Jeroen De Dauw

Jeroen De Dauw
Building knowledge infrastructure, from Wikidata to NeoWiki

Talks

Talks I've given, mostly about MediaWiki, Semantic MediaWiki, Wikibase and NeoWiki, plus a few on software design. Most slides aren't designed to stand alone; they work best next to the recording.

2026

  • 12 Nov 2026 Comparing Semantic MediaWiki, Wikibase and NeoWiki for cultural heritage · MUDCon Fall 2026, Ljubljana (discussion, ECHOLOT) · with Lozana Rossenova and Bernhard Krabina · Abstract
  • 12 Nov 2026 Let AI Work With Your Wiki · MUDCon Fall 2026, Ljubljana · Abstract
  • 11 Nov 2026 NeoWiki in Action: Modern Structured Data for MediaWiki · MUDCon Fall 2026, Ljubljana · Abstract
  • 25 Mar 2026 Introducing NeoWiki: Modern structured data for MediaWiki · MUDCon Spring 2026, online · with Bernhard Krabina · Abstract · Slides · Video · Post

2025

  • 29 Oct 2025 Let AI access your wiki with MCP · MUDCon Fall 2025, Hannover · Abstract · Video · Post
  • 28 Oct 2025 Enhance Your Wikibase With Extensions · MUDCon Fall 2025, Hannover · Abstract · Video · Post

2024

  • 4 Nov 2024 Development of SemanticWikibase · MUDCon Fall 2024, Vienna (discussion) · with Lozana Rossenova and Kolja Bailly · Abstract · Video · Post

2021

  • 9 Dec 2021 Semantic MediaWiki 4 and Other News · SMWCon Fall 2021, online (lightning talk) · Slides · Video · Post
  • 31 Oct 2021 Brief Intro To Our Wikibase Extensions · WikidataCon 2021, online (lightning talk) · Abstract · Slides · Video · Post
  • 21 Apr 2021 MediaWiki Consulting · EMWCon Spring 2021, online (panel) · Abstract · Video

2020

  • 25 Nov 2020 Connecting Wikibase and Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2020, online (lightning talk) · Abstract · Video
  • 25 Nov 2020 Backend infrastructure experience exchange · SMWCon Fall 2020, online (discussion) · Video
  • 2 Apr 2020 Maps in MediaWiki: Highlights and new features · EMWCon Spring 2020, online · Abstract · Video

2019

  • 2019 An introduction to Iterators and Generators in PHP · Slides · Post
  • 2019 Five ways to write better mocks in PHP · Slides · Post

2016

  • 29 Sep 2016 Current Status and Next Steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2016, Frankfurt · with Karsten Hoffmeyer · Slides
  • 2016 Real world implementation of The Clean Architecture (given several times, 2016–2018) · Abstract · Slides · Post

2015

  • 29 Oct 2015 Current Status and Next Steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2015, Barcelona · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 28 Oct 2015 Semantic MediaWiki issues triage · SMWCon Fall 2015, Barcelona (workshop) · with Karsten Hoffmeyer · Abstract
  • 2015 Easy to maintain code · EnthusiastiCon · Slides

2014

  • 2 Oct 2014 Wikibase, the Software behind Wikidata · SMWCon Fall 2014, Vienna · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 2 Oct 2014 Current Status and Next Steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2014, Vienna · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • Jul 2014 Component design: Getting cohesion and coupling right · Wikimedia Deutschland, Berlin · Abstract · Slides · Post
  • 2014 The Liskov Substitution Principle (given several times, 2014–2016) · Abstract · Slides · Post

2013

  • Nov 2013 Static: The S in STUPID · 0x20 hackerspace, Ghent (first given at Wikimedia Deutschland) · Abstract · Slides · Post
  • 29 Oct 2013 Current status and next steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2013, Berlin · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 28 Oct 2013 Building on top of Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2013, Berlin · Abstract · Slides
  • 28 Oct 2013 Programming Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2013, Berlin (hands-on session) · Abstract · Slides
  • Sep 2013 Clean Functions · Wikimedia Deutschland and the 0x20 hackerspace, Berlin and Ghent · Abstract · Slides · Post
  • 22 Mar 2013 New features in Maps and Semantic Maps · SMWCon Spring 2013, New York · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 21 Mar 2013 Wikidata and Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Spring 2013, New York (keynote) · with Denny Vrandečić · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 21 Mar 2013 Current status and next steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Spring 2013, New York · Abstract · Slides
  • 21 Mar 2013 New features in Semantic Result Formats · SMWCon Spring 2013, New York
Early talks, 2009–2012
  • 9 Nov 2012 Structured Data in MediaWiki · Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland 2012, Utrecht · Abstract · Slides
  • 26 Oct 2012 New features in Semantic Result Formats · SMWCon Fall 2012, Cologne · with MWJames · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 26 Oct 2012 New features in Maps and Semantic Maps · SMWCon Fall 2012, Cologne · with Nischay Nahata · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 25 Oct 2012 Current status and next steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2012, Cologne · with Markus Krötzsch · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • 24 Oct 2012 Developing Semantic MediaWiki (extensions) · SMWCon Fall 2012, Cologne · Abstract · Video
  • Jul 2012 Wikidata as a platform · Wikimania 2012, Washington, DC · Abstract · Slides
  • Jun 2012 Wikidata: fetch, cache, purge · Berlin Hackathon 2012, Berlin · Abstract · Slides
  • Apr 2012 New features in Semantic Result Formats · SMWCon Spring 2012, Carlsbad, CA · Abstract · Slides
  • 5 Feb 2012 Semantic MediaWiki · FOSDEM 2012, Brussels (lightning talk) · Abstract · Slides · Video
  • Sep 2011 Semantic Watchlist · SMWCon Fall 2011, Berlin · Abstract · Slides
  • Sep 2011 The future of SMW visualizations · SMWCon Fall 2011, Berlin · Abstract · Slides
  • Sep 2011 Semantic Maps · SMWCon Fall 2011, Berlin · Abstract · Slides
  • Sep 2011 SMW and Structured Data · SMWCon Fall 2011, Berlin (tutorial) · with Yaron Koren · Abstract
  • Sep 2011 Next steps for Semantic MediaWiki · SMWCon Fall 2011, Berlin · with Markus Krötzsch · Abstract
  • 18 Sep 2010 Maps and Semantic Maps · SMWCon Fall 2010, Amsterdam · Abstract
  • Jul 2010 Maps and Semantic Maps, and extension deployment · Wikimania 2010, Gdańsk · Post
  • 7 Nov 2009 Maps and Semantic Maps · SMW Camp 2009, Karlsruhe · Post