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#AbstractWikipedia, the project that creates articles from function calls in #Wikifunctions with data from #wikidata in (eventually) any human language is getting to a point where some impressive progress is visible.

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The Glass of Milk and the Monsters’ Feast We need stories. Stories that we can tell each other or listen to, and that entertain us. We can learn from some stories. Sometimes we don’t fully understand a story, but it remains as an echo, a mood. From this mood, new ideas may arise and the desire to go deeper into the topic. Abstract Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikifunctions are not always easy to explain. Wikifunctions is a new project by the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind projects that bring Free Knowledge to the world, such as Wikipedia. Abstract Wikipedia is a larger idea that is about producing knowledge from strutured data and functions. Knowledge production from data is a fantastic concept; it’s fabulous. Here’s a fable.

I have started blogging again. The blog is still work in progress, but I wrote a story about #AbstractWikipedia, #Wikifunctions, and monsters feasting on cupcakes.

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