Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > Hi, > > Great news, but I have some questions ;-) It seems that the unit can be any > IRI that starts with http or https, even if not referring to an entity of > the wiki. I want this to be restricted to

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

Hi! > Also, I don't see a reason why the JSON encoding should use an IRI It probably doesn't have to, just Q-id would be enough. "1" is OK too, but a bit confusing - if the rest would be Q-ids, then it makes sense to make all of the Q-ids. Other option would be to make it just null or something

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

On 01.09.2015 05:11, Stas Malyshev wrote: ... That's a very interesting point, I think this can be handled by establishing: 1. Types/classes of units, such as "measure of length" 2. Designated standard unit - e.g. "meter" is a "standard measure of length". 3. Conversion properties - e.g. "foot"

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

On 01.09.2015 09:56, Stas Malyshev wrote: Hi! Also, I don't see a reason why the JSON encoding should use an IRI It probably doesn't have to, just Q-id would be enough. "1" is OK too, but a bit confusing - if the rest would be Q-ids, then it makes sense to make all of the Q-ids. Other option

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

Hi! > We've finally done all the groundwork for unit support. I'd love for > you to give the first version a try on the test system here: > http://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Q23950 This is awesome, congratulations to Wikidata team on this milestone! > There are a few known issues still but

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

Hoi, Good news :) It is good to get things moving :) Thanks, GerardM On 31 August 2015 at 17:53, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Hi everyone :) > > We've finally done all the groundwork for unit support. I'd love for > you to give the first version a try on the test

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

Great and very valuable! Scott On Aug 31, 2015 11:26 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" wrote: > Hoi, > Good news :) It is good to get things moving :) > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 31 August 2015 at 17:53, Lydia Pintscher > wrote: > >> Hi everyone

Re: [Wikidata] First version for units is ready for testing!

Hi, Great news, but I have some questions ;-) It seems that the unit can be any IRI that starts with http or https, even if not referring to an entity of the wiki. Then what happens with the "unit":"1" that currently we have in JSON? It seems that one cannot enter this string in the field,