Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread Nikola Smolenski

On 14/06/12 00:39, jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote:

Transclusion is surely fundamental to wiki application design. The
[[wikidata]] proposal by contrast is a client-server API, such things an
artifact of the 20th century. What is the point of it here?

Ultimately the problem you're grappling with is not just just about
infoboxes, it's about *anything* other than article text that has
multilingual requirements. For instance, the same *pie chart* is to be
shared among wikipedias, the only difference being the graph's title,
key and other labels... [[wikidata]] is today doing format=table, later
other formats. That's alot to handle in an API.


I don't think Wikidata will ever do other formats. Wikidata will only 
export pure data.



So, it's highly advised the client-server API approach be scrapped. At a
minimum, it's outdated technology, for good reasons. Instead, wikidata
should *publish* infoboxes that are happily cached on wikidata servers.
That's the best performance that can possibly be had.


Wikidata publishing infoboxes and Wikipedias using them is again the 
client-server model. And if Wikidata publishes infoboxes, pie charts and 
the like, THAT will complicate the API, not the current approach. Not to 
mention that Wikipedias have and want to have different infobox designs.




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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread Gregor Hagedorn
While I agree that it is desirable to support simple, preformatted
Infoboxes that can, with minimal effort be re-used in a large number
of language versions of Wikipedia, I strongly disagree with the demand
to make this the only choice.

I think the present Wikidata approach to allow local Wikipedias to
customize their infoboxes by accessing wikidata properties
property-by-property is the right path.

The large Wikipedias with many editors have invested considerable
creative energy into making quite a large number of infoboxes
elaborate information containers. That includes formatting, images and
hand-crafted links in both the field name and the field value
side. Some values are expressed through svg graphics, other values
expressed through background color coding, etc.

Limiting the usability of Wikidata to plain vanilla infox boxes could
cause considerable resistance in these communities. And although small
Wikipedia will profit a lot from Wikidata, without the engagement of
editors from the large Wikipedias into curating Wikidata content, the
increased synergies will not happen.

Another issue is that (I believe that) Wikidata does not have a notion
of ordering properties. Correct? This is no issue for the present
Wikidata approach because infoboxes remain curated in each local
Wikipedia. However, in a centralized one size fits all approach,
replacing existing infoboxes where information is presented in a
logical order with an alphabetical property order would create huge
resistance (and would be a complex issue that Wikidata would have to
deal with, allowing property ordering and filtering).

I believe that Wikidata correctly aims to provide a smooth transition
path, where it is possible to obtain only part of an infobox from
wikidata and inject wikidata content into existing infobox layouts.

That said: I would encourage a third party contributor to try to
create a default Wikidata infobox generator in a way (extension
installable in multiple Wikipedias) that enables a wikipedia to
autocreate a good looking, plain vanilla infobox with minimal effort.

Gregor

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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi,
Technically there is nothing stopping Wikidata from hosting multiple
infoboxes on the same subject. The big thing about such infoboxes is that
their layout is the same for all subjects in the same category. This does
not mean that every one looks the same but it does mean they follow a
consistent pattern.

When people talk about things like colours and stuff, it becomes highly
emotional but in the final analysis at this stage it is just more bike
shedding. It should be obvious that attributes like colour can be
overriden.. Given that info boxes will not be supported in the near future
...

The notion that people should curate the info boxes locally is something
that I do not subscribe to. Not being able to agree on data and sources is
the same as not being able to reach a neutral point of view. This does not
mean that multiple sources may not agree but equally it does not mean that
different sources cannot be maintained from within Wikidata.

Finally, when Wikidata provides data and info boxes, it does not mean that
any project is compelled to use it. As Wikidata matures, it will become
increasingly clear that it is not the best practice.
Thanks,
 GerardM

On 14 June 2012 12:11, Gregor Hagedorn g.m.haged...@gmail.com wrote:

 While I agree that it is desirable to support simple, preformatted
 Infoboxes that can, with minimal effort be re-used in a large number
 of language versions of Wikipedia, I strongly disagree with the demand
 to make this the only choice.

 I think the present Wikidata approach to allow local Wikipedias to
 customize their infoboxes by accessing wikidata properties
 property-by-property is the right path.

 The large Wikipedias with many editors have invested considerable
 creative energy into making quite a large number of infoboxes
 elaborate information containers. That includes formatting, images and
 hand-crafted links in both the field name and the field value
 side. Some values are expressed through svg graphics, other values
 expressed through background color coding, etc.

 Limiting the usability of Wikidata to plain vanilla infox boxes could
 cause considerable resistance in these communities. And although small
 Wikipedia will profit a lot from Wikidata, without the engagement of
 editors from the large Wikipedias into curating Wikidata content, the
 increased synergies will not happen.

 Another issue is that (I believe that) Wikidata does not have a notion
 of ordering properties. Correct? This is no issue for the present
 Wikidata approach because infoboxes remain curated in each local
 Wikipedia. However, in a centralized one size fits all approach,
 replacing existing infoboxes where information is presented in a
 logical order with an alphabetical property order would create huge
 resistance (and would be a complex issue that Wikidata would have to
 deal with, allowing property ordering and filtering).

 I believe that Wikidata correctly aims to provide a smooth transition
 path, where it is possible to obtain only part of an infobox from
 wikidata and inject wikidata content into existing infobox layouts.

 That said: I would encourage a third party contributor to try to
 create a default Wikidata infobox generator in a way (extension
 installable in multiple Wikipedias) that enables a wikipedia to
 autocreate a good looking, plain vanilla infobox with minimal effort.

 Gregor

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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread Gregor Hagedorn
On 14 June 2012 12:33, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
 Finally, when Wikidata provides data and info boxes, it does not mean that
 any project is compelled to use it. As Wikidata matures, it will become
 increasingly clear that it is not the best practice.

that may be, but Wikidata needs a path to get there. I think the
ability to integrate wikidata into existing the infobox consensus of a
Wikipedia community is essential for adoption. Over time, centrally
provided infoboxes with ever increasing customization functionality
(order, selection, arrangement, linking properties to Wikipedia pages
explaining them, etc.) are desirable and at some point the evolution
of wiki data may conclude that this become the preferred method.

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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread jmcclure
 

Wikidata publishing infoboxes and Wikipedias using them is again
the client-server model. 

Not sure where this chestnut is coming from.
Transclusion is as close to client-server as my cooking is to being
gourmet! 

There's NO API. so I don't understand your commenst at all,
sorry. 

On 13.06.2012 23:48, Nikola Smolenski wrote: 

 On 14/06/12
00:39, jmcclure@hypergrove.comwrote:
 
 Transclusion is surely
fundamental to wiki application design. The [[wikidata]] proposal by
contrast is a client-server API, such things an artifact of the 20th
century. What is the point of it here? Ultimately the problem you're
grappling with is not just just about infoboxes, it's about *anything*
other than article text that has multilingual requirements. For
instance, the same *pie chart* is to be shared among wikipedias, the
only difference being the graph's title, key and other labels...
[[wikidata]] is today doing format=table, later other formats. That's
alot to handle in an API.
 
 I don't think Wikidata will ever do other
formats. Wikidata will only 
 export pure data.
 
 So, it's highly
advised the client-server API approach be scrapped. At a minimum, it's
outdated technology, for good reasons. Instead, wikidata should
*publish* infoboxes that are happily cached on wikidata servers. That's
the best performance that can possibly be had.
 
 Wikidata publishing
infoboxes and Wikipedias using them is again the 
 client-server model.
And if Wikidata publishes infoboxes, pie charts and 
 the like, THAT
will complicate the API, not the current approach. Not to 
 mention
that Wikipedias have and want to have different infobox designs.

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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread jmcclure
 

I strongly disagree with the demand to make this the only choice.
- 

Gregor, I'm a bit confused -- are you talking about the transclusion
design approach in this statement? because, if so, I'd think there'd be
a number of infobox styles that can be selected by an author on the
wikidata platform when 'building' the infobox page. The author can
transclude any number/any specific infobox(es) on their wikipedia page,
eg 

{{wikidata:en:Infobox:Some topic/some custom imfobox}} 

On
14.06.2012 03:11, Gregor Hagedorn wrote: 

 While I agree that it is
desirable to support simple, preformatted
 Infoboxes that can, with
minimal effort be re-used in a large number
 of language versions of
Wikipedia, I strongly disagree with the demand
 to make this the only
choice.
 
 I think the present Wikidata approach to allow local
Wikipedias to
 customize their infoboxes by accessing wikidata
properties
 property-by-property is the right path.
 
 The large
Wikipedias with many editors have invested considerable
 creative
energy into making quite a large number of infoboxes
 elaborate
information containers. That includes formatting, images and

hand-crafted links in both the field name and the field value

side. Some values are expressed through svg graphics, other values

expressed through background color coding, etc.
 
 Limiting the
usability of Wikidata to plain vanilla infox boxes could
 cause
considerable resistance in these communities. And although small

Wikipedia will profit a lot from Wikidata, without the engagement of

editors from the large Wikipedias into curating Wikidata content, the

increased synergies will not happen.
 
 Another issue is that (I
believe that) Wikidata does not have a notion
 of ordering properties.
Correct? This is no issue for the present
 Wikidata approach because
infoboxes remain curated in each local
 Wikipedia. However, in a
centralized one size fits all approach,
 replacing existing infoboxes
where information is presented in a
 logical order with an alphabetical
property order would create huge
 resistance (and would be a complex
issue that Wikidata would have to
 deal with, allowing property
ordering and filtering).
 
 I believe that Wikidata correctly aims to
provide a smooth transition
 path, where it is possible to obtain only
part of an infobox from
 wikidata and inject wikidata content into
existing infobox layouts.
 
 That said: I would encourage a third
party contributor to try to
 create a default Wikidata infobox
generator in a way (extension
 installable in multiple Wikipedias) that
enables a wikipedia to
 autocreate a good looking, plain vanilla
infobox with minimal effort.
 
 Gregor
 

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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread Gregor Hagedorn
 Gregor, I'm a bit confused -- are you talking about the transclusion design
 approach in this statement?

Yes, in the sense that it demands to be the only access to wiki data
content in a Wikipedia.

 because, if so, I'd think there'd be a number of
 infobox styles that can be selected by an author on the wikidata platform
 when 'building' the infobox page. The author can transclude any number/any
 specific infobox(es) on their wikipedia page, eg

 {{wikidata:en:Infobox:Some topic/some custom imfobox}}

As I say, I look forward to see an infobox builder being developed,
but this is a serious challenge.

See, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger and take a look at the
hierarchical arrangement of properties, formatting of them, linking of
them (Headings link to concept explanations on the same-language
Wikipedia, with the link being different than the display text, Early
Pleistocene – Recent may be a time range, but the value is Early
Pleistocene and the link is Pleistocene; similarly each taxonomic
author - here only ony present, Linnaeus - should link on en.wikipedia
to en.wikipedia and de.wikipedia to de.wikipedia), expressing some
information with graphics, see Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1], properties or
property values containing footnotes, the fact that a subspecies is
extinct being abbreviated with a symbol (†P. t. virgata) etc. Note
that the latter case is actually a nesting: it is a list of
subspecies, with each subspecies having multiple properties like
Scientific Name, Wikipedia Page name, extinction status - I am not
sure Wikidata plans to model such data in Phase 2 already.

My bottomline: Keep the wikidata project manageable and doable with
the available resources. Offer a method for Wikipedians to pick up
Wikidata content within the existing template infrastrukture.

But, desirable: ask a white paper which additional work would be
required to create centralized, plain vanilla infobox rendering as
well.

Would you be willing to create such a whitepaper? How much of the
above-shown Tiger example can be created centrally with a limited set
of facilities? How feature rich must the customization become?

Or are you proposing to simply use the existing template programming
with the only the difference that wikidata is the only mediawiki where
the properties can be accessed within templates? Much of my argument
assumes that you are looking for a non-template based infobox
renderer, I may be wrong there.

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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread jmcclure
 

Gregor says
Or are you proposing to simply use the existing
template programming
with the only the difference that wikidata is the
only mediawiki where
the properties can be accessed within templates?
Much of my argument
assumes that you are looking for a non-template
based infobox
renderer, I may be wrong there.

I am proposing that, from
the perspective of the Tiger article author, I would log on to wikidata
and create a page called Infobox:Tiger using a Semantic Form named
Taxobox whose fields track to the args for the Taxobox template. On
the form, one would select whether a genus, familia, ordo, ... regnum is
represented by the page... assume genus was selected,
so.
{{Taxobox
| status = EN (DUBLIN CORE PROPERTY: LANGUAGE)
|
fossil_range = Early [[Pleistocene]] - Recent (DUBLIN CORE: COVERAGE)
|
status_system = iucn3.1 (DUBLIN CORE: FORMAT)
| trend = down (DUBLIN
CORE: FORMAT)
| status_ref =ref name=IUCN/ (DUBLIN CORE: IDENTIFIER)
|
image = Tiger in Ranthambhore.jpg (EMBEDDED {{IMAGE}} TEMPLATE CALL)
|
image_caption = A [[Bengal tiger]] (''P. tigris tigris'') in India's
[[Ranthambhore National Park]]. (PART OF {{IMAGE}} TEMPLATE CALL)
|
image_width = (PART OF {{IMAGE}} TEMPLATE CALL)
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
(UNNECESSARY - LOOK IT UP VIA #ASK)
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
(UNNECESSARY - LOOK IT UP VIA #ASK))
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
(UNNECESSARY - LOOK IT UP VIA #ASK))
| ordo = [[Carnivora]] (UNNECESSARY
- LOOK IT UP VIA #ASK))
| familia = [[Felidae]] (UNNECESSARY - LOOK IT
UP VIA #ASK))
| genus = ''[[Panthera]]'' (DUBLIN CORE PROPERTY:
RELATION)
| species = 'P. tigris' (DUBLIN CORE PROPERTY:
TITLE)
| binomial = ''Panthera tigris'' (EMBEDDED {{BINOMIAL}} TEMPLATE
CALL)
| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) (PART OF
EMBEDDED {{BINOMIAL}} TEMPLATE CALL)
| synonyms = (DUBLIN CORE PROPERTY:
TITLE) 
center'Felis tigris' small[[Carl
Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758/smallref name=Linn1758 / br
/
'Tigris striatus' small[[Nikolai Severtzov|Severtzov]],
1858/smallbr /
'Tigris regalis' small[[John Edward
Gray|Gray]], 1867/center
| range_map = Tiger_map.jpg (EMBEDDED
{{IMAGE}} TEMPLATE CALL)
| range_map_width = (PART OF EMBEDDED {{IMAGE}}
TEMPLATE CALL)
| range_map_caption = Tiger's historic range in ca. 1850
(pale yellow) and range in 2006 (in green).ref name=dinerstein07 /
|
subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]]
| subdivision = (UNNECESSARY - LOOK
IT UP VIA #ASK)
''[[Bengal tiger|P. t. tigris]]''br/
''[[Indochinese
tiger|P. t. corbetti]]''br /
''[[Malayan tiger|P. t. jacksoni]]''br
/
''[[Sumatran tiger|P. t. sumatrae]]''br /
''[[Siberian tiger|P. t.
altaica]]''br /
''[[South China tiger|P. t. amoyensis]]''br
/
†''[[Caspian tiger|P. t. virgata]]''br /
†''[[Bali tiger|P. t.
balica]]''br /
†''[[Javan tiger|P. t. sondaica]]''
}} 

One could
create [[en:Infobox:Tiger]] and [[de:Infobox:Tiger]] to handle language
differences. Alternatively there'd be only [[Infobox:Tiger]] that has
language-qualified string properties, e.g, Title^en contains english
title for the page vs Title^de that contains the German title, with the
#ask pulling the correct one given the wiki's language eg
|?Title^{{CONTENTLANG}} 

For links, use the same magic word eg


|genus={{CONTENTLANG}}:Panthera 

To be a bit fancier:


|genus={{#ifexist:{{CONTENTLANG}}:Panthera|{{CONTENTLANG}}:Panthera|en:Panthera}}


Now, the above is a traditional non-topicmap treatment without
provenance. Let's add provenance first: 

|genus={{Dublin
Core|value=Panthera|creator={{USERNAME}}|date={{TODAY}}|language=}}


Now lets add the topicmap orientation


|genus={{Topic|name=Panthera|creator={{USERNAME}}|date={{TODAY}}|language=}}


So there's certainly alternatives to look at. The basic theme though
is NOT to create a specialized factbox editor but rather is to use
Semantic Forms to capture the values of template args - values that can
be links, text, or template calls. And you're right, Gregor, the primary
way to access wikidata's triples for purposes of regular template
programming is to logon to wikidata. imho, that establishes wikidata as
a black-box, with no additional mechanisms/extensions loaded onto any
'transcluding' wikipedia, which I think is the ideal posture for
integrating wikidata resources into the wikipedias. 

re: the
whitepaper. Sure I'd be happy to put together a real demo. But as a
strugglin' contractor doing opensource dev since 1998, it'd be nice
if. 

Gotta run - john 

On 14.06.2012 09:29, Gregor Hagedorn
wrote:

 Gregor, I'm a bit confused -- are you talking about the
transclusion design approach in this statement?

 Yes, in the sense that
it demands to be the only access to wiki data
 content in a Wikipedia.


because, if so, I'd think there'd be a number of infobox styles that
can be selected by an author on the wikidata platform when 'building'
the infobox page. The author can transclude any number/any specific
infobox(es) on their wikipedia page, eg {{wikidata:en:Infobox:Some

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-13 Thread Lydia Pintscher
Hi John,

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:39 AM,  jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote:
 I base my belief that [[wikitopics]] is operationally faster on a basic
 difference between the two designs, as I think the wikipedias will operate
 faster if they merely transclude infoboxes of their choice, at their own
 speed, from the wikidata central repository.

 Transclusion is surely fundamental to wiki application design. The
 [[wikidata]] proposal by contrast is a client-server API, such things an
 artifact of the 20th century. What is the point of it here?

 Ultimately the problem you're grappling with is not just just about
 infoboxes, it's about *anything* other than article text that has
 multilingual requirements. For instance, the same *pie chart* is to be
 shared among wikipedias, the only difference being the graph's title, key
 and other labels... [[wikidata]] is today doing format=table, later other
 formats. That's alot to handle in an API.

Other can probably comment more on the rest of your email but here's
one thing: It will very very likely not be the same pie chart. The
Wikipedias have quite different demands as to what they want to show
and what is important to them.

 So, it's highly advised the client-server API approach be scrapped. At a
 minimum, it's outdated technology, for good reasons. Instead, wikidata
 should *publish* infoboxes that are happily cached on wikidata servers.
 That's the best performance that can possibly be had.


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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
 

I don't understand why it's so unlikely, Lydia. ANY educational
article (science, math, engineering) can have graphics whose underlying
data is not language-sensitve. How about timelines on a bio article --
that's anothr example. Or a map within a place article? Or financial
data within a business article? I think these are more likely than the
scenario that concerns you, where the *data itself* used to construct
the graphic, is language- or country-sensitive. 

On 13.06.2012 16:03,
Lydia Pintscher wrote: 

 Hi John,
 
 On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:39
AM, jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote:
 
 I base my belief that
[[wikitopics]] is operationally faster on a basic difference between the
two designs, as I think the wikipedias will operate faster if they
merely transclude infoboxes of their choice, at their own speed, from
the wikidata central repository. Transclusion is surely fundamental to
wiki application design. The [[wikidata]] proposal by contrast is a
client-server API, such things an artifact of the 20th century. What is
the point of it here? Ultimately the problem you're grappling with is
not just just about infoboxes, it's about *anything* other than article
text that has multilingual requirements. For instance, the same *pie
chart* is to be shared among wikipedias, the only difference being the
graph's title, key and other labels... [[wikidata]] is today doing
format=table, later other formats. That's alot to handle in an API.
 

Other can probably comment more on the rest of your email but here's

one thing: It will very very likely not be the same pie chart. The

Wikipedias have quite different demands as to what they want to show

and what is important to them.
 
 So, it's highly advised the
client-server API approach be scrapped. At a minimum, it's outdated
technology, for good reasons. Instead, wikidata should *publish*
infoboxes that are happily cached on wikidata servers. That's the best
performance that can possibly be had.
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Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-13 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM,  jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote:
 I don't understand why it's so unlikely, Lydia. ANY educational article
 (science, math, engineering) can have graphics whose underlying data is not
 language-sensitve. How about timelines on a bio article -- that's anothr
 example. Or a map within a place article? Or financial data within a
 business article? I think these are more likely than the scenario that
 concerns you, where the *data itself* used to construct the graphic, is
 language- or country-sensitive.

What I am meant is that the individual Wikipedias are quite different.
One Wikipedia might consider it important to show certain data in this
way and another one in that way while a third might insist on not
showing it at all because it is not important. Having over 280
Wikipedias agree on which and how certain data should be shown seems
like a major pain on top of all we're asking for from them already for
Wikidata.


Cheers
Lydia

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