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<p>Dear Board of Directors, OSGeo Advocates, all -</p>
<p> while reading the Wikimedia Foundation Labs news, I noticed
that <b>OpenRefine</b> (built by Google long ago) has been
adapted to ingest lists of data to WikiData / Wikipedia with some
forms and tutorials; following a link or two shows:</p>
<p> <a href="https://codeforscience.org/">https://codeforscience.org/</a>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">We empower communities
to work together and build innovative technology for the public
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<p> It seems likely that the goals of CodeForScience dot org, and
OSGeo dot org, may have some overlap. OpenRefine is useful and
mature, which gives some hints about what else might be included
in the CodeForScience project. Next steps, Board contact?</p>
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<p> best regards from "no-more-stores" Berkeley, California</p>
<p> -Brian M Hamlin MAPLABS</p>
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