Kasis, this sounds very interesting! Cross-posting to the Discovery mailing list.
Pine On Nov 3, 2015 8:39 AM, "Kasia Odrozek" <kasia.odro...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am happy to announce that the Software-Development Team at WMDE (TCB) > developed the so called “Deepcat” gadget [1] that is now ready to use not > only in German wikis but also internationally. > > The possibility for intersection and subcategory search was one of the > top-wishes from the TOP20 of the Germany Community Technical Wishlist [2]. > DeepCat acts as an interface between a graph database and MediaWiki's > search engine. The Wiki's category structure is stored via their page-ids > in the graph database while the Gadget does the translation of the search > string, retrieves the information from the database and sends it to the > search engine. Tool developers interested in exploring possibilities for > using the CatGraph database can find more information on the respective > infopage [3] or can approach us directly. > > The Deepcat gadget allows to go deeper in the category search and generates > results not only for a certain category but also for its subcategories. > Furthermore, it supports intersection search (among others: searching for > articles or pictures that are in two different categories e.g. “Art” and > “Technology”). The gadget works on Wikipedia, on Wikimedia Commons, as well > as in many other wikis [4]. For performance and technical reasons there is > a search limitation of 15 categories in depth and 70 categories in total > that the gadget can search through (you will see a hint about that while > using the gadget). The gadget doesn’t load on mobile devices however once > you switch to desktop-view, it should work as usual. > > The gadget can be used via typing the keyword “deepcat:” into the regular > search field. An instruction how to install Deepcat and a detailed > description of its functionality can be found on its infopage [5]. Bugs can > be reported on Phabricator [6]. > > We hope it will serve you well! > > Cheers, > Kasia > > [1] https://github.com/wmde/DeepCat-Gadget > [2] > > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Umfragen/Technische_W%C3%BCnsche/Top_20#.E2.80.9ECatScan-Funktionalit.C3.A4t.E2.80.9C_in_die_Software_integrieren > [3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Catgraph > [4] https://tools.wmflabs.org/cgstat > [5] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Catgraph/Deepcat > [6] > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=DeepCat-Gadget > > > -- > Kasia Odrozek > Product Manager > Software Development and Engineering > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. +49 (030) 219 158 260 > Mobil: +49 151 46752534 > > http://wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de/> > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
