Creation of a Regional Edition of Ruwiki

a Case of the Komi-Language Edition

  • Marina Serafimovna Fedina Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Internet-Encyclopedia "Ruwiki"; Komi Republican Academy of Public Administration and Management http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-2304
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25559/SITITO.020.202402.323-330

Abstract

The article is devoted to an analytical description of the creation of a regional edition of the new online encyclopedia Ruwiki. The combination of the latest digital and language technologies with 20 languages of the peoples of Russia determines the entire complex of features that influence the creation of not only the overall system of Ruwiki but also its regional-language editions. Using the example of the Komi language, emerging problems, intralinguistic and extralinguistic features are analyzed. Intralinguistic features include purely linguistic capabilities of the edition, such as existence of necessary terminology, possibilities for neology, etc. Extralinguistic features refer to digital infrastructure (keyboard layouts, electronic dictionaries, digital resources, including digital encyclopedias, libraries, etc.), human resources (availability of specialists proficient in computer technologies and specific language; volunteers), availability and accessibility of source materials for writing encyclopedia articles, technical support, financial costs, time factor, etc.
An important feature of the regional edition is its personification. One or two people are responsible for each edition, unlike, for example, the Russian edition with an entire team working on it. Each editor of a regional edition is multifunctional: they localize, search for and verify materials, ensuring their accuracy, write articles in the native language on various topics, train volunteers, review the edits and articles made by them, and learn new technologies daily.

Author Biography

Marina Serafimovna Fedina, Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Internet-Encyclopedia "Ruwiki"; Komi Republican Academy of Public Administration and Management

Leading editor of the Komi section of the Russian Internet encyclopedia Ruwiki; Leading Researcher, Cand. Sci. (Philol.), Associate Professor

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Published
2024-07-28
How to Cite
FEDINA, Marina Serafimovna. Creation of a Regional Edition of Ruwiki. Modern Information Technologies and IT-Education, [S.l.], v. 20, n. 2, p. 323-330, july 2024. ISSN 2411-1473. Available at: <http://sitito.cs.msu.ru/index.php/SITITO/article/view/1142>. Date accessed: 22 june 2026. doi: https://doi.org/10.25559/SITITO.020.202402.323-330.
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