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Background: Personas • Metabase vs Wikidata
Background
Metabase is a platform developed by Wikimedia Sverige and built on Wikibase, the software powering Wikidata. Metabase aims to compile structured information about the vast material developed by the Wikimedia affiliates across the world. E.g. the different projects, partnerships, documents and media material that have been created and developed over the years. We envision that there will be a Metabase support team, which can assist the personas below with both data extractions and data entry as needed.
This structured information will make it possible to search for the material in an unprecedented way to improve analysis and sharing of knowledge between different actors in the global Wikimedia movement. Further insights can be gained by utilizing federated queries to combine the data from Metabase with Wikidata. This will save time and effort and help to avoid duplication of work and also provide inspiration for similar projects and activities in your country.
To better be able to understand the different use cases for Metabase – what data has most value and what support will be needed – a number of personas have been developed. They are based on real people, but are generalized to be more broadly representative of staff in the Wikimedia movement. The focus here is on how the person can use the platform and consume the information, not how they can contribute with structured information on Metabase.
The document is intended to both help the Metabase team to prioritize what material to include and what type of support and documentation that should be provided.