Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-06-06 Thread Jean-Baptiste Pressac
Hello, Concerning the use of owl:sameAs http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/#IndividualIdentity, it is used in dbpedia to link for instance http://dbpedia.org/page/Joseph_Hocking to its equivalent in Freebase, WikiData and Yago. If we refer to your remark, Markus, this is not an example to follow ?

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-30 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 29/05/14 21:04, Andrew Gray wrote: One other issue to bear in mind: it's *simple* to have properties as a separate thing. I have been following this discussion with some interest but... well, I don't think I'm particularly stupid, but most of it is completely above my head. Saying here are

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-30 Thread David Cuenca
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: One other issue to bear in mind: it's *simple* to have properties as a separate thing. I have been following this discussion with some interest but... well, I don't think I'm particularly stupid, but most of it is

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-30 Thread David Cuenca
And to summarize the answer of the original question to future readers. The point of properties is: a) to help humans to better understand Wikidata b) to help programmers (also humans :P) build the software running it c) to make a distinction between concepts found in the world and the concepts

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-30 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: Do we have an easy way of highlighting a gallery of good examples or even a plain wikipage of topical guidance? Would be very useful if we could say 'here's a politician, here's a French city, etc'

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Thomas Douillard
@David: I think you should have a look to fuzzy logic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224821 :) 2014-05-29 1:48 GMT+02:00 David Cuenca dacu...@gmail.com: Markus, On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Markus Krötzsch mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org wrote: This is an easy question once you have

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 29/05/14 12:41, Thomas Douillard wrote: @David: I think you should have a look to fuzzy logic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224821:) Or at probabilistic logic, possibilistic logic, epistemic logic, ... it's endless. Let's first complete the data we are sure of before we start to discuss

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Thomas Douillard
hehe, maybe some kind inferences can lead to a good heuristic to suggest properties and values in the entity suggester. As they naturally become softer and softer by combination of uncertainties, this could also provide some kind of limits for inferences by fixing a probability below which we

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 29/05/14 13:53, Thomas Douillard wrote: hehe, maybe some kind inferences can lead to a good heuristic to suggest properties and values in the entity suggester. As they naturally become softer and softer by combination of uncertainties, this could also provide some kind of limits for

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Markus Krötzsch
The other answers, under the original subject: On 29/05/14 01:48, David Cuenca wrote: Settled :) Let's leave it at defined as a trait of I don't think it is very clear what the intention of this property is. What are the limits of its use? What is it meant to do? Can behaviour really be a

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Gray
One other issue to bear in mind: it's *simple* to have properties as a separate thing. I have been following this discussion with some interest but... well, I don't think I'm particularly stupid, but most of it is completely above my head. Saying here are items, here are a set of properties you

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-29 Thread Thomas Douillard
Héhé, the Wikidata game suggest it may be a little bit too complicated and better abstracted away by a three button game for mass contribution :) 2014-05-29 21:04 GMT+02:00 Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk: One other issue to bear in mind: it's *simple* to have properties as a separate

[Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread David Cuenca
Since the very beginning I have kept myself busy with properties, thinking about which ones fit, which ones are missing to better describe reality, how integrate into the ones that we have. The thing is that the more I work with them, the less difference I see with normal items and if soon

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, In OmegaWiki we made the choice that any defined meaning can be used as a property. This makes OmegaWiki more like a Wiki than Wikidata were properties have to be created by fiat. What was found is that people tend to not abuse this and there is a limited set that is used as properties. When

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Daniel Kinzler
Key differences between Properties and Items: * Properties have a data type, items don't. * Items have sitelinks, Properties don't. * Items have Statements, Properties will support Claims (without sources). The software needs these constraints/guarantees to be able to take shortcuts, provide

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Markus Krötzsch
Hi David, Interesting remark. Let's explore this idea a bit. I will give you two main reasons why we have properties separate, one practical and one conceptual. First the practical point. Certainly, everything that is used as a property needs to have a datatype, since otherwise the wiki

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Markus Krötzsch
On 28/05/14 10:37, Daniel Kinzler wrote: Key differences between Properties and Items: * Properties have a data type, items don't. * Items have sitelinks, Properties don't. * Items have Statements, Properties will support Claims (without sources). The software needs these

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread David Cuenca
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Daniel Kinzler daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de wrote: More fundamentally, they are semantically different: an item describes a concept in the real world, while a property is a structural component used for such a description. As I perceive it, a property is a

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Daniel Kinzler
Am 28.05.2014 11:44, schrieb Markus Krötzsch: This one point requires a tiny remark: there is no problem in OWL or RDF to use the same URI as a property, an individual, and a class in different contexts. The only thing that OWL (DL) forbids is to use one property for literal values (like

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread David Cuenca
Markus, The explanation about the implications of renaming/deleting makes most sense and just that justifies already the separation in two. It is equally true that when we create a property, we might have cleaned the original concept so much that it might differ (even slightly) with the understood

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Markus Krötzsch
David, Regarding the question of how to classify properties and how to relate them to items: * same as (in the sense of owl:sameAs) is not the right concept here. In fact, it has often been discouraged to use this on the Web, since it has very strong implications: it means that in all uses

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Lydia Pintscher
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Markus Krötzsch mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org wrote: David, Regarding the question of how to classify properties and how to relate them to items: * same as (in the sense of owl:sameAs) is not the right concept here. In fact, it has often been discouraged to

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread David Cuenca
Markus, Ok, now I understand that same as wouldn't be a good name for the confusion it would cause. However the property subject of as it is now wouldn't be a good candidate either. Its meaning is that a certain statement is represented by another item (that is why it is only allowed to be used

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Markus Krötzsch
David, On 28/05/14 16:35, David Cuenca wrote: Markus, Ok, now I understand that same as wouldn't be a good name for the confusion it would cause. However the property subject of as it is now wouldn't be a good candidate either. Its meaning is that a certain statement is represented by another

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread David Cuenca
Markus, I share your dissatisfaction with part of because that language construct hides many different conceptual relationships that should be cleared out, I think we'll have some community discussion work to do in that regard. One of the uses is: what is the relationship between a human and his

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Thomas Douillard
Hi, for the behavior, I would said a behavior may be linked to a psychological trait. I's say a behavior is defined by the person having a lot of acts belonging to a typical class of events. someone is said to be aggressive if typically when he acts as hostile in many situations. I remember a

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread Markus Krötzsch
David, One of the uses is: what is the relationship between a human and his behavior? This is an easy question once you have been clear about what human behaviour is. According to enwiki, it is a range of behaviours *exhibited by* humans. The bigger question for me is, whether it is useful

Re: [Wikidata-l] What is the point of properties?

2014-05-28 Thread David Cuenca
Markus, On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Markus Krötzsch mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org wrote: This is an easy question once you have been clear about what human behaviour is. According to enwiki, it is a range of behaviours *exhibited by* humans. Settled :) Let's leave it at defined as a