find the specific wikipedia page you’re looking for, using wikisearch api
DESCRIPTION
Wikisearch is a new semantic search API that helps you find the specific Wikipedia page you’re looking for. It's designed to work even if you don’t remember its exact title, or have only a vague remembrance that it relates to some specific topic.TRANSCRIPT
Wikisearch a new semantic search API for Wikipedia
https://wikisearch.dandelion.eu
#wikisearch
you are looking for a Wikipedia page
#wikisearch
But - you don’t remember the exact title of the page !
or !- you have only a vague remembrance that it relates to some specific topic
like “screenplay game of thrones”
#wikisearch
yeah, I mean “A song of ice and fire”
#wikisearch
another example
#wikisearch
I’m looking for “Westminster church”
#wikisearch
“Westminster church”“Westminster abbey”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
#wikisearch
it’s a REST API
https://dandelion.eu/docs/api/datagraph/wikisearch/getting-started/
I’m looking for “city of love”
why it can be useful?
auto-complete scenarios: !
where the user can typically examine only the first few search results before taking a decision
#wikisearch