Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

The API console for extraction of statistics is separate from use of JSONstat, but it can export JSONstat. Statistics Norway have a user manual for how to use the console.[2][1] This is a common collaboration between several Scandinavian census bureaus. [1]

Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

A statement in a world might be valid and true in that world, but false in another world. Two statements, each in its own world might use a name (parameter or instantiated) that is similar by accident, and chained together they will form an invalid statement. If values from the data files are

Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

One of the most important use of this is probably JSONstat, but note that it is _not_ obvious which categories maps to which items, or that a category maps to the same item at all. For example "Oslo" might be used as the name of the city in Norway in some contexts, while it might be the name of

Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

Not sure what you mean - if the datafile stored on commons links in turn to the source (e.g. the sale catalog hosted somewhere) then the datafile only acts as a transformation engine enabling blobbish text to be accessed as citable material for machine reading bots. Seems nifty to me. On Tue, May

Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

You know that this has pretty huge implications for the data model, and that data stored in a tabular file might invalidate the statement where it is referenced? And both the statement and the data file might be valid in isolation? (It is two valid propositions but from different worlds.) On Tue,

Re: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

Interesting, thanks! I have been waiting for more developments on this since it was shown by User:TheDJ at the developer's showcase in january (link here at 5 minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2pR21imm9A) I was wondering if this could be used in the case of painting items being linked to

[Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for tabular data files

Hello all, We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the *tabular data files * that are now stored on Commons. This data type will be deployed on Wikidata on *May 15th* . The property creators will be able to create