Hey Andy,
Thanks for letting us know! This is great! I wonder if one of the GSoC
students would be able to implement an extractor for that?
Cheers,
Pablo
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote:
> For a while now, I and other editors have been encouraging the use of
> HTML lists, emitted by templates {{Flatlist}}, {{Plainlist}} and
> {{Unbulleted list}} [1-3], which I introduced, for the inclusion of
> multiple values in infoboxes.
>
> The primary purpose of this is to enhance the accessibility of such
> content for people with visual impairments, who browse the website
> using screen readers.
>
> However, an additional benefit is that data reusers, including DBedia,
> should be able to recognise such values more easily than coma or
> line-break separated lists.
>
> For instance, "Hamstead, London" with a comma, or a line break, might
> refer to two distinct places, or one within an other. Marked up as
> either one list item, or two, the intended meaning will be clear.
>
> Naturally, it will take a long while for this to be ubiquitous on
> Wikiepdia, and there will always be some exceptions, but I thought it
> time I gave you a heads-up.
>
> Please let me know if and when you start to make use of this feature,
> or of you have any concerns, comments or questions.
>
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Flatlist
>
> [1a - example]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Frost&diff=next&oldid=571060776
>
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Plainlist
>
> [2b - example]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karlo_%C5%A0tajner&diff=prev&oldid=570187236
>
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Unbulleted_list
>
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