By using a single form and one key property, notes from meetings are now appended to associated topic pages (no more searching through email archives!). Going further, how to use the main page as a plaza to annunciate relevant meetings and featured articles.

1. Semantic MediaWiki Conference
Fall 2014
Meeting Minutes
Or
…
How
we
learned
to
stop
emailing
and
love
the
wiki
Daren
Welsh,
NASA
Flight
Opera0ons

2. Email!
• Email
is
necessary,
but
abused
• Email
is
good
for
conversaAons,
but
a
terrible
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way
of
storing
data

3. MeeAng
Minutes
• We
can’t
eliminate
all
email,
but
maybe
just
notes
from
meeAngs
• MeeAng
Minutes
template/form
is
very
simple
– Type
of
meeAng
– Date
– Time
– AIendee
– AIachments
– Links
to
documents
– Topics
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§ Title
§ Content
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4. MeeAng
Minutes
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5. MeeAng
Minutes
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6. MeeAng
Minutes
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7. MeeAng
Minutes
• Now
meeAng
minutes
– Can
be
entered
by
anyone
– Are
linkable
– Are
Web
accessible
– Can
link
to
hardware/topic
pages
– Are
searchable
…
?
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8. MeeAng
Minutes
We
can
do
beIer
with
one
addiAonal
property:
Related
arAcle
[[Has
type::
Page]]
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9. Related
ArAcle
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10. Related
ArAcle
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11. Related
ArAcle
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12. Related
ArAcle
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13. Related
ArAcle
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Extension:HeaderFooter
– Enables
headers
and
footers
per
namespace
Extension:
Header
Tabs
– Adds
tabs
to
a
page
separaAng
top-­‐level
secAons
__NOTOC__<br
style="clear:both;"
/>
{{#ask:
[[Topic
from
meeAng::+]][[Related
arAcle::{{PAGENAME}}]]
|mainlabel=-­‐
|?
From
page
|?
Has
date
|?
Has
topic
Atle
|?
Synopsis
|?
Related
arAcle
|link
=
none
|format
=
template
|template
=
MeeAng
references
row
|intro
=
<h1>MeeAng
References</h1>
|offset
=
0
|limit
=
10
|sort
=
Has
date
|order
=
DESC
|searchlabel
=
<br
/><br
/><br
/>Click
to
browse
earlier
meeAng
references
}}
<headertabs
/>

14. Related
ArAcle
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15. Related
ArAcle
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1246
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1255

16. Related
ArAcle
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17. Related
ArAcle
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18. Related
ArAcle
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19. Related
ArAcle
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20. More
SemanAc
Linking
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21. User
Queries
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22. User
Queries
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23. Exposure
• Individual
pages
are
linked
– [[wiki
links]]
– SemanAc
queries
(inline,
infobox,
and
footer)
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• User
queries
– Somewhat
exposes
users
to
unfamiliar
pages,
but
limited
in
scope
How
do
we
make
sure
our
users
are
aware
of
pages
they
might
be
interested
in?
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24. Warrens
&
Plazas
• Discussion
at
Houston
wiki
summit
with
Brandon
Harris
and
Philippe
BeaudeIe
(Wikimedia
FoundaAon)
• Each
wiki
page
is
maintained
by
a
small
community
• Even
with
SemanAc
sharing,
there
are
disconnects
• How
do
we
connect
these
communiAes?
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25. The
Main
Page
Plaza
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26. The
Main
Page
Plaza
• Masonry
Main
Page
– Masonry
Javascript/CSS
packed
into
an
extension
for
MW
– Provides
auto-­‐sized
blocks
based
on
content
and
window
size
• MeeAng
Minutes
is
the
focus
• AddiAonal
blocks
provide
relevant
arAcles
and
queries
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27. The
Main
Page
Plaza
MeeAng
Minutes
• Link
to
form
for
new
minutes
• Title
linking
to
full
minutes
• Topics
and
synopses
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28. The
Main
Page
Plaza
Featured
ArAcle
• Title
linking
to
arAcle
• Primary
image
• Overview
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29. The
Main
Page
Plaza
Upcoming
Events
• Encourages
users
to
contribute
to
events
they
are
supporAng
• Helps
us
ensure
we
are
tracking
the
correct
event
dates
(they
change
A
LOT)
• Currently
only
vehicles
and
missions.
Eventually
will
include
training
and
on-­‐orbit
acAviAes.
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30. The
Main
Page
Plaza
Recent
Discussions
and
Changes
• Helpful
for
new
users
not
familiar
with
“Recent
Changes”
• Highlights
discussion
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31. The
Main
Page
Plaza
Proficiency
Training
• Currently
a
passive
system
• Users
unknowingly
get
addiAonal
proficiency
training
and
review
our
data
• In
the
future,
we
could
track
click-­‐through
of
these
types
of
boxes
for
proficiency
training
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32. The
Main
Page
Plaza
Morning
RouAne
• Coffee
• MeeAng
Minutes
• Recent
changes
• Recent
discussion
• Watchlist
• Email
(yes,
sAll,
but
less)
– Now
more
focused
on
discussions
and
less
focused
on
“documenAng”
technical
info
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33. The
Future
• Future concept of expanding engagement
• Connect warrens
• User watches one page, but does not watch related page
(determined by Property:Related article, wiki links, common
contributors, etc.)
• Main Page blocks customized by username, expiration date, etc.
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