Commons:Batch uploading/Media from Open Beelden

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Media from Open Beelden[edit]

Media from Open Beelden is already a category on Wikimedia Commons where over the years the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision has uploaded approx. 1500 videos. Currently we are preparing a new content donation from the Open Beelden (Open Images) platform using the GWtoolset. The total content donation we are now preparing will probably exceed 1500 items. Part of this donation will be footage of Dutch nature, especially birds. This footage can be used to enrich the articles that are being edited and improved during Wiki Loves Earth in may 2014.

In preparation we will be:

  • Producing a flat XML with the metadata from the API of the Open Beelden Platform
  • Creating a video template that can be used for our meta-data, rather than continuing to use the limited information template
  • Testing in the beta-cluster
  • Transcoding .ogv files to WebM-format (preferred format on Commons)