On 4 April 2015 at 02:35, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all -- > > Have we considered separating in some way (in the UI, and possibly the > data model) properties which track identifiers in external databases vs. > properties that describe the item using Wikidata-internal links? As more > and more external identifiers are added, it's easy to get lost in them > while looking for the right property to describe an item. > > We're effectively already doing this with Wikimedia identifiers by calling > them "sitelinks" and it seems like a potential logical extension of that > concept to group other kinds of external identifiers in their own section > rather than having CANTIC, BIBSYS identifiers, Freebase identifiers or even > DMOZ links mixed together with the primary descriptors of an author or > work, for example. >
As systems grow they often need to interact with a larger eco system, I think URI's were designed exactly for this use case. Perhaps it would be an idea to bring all these systems together by giving each entity a URI. > > Thanks, > Erik > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >
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