Wikibase instance to manage development of specification

[nielsklazenga]

We have been looking for a better platform to work on the redevelopment of our specification than the Google Doc we are currently using (which was already an improvement on the Markdown document we started with) and the way that ABCD 3 makes use of Wikibase gave some of us the idea that we had found it.

Last week, I finally got around to experimenting with Wikibase. The result can be seen at https://data.rbg.vic.gov.au/tnu-wiki/. I think it works pretty well. I have set it up slightly differently from what the ABCD 3 team has done in that I have used Properties rather than Items for our properties. This way they can be used right-away, which enabled me to put the examples in as well.

While doing the rather tedious job of putting all the terms in, I made sure that they all had definitions (descriptions in Wikibase). The only terms that do not have definitions yet are the parsed authorship terms, as trying to reconcile these with botanical practice did my head in.

I am still trying to find the resources to set up a SPARQL endpoint. Once it's up I think it can be used to produce most of the documentation we need straight from the database.

This is a closed site, as I have had some issues with spam users on Mediawiki sites in the past, but I am happy to set up accounts for people who would like to contribute examples and/or comments. Core members of the TNC do not have a choice, by the way, they'll get an account inflicted on them whether they want to or not.