This engineer’s main focus is in exploring automated approaches (either by creating a new script or adapting an existing one) to import the Igbo API dataset to the Wikidata Lexicographical data project. Wikidata aims to provide metadata for words (or what they call items) in many languages thereby creating a knowledge base across languages.
Deliverables
For this project, there are a number of different tasks that are expected to be completed throughout the year. A more clear timeline of when these tasks should be completed will be drafted by the project manager. These tasks include:
- Enhancing the current process of importing and adding new lexemes into Wikidata. This entails exploring automated approaches (either by creating a new script or adapting this existing one) to import the Igbo API dataset to the Wikidata Lexicographical data project.
- As a proof of concept, 500 Igbo words will be imported into Wikidata Lexicographical data.
- Find, write, and maintain documentation for the Wikidata project and place all documents within the Igbo API <> Lacuna Home Base page
Required Skills
- Proficient experience in Python.
- Proficient knowledge of JavaScript will be helpful.
- Experience with version control tooling like git and GitHub.
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