Re: [Wikidata-tech] [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for geoshapes

[Luca Martinelli]

Awesome news. I'll be sure to forward it to the Italian OSMers. :)

L.

2017-03-29 13:34 GMT+02:00 Léa Lacroix :
> Hello all,
>
> We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the
> geographical shapes that are now stored on Commons. This data type will be
> deployed on Wikidata on April 17th.
>
> This data type refers to the geographical shapes that are enabled on
> Wikimedia Commons since the beginning of this year. Here you can find more
> information about this.
>
> The property creators will be able to create properties with this geoshape
> data type by selecting “Geographical shape” in the data type list.
>
> When the property is created, you can use it in statements, and when filling
> the value, if you start typing a string, you can choose the name of a
> geoshape in the list of what exists on Commons.
>
>
> One thing to note: We currently do not export statements that use this
> datatype to RDF. They can therefore not be queried in the Wikidata Query
> Service. The reason is that we are still waiting for geoshapes to get stable
> URIs. This is handled in this ticket.
>
> Before the deployment, you can test it on http://test.wikidata.org (see for
> example the property “geotest” on Q22).
>
> If you have any question, feel free to ask!
>
> Cheers,
>
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Re: [Wikidata-tech] [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for geoshapes

[Daniel Kinzler]

Am 29.03.2017 um 15:19 schrieb Luca Martinelli:
>> One thing to note: We currently do not export statements that use this
>> datatype to RDF. They can therefore not be queried in the Wikidata Query
>> Service. The reason is that we are still waiting for geoshapes to get stable
>> URIs. This is handled in this ticket.

This ticket: . And more generally
.

The technically inclined of you may be interested in joining the relevant RFC
discussion on IRC tonight at 21:00 UTC (2pm PDT, 23:00 CEST) #wikimedia-office.

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