Event:WikiCon Australia 2024/Submissions/Enhancing Australian biodiversity using openRefine & IRMNG

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Enhancing Australian biodiversity using openRefine & IRMNG

Abstract/description

1. The online database IRMNG is used to download a partial list of an author's taxon names. The author whose taxa we are looking for is Humphreys (William F.)
2. The resulting CSV file is uploaded to openRefine where we learn how to
   1. facet
   2. split columns to give author names
   3. reconcile columns
   4. create a schema
   5. upload some properties to Wikidata

Examples to be used are the

1. openRefine spreadsheet IRMNG taxlist 20220410WattsV2 csv for Chris H.S. Watts species,
2. together with the start of a new project for his colleague and collaborator William F. Humphreys based on a query we will form from IRMNG and upload to openRefine

What I am hoping to achieve

• At the end of the session, participants will have been introduced to openRfine
• will have learned some of its functions
• and hopefully will be motivated to try to use it

Relationship to Wiki skills or to the theme

This is a useful way to upload bulk data to Wikidata, and should enhance participants' Wikidata knowledge & skills

Username/s

• MargaretRDonald (talk) 21:02, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Session type

Depending on the program committee, this should be presented as either

1. a talk (15 minutes), or
2. a workshop (60 minutes)

If this session is given as a workshop, I hope to persuade some other Wikimedians to help.

Duration

60 minutes