Re: [Wikimedia-l] Request for comments: How to deal with open datasets?

2014-05-15 Thread David Cuenca
Hi Robert, TBH I asked the question as NPOV as possible because I have my own bias. By stating it in general terms I hope that the conversation isn't forced in any particular direction. There are technical limitations to reuse external datasets, like how do you control that the external site does

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Request for comments: How to deal with open datasets?

2014-05-15 Thread Robert Rohde
Micru, There are several related aspects of datasets, that I would enumerate as: 1) Storing / archiving datasets 2) Editing / manipulating datasets 3) Using excerpts (e.g. specific data) from datasets Each of these involves a different, but related set of tools. It isn't entirely clear to me, b

[Wikimedia-l] Request for comments: How to deal with open datasets?

2014-05-15 Thread David Cuenca
Hi, During the Zürich Hackathon I met several people that looked for solutions about how to integrate external open datasets into our projects (mainly Wikipedia, Wikidata). Since Wikidata is not the right tool to manage them (reasons explained in the RFC as discussed during the Wikidata session),