis Special:Version page in your browser.

Usage: GND doku function

{{#gnd_doku:language=en|codings=PICA3, PICA+}}

Parameters:

• language. Optional language code. Default de. Supports en and de.
• codings. Optional. Coding columns to show. Default PICA3, PICA+, MARC21. Supports these 3 values.

Usage: GND import

GND import via ImportGndDump.php. Example:

php extensions/GND/maintenance/ImportGndDump.php --path extensions/GND/data/GND.json --limit 10

The import script expects a file with one JSON structure per line. Example of a valid file: https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/GND/blob/master/tests/GND.json

To see all availble options, run:

php extensions/GND/maintenance/ImportGndDump.php --help

GND Vocabulary syncronisation

Doku-wiki vocabulary sync via SyncDokuVocabulary. Example:

php extensions/GND/maintenance/SyncDokuVocabulary.php

Usage: Changing item properties to strings

Property IDs provided in comma seperated list. Spacing does not matter.

php extensions/GND/maintenance/ItemPropertiesToStrings.php --properties "P1, P2, P3"

Running tests and CI checks

You can use the Makefile by running make commands in the ExternalContent directory.

• make ci: Run everything
• make test: Run all tests
• make cs: Run all style checks and static analysis

Release notes

Version 0.1.0

Under development

• Initial release for MediaWiki/Wikibase 1.35