Build with Wikimedia Open Data: APIs, SPARQL and Visualization

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Hands-on workshop teaching how to use Wikimedia data (Wikipedia and Wikidata) via APIs and SPARQL and how to turn those queries into simple exploratory visualizations. Covers Wikimedia technical components — structured databases, query services and visualization tools — with guided practical exercises for exploring, modifying and reusing open data; no prior Wikimedia experience required.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:04Wikipedia open data
3. 8:06Wikimedia APIs
4. 15:59Project examples
5. 23:50Using APIs
6. 31:41Practical challenge
7. 40:30Data licensing
8. 47:59Feeding databases
9. 50:06Closing

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