Re: [Wikidata-l] My WMF IEG proposal: data browser for Wikidata, etc.

2013-02-15 Thread jmcclure
Unfortunately my SOLRSearch proposal was deemed ineligible [5] the reason given that extensions require code review from WMF to deploy so I hope yours is more successful. -john On 14.02.2013 07:14, Yaron Koren wrote: Hi everyone, If you hadn't heard, the Wikimedia Foundation has

Re: [Wikidata-l] Reification in Wikidata serialisation

2013-02-01 Thread jmcclure
Hi - Where can i see the rdfs/owl definition for o:Statement? thanks - john On 01.02.2013 12:09, Daniel Kinzler wrote: On 01.02.2013 14:54, Nicholas Humfrey wrote: While the reification makes sense, we thought that it looked a bit too much like rdf:Statement. w:Berlin s:Population

Re: [Wikidata-l] Reification in Wikidata serialisation

2013-02-01 Thread jmcclure
never mind - the previous note had a link. thanks On 01.02.2013 16:30, jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote: Hi - Where can i see the rdfs/owl definition for o:Statement? thanks - john On 01.02.2013 12:09, Daniel Kinzler wrote: On 01.02.2013 14:54, Nicholas Humfrey wrote: While the

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-21 Thread jmcclure
(if i knew the private email for Denny, I'd send this there) Martynas, there is no mention here of XSD etc. because it is not relevant on this level of discussion. For exporting the data we will obviously use XSD datatypes. This is so obvious that I didn't think it needed to be explicitly

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-21 Thread jmcclure
The xsd:minInclusive, xsd:maxInclusive, xsd:minExclusive and xsd:maxExclusive facets are absolute expressions not relative +/- expressions, in order to accommodate fast queries. These four facets permit specification of ranges with an unspecified median and ranges with a specified mode,

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-21 Thread jmcclure
I detect a need to characterize the range expression - most important of which is whether the range is complete, or whether it excludes (equal) tails on each end. XSD presumes a complete range is being specified, not a subset, is the issue you're raising? Could an additional facet for

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-20 Thread jmcclure
(Proposal 3, modified) * value (xsd:double or xsd:decimal) * unit (a wikidata item) * totalDigits (xsd:smallint) * fractionDigits (xsd:smallint) * originalUnit (a wikidata item) * originalUnitPrefix (a wikidata item) JMc: I rearranged the list a bit and suggested simpler naming JMc: Is not

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-19 Thread jmcclure
I suspect what Martynas is driving at is that XMLS defines **FACETS** for its datatypes - accepting those as a baseline, and then extending them to your requirements, is a reasonable, community-oriented procss. However, wrapping oneself in the flag of open development is to me unresponsive to a

Re: [Wikidata-l] .name = text property

2012-12-19 Thread jmcclure
Using the dotted notation, XSD datatype facets such as below can be specified easily as properties using a simple colon: Property: .anyType:equal - (sameAs equivaluent) redirect to page/object with actual numeric value Property: .anyType:ordered - a boolean property Property:

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-19 Thread jmcclure
totally agree - hopefully XSD facets provide a solid start to meeting those concrete requrements - thanks. On 19.12.2012 14:09, Gregor Hagedorn wrote: On 19 December 2012 20:01, jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote: Hi Gregor - the root of the misconception I likely have about significant

Re: [Wikidata-l] Data values

2012-12-19 Thread jmcclure
For me the question is how to name the precision information. Do not the XSD facets totalDigits and fractionDigits work well enough? I mean .number:totalDigits contains a positive power of ten for precision .number:fractionDigits contains a negative power of ten for precision The use of

[Wikidata-l] qudt ontology facets

2012-12-19 Thread jmcclure
The NIST ontology defines 4 basic classes that are great: _qudt:QuantityKind [11]_, _qudt:Quantity [12]_, _qudt:QuantityValue [13]_, _qudt:Unit [14]_ but the properties set leaves me a bit thirsty. Take Area as an example. I'd like to reference properties named .ft2 and .m2 so that, for

Re: [Wikidata-l] Schema.org markup in Wikidata concepts.

2012-09-14 Thread jmcclure
Hi Max - why do you say now that Wikidata breaks the assumption that pages store wikitext ? Thanks On 14.09.2012 08:06, Klein,Max wrote: Hello all, I was wondering, now that Wikidata breaks the assumption that pages store wikitext, has it been considered that Wikidata concept pages

Re: [Wikidata-l] weekly summary #23

2012-09-14 Thread jmcclure
Hi Lydia - could you elaborate about this item in your excellent report!. * Added Type entity type, plus skeletons for its associated Content, ContentHandler, ViewAction, EditAction and UndoAction I'm particularly keen to know how this facility relates to fielding application-level

Re: [Wikidata-l] Schema.org markup in Wikidata concepts.

2012-09-14 Thread jmcclure
Thanks for the link. So Max's original question was whether a content-type'd page containing (json-? xml-? rdf-?) -encoded data, can have markup conforming to schema.org ontologies? Seems that if xml/rdf is a supported content type then an opening does exist for such to be implemented however

Re: [Wikidata-l] Schema.org markup in Wikidata concepts.

2012-09-14 Thread jmcclure
Your response doesn't direct me to a list of content types (supported formats). But you know I'd suggest the answer to your question wrt schema.org, is found in the published RDF [1]: w:Berlin s:Population Berlin:Statement1 . Berlin:Statement1 rdf:type o:Statement . Note that we

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata, ISO and chembox

2012-09-05 Thread jmcclure
Hi Nadja - To my knowledge ISO has not published, nor is intending to publish, instances of topic maps representing the content of their numerous publications, using either their (ISO's) standard for Topic Maps (ISO/IEC 13250), or any other ISO or non-ISO standard. Forgive me if I ever gave

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata, ISO and chembox

2012-09-05 Thread jmcclure
Hi Denny - your statement, that SNAKS can be related to RDF or topic maps, is interesting to me, particularly your reference to topic maps. I tend to interpret this as saying you believe SNAKS implements the topic map data model, represented using RDF triples, that SNAKS is informed by or

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata, ISO and chembox

2012-09-05 Thread jmcclure
Luca, You're right, and I apologize that I steered the discussion from content classification back to an old wikidata data modelling question -- SNAKS vs Topic Maps. Because I am ignorant about any ISO classification standard whatsoever I thought the old bugaboo modelling discussion was being

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata, ISO and chembox

2012-09-05 Thread jmcclure
Nadja, "Why is the topic map standard at http://www.topicmaps.org/standards/an unofficial topic map standard?" Links can be found to working technical committee reports, which are generally re-titled as "standards" once voted and accepted by ISO. These TC reports vary little from what is

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata, ISO and chembox

2012-09-05 Thread jmcclure
No sir, that is not right. As I said there is no ISO classification scheme of which I am aware. And I've said I no longer have interest in the wikidata team using ISO Topic Maps - that is a dead issue since the team declined to discuss it. *At the time I wrote the emails you referenced* I was

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata, ISO and chembox

2012-09-04 Thread jmcclure
Hello, The genesis of the legal question is the thread concerning using ISO Topic Map precepts not SNAKs. Surely you know a number of individuals on this forum feel that our challenge at that time was not thoughtfully engaged. Instead we received replies focused on costs associated with ISO

[Wikidata-l] extension:oversight

2012-08-17 Thread jmcclure
THIS EXTENSION IS OBSOLETE! It has been replaced by core functionality in the MediaWiki software (which was added in version 1.16.0). [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight On 17.08.2012 06:50, Lydia Pintscher wrote: Hey folks :) Here is your fresh serving of

Re: [Wikidata-l] demo system updated

2012-06-21 Thread jmcclure
Hello, For the current demo system, how many triple store retrievals are being performed per Statement per page? Is this more or less or the same as expected under the final design? Under the suggested pure-transclusion approach, I believe the answer is zero since all retrievals are performed

Re: [Wikidata-l] demo system updated

2012-06-21 Thread jmcclure
Hello Martynas, Interesting to read about ESI at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Side_Includes. I recall that a query facility is intended for Phase 3, but I have no idea the kind of store. I'd think that a quad-store is appropriate to storing provenance data in mind for each triple. It'd

[Wikidata-l] transclusion v client-server

2012-06-15 Thread jmcclure
Dear all, With regard to the whitepaper/demo Gregor asked for, if there's some real interest expressed by the wikidata team in this, that'd be good to hear. So far little/no comment has been offered about the wikitopics approach or transclusion. It's hard to get excited about investing my

Re: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-14 Thread jmcclure
. 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

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

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

Re: [Wikidata-l] [[meta:wikitopics]] updated

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
Hi Friedrich - IAANAA (I also am not an attorney)! and likely know no more than yourself about the issues. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_Map [3]s gives links to iso/iec 13250 2. The 'community' includes developers who contractually/implicitly guarantee the provenance of the

Re: [Wikidata-l] SMW and Wikidata

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
Hi James, thanks for the pointer to [1]. 1. The main use case of Wikidata (a centralised, multi-lingual site that serves as a data repository) is different from that of SMW (a data-enhanced MediaWiki) OK, SMW installations can be centralized repositories (try DSMW) and obviously can be

Re: [Wikidata-l] SMW and Wikidata

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
I do appreciate that Denny Jeroen and Markus cross-fertilize. But the money is flowing now towards _REWRITING SMW FROM SCRATCH_, which worries me as I am fairly sure there will be no good migration path at the inevitable time SMW support is terminated. The fact that one (is said) to be only for

Re: [Wikidata-l] SMW and Wikidata

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
Gerard, Sure there's plenty of people who can build a prototype application of this sort -- most people pay mortgages though so it'd be nice (if not required) to get compensated for such work, as you the wikidata team are. re the wikidata excuse: it's wise to change one's heading before

[Wikidata-l] Wikidata Transclusions

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
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

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

Re: [Wikidata-l] SMW and Wikidata

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
sorry daniel for saying that, lydia is right on. collegially yours - john On 13.06.2012 16:15, Lydia Pintscher wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM, jmccl...@hypergrove.com wrote: Daniel - this distinction between facts vs claims -- is happy bullshit merely meant to calm the masses.

Re: [Wikidata-l] SMW and Wikidata

2012-06-13 Thread jmcclure
Hi Lydia, Specifically I'm keen to understand that * [[wikidata]] is committed to build-out smw for provenance data (and ContentHandler, per SRF formats); * [[wikidata]] is establishing a base grammar for everyone to share via Type, Tag, Subject and other namespaces; * [[wikidata]]'s

Re: [Wikidata-l] [[meta:wikitopics]] updated

2012-06-11 Thread jmcclure
1. as mentioned several times, a standard for us to be considered must be free. Free as in Everyone can get it without having to pay or register for it. I can give it to anyone legally without any restrictions. Free of patents. Free as in W3C. 2. I have taken another look at your page, and

Re: [Wikidata-l] [[meta:wikitopics]] updated

2012-06-08 Thread jmcclure
Hi all! Am a bit mystified here! about the radio-silence to this thread or, for that matter, to the [[meta:wikitopics]] [1] document itself. From wikipedia: [2] REINVENTING THE SQUARE WHEEL is the practice of unnecessarily engineering artifacts that provide functionality already provided

[Wikidata-l] [[meta:Wikitopics]] posted

2012-05-23 Thread jmcclure
Dear all, Comments are welcomed about a page I just posted which posits the use of the topic map metamodel (TMM) in the wikidata project. I'll do my best to respond, but frankly my focus these days is on more mundane topics like simple survival. Cheers - john Belltower Wikis