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Subject:    [MediaWiki-l] ANN: Version 2.0.0 of the Memento MediaWiki Extension
From:       Shawn Jones <sjone () cs ! odu ! edu>
Date:       2014-06-15 2:18:07
Message-ID: C02F4D81-4E02-42F9-8945-10A5ED84A60F () cs ! odu ! edu
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All,

Thanks to the feedback of Wikimedia developers, version 2.0.0 of the Memento time \
travel Extension for MediaWiki has been released.  The extension can be downloaded \
via [1].  Information on the extension is available at [2].  A demonstration wiki \
equipped with the extension is available at [3].

The extension works with Memento clients [4] to allow one to browse pages on an \
installation of MediaWiki as if it were some datetime in the past.  This has numerous \
applications, from avoiding spoilers [5] to studying the changes in law.

Recently, at WikiConference USA 2014, we presented our experiences reconstructing the \
past using MediaWiki [6, 7], and demonstrated using the extension to avoid spoilers \
[8, 9].

The extension is fully compliant with RFC 7089 [10], which specifies the Memento \
protocol.  The effort was supported in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is \
a joint effort between Old Dominion University and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The Memento protocol extends HTTP to support content negotiation with time, allowing \
one to view past versions of web pages.  This document [11] provides insight into the \
added value that the protocol brings to MediaWiki.  Videos [12], and [13] show \
Memento at work in the web at large.  The latter pays significant attention to \
temporal navigation in Wikipedia, and hence illustrates that the Memento Team \
considers time travel in MediaWiki platforms a major use case of the protocol.  Video \
[14] shows how one could use the Memento MediaWiki Extension to avoid spoilers in \
fan-based wikis.

The Memento protocol is currently used by major web archives [15] and supported by \
the International Internet Preservation Consortium [16].

Once again, the Memento team is appreciative of all of the feedback from the \
Wikimedia team, and just because we have reached 2.0.0 doesn't mean that we don't \
seek additional input in order to improve the code.

On behalf of the Memento Team,

Shawn M. Jones
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
Old Dominion University

Email:          sjone@cs.odu.edu
Research group: http://ws-dl.blogspot.com
Twitter:        @shawnmjones

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[1] https://github.com/hariharshankar/mediawiki/releases/tag/v2.0.0
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Memento
[3] http://ws-dl-05.cs.odu.edu/demo/
[4] http://bit.ly/memento-for-chrome
[5] http://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-12-18-avoiding-spoilers-with.html
[6] http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Submissions:Reconstructing_the_past_with_Mediawiki:_Programmatic_Issues_and_Solutions
 [7] http://www.slideshare.net/shawnmjones/reconstructing-the-past-with-media-wiki-35333484
 [8] http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Submissions:Using_the_Memento_Mediawiki_Extension_to_Avoid_Spoilers
 [9] http://www.slideshare.net/shawnmjones/using-the-memento-mediawiki-extension-to-avoid-spoilers-35333526
 [10] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7089
[11] http://www.mementoweb.org/wikipedia/
[12] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_70lQPOOIg
[13] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtZHKeFwjzk
[14] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciClYjTnscs
[15] http://mementoweb.org/depot/
[16] http://netpreserve.org


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