====Wikibase====

Wikibase is a data repository for [[tools:mediawiki|Mediawiki]].

There are two main methods of installation
  * As a [[:tools:wikibase#mediawiki_extension|Mediawiki extension]]
  * As a [[:tools:wikibase#wikibase_docker_deployment|Wikibase docker deployment]]

===Mediawiki extension===

Visit the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/Wikibase|download]] page and fetch the correct version.

This [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Installation|guide]] details the steps required to install the extension which is also outlined below with Mediawiki 1.43.

==Extract==

Enter the mediawiki installation directory and extract the archive into the extensions
directory

<code>
cd /var/www/htdocs/www.examle.com/w
tar zxvf ~/Wikibase-REL1_43-XXXXXXX.tar.gz -C extensions
chown -R www-data:www-data extensions/Wikibase
</code>

==Composer==

From the mediawiki directory run composer. Composer ought to have been installed earlier.

<code>
rm composer.lock
composer install --no-dev
</code>

==Settings==

Update the LocalSettings.php file to enable the extension.

<code>
wfLoadExtension('WikibaseRepository', "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/extension-repo.json");
require_once "$IP/extensions/Wikibase/repo/ExampleSettings.php";
</code>

==Maintenance==

Run the initial maintenance scripts to build the database tables to prepare the site.

<code>
php maintenance/run.php update
php maintenance/run.php ./extensions/Wikibase/lib/maintenance/populateSitesTable.php
php maintenance/run.php ./extensions/Wikibase/repo/maintenance/rebuildItemsPerSite.php
php maintenance/run.php populateInterwiki
</code>

/*

==WikibaseRDF==

<code>
bash
COMPOSER=composer.local.json composer require --no-update professional-wiki/wikibase-rdf:~1.0
composer update professional-wiki/wikibase-rdf --no-dev -o
chown -R www-data:www-data extensions/WikibaseRDF
exit
</code>

<code>
wfLoadExtension('WikibaseRDF');
$wgWikibaseRdfPredicates = [
	'owl:sameAs',
	'owl:SymmetricProperty',
	'rdfs:subClassOf',
	'rdfs:subPropertyOf',
];
</code>
*/

===Wikibase docker deployment===

[[https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline/tree/main/deploy|Github]]

This setup requires a modern version of docker to be installed and was
tested on Debian bookworm on a dual core VM with 12GB of RAM.

==Fetch==

<code>
git clone https://github.com/wmde/wikibase-release-pipeline
</code>

==Copy config ==

<code>
cd wikibase-release-pipeline/deploy
cp template.env .env
</code>

==Edit config==

<code>
vi .env
</code>

<code>
# Public hostname configuration.

WIKIBASE_PUBLIC_HOST=wikibase.example.com
WDQS_FRONTEND_PUBLIC_HOST=wdqs-frontend.example.com
QUICKSTATEMENTS_PUBLIC_HOST=quickstatements.example.com

# MediaWiki / Wikibase user configuration.

MW_ADMIN_NAME=username
MW_ADMIN_EMAIL=email@example.com
MW_ADMIN_PASS=changemetoatleast10chars

# MediaWiki / Wikibase database configuration.

DB_NAME=dbname
DB_USER=dbuser
DB_PASS=changemetoatleast10chars
</code>

==Run==

__Foreground__
<code>
docker compose up
</code>


__Background__
<code>
docker compose up --detach
</code>

===Resources===

[[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase|Wikibase home page]]

[[https://heardlibrary.github.io/digital-scholarship/lod/wikibase/|Wikibase tutorial]]

[[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Importing/en|Data import]]

[[tools:wikibaseintegrator|WikibaseIntegrator]]

[[https://github.com/magnusmanske/quickstatements|quickstatements]]