I think there should be an option in Special:Ask to search for pages that
contain the attributes in the query not just directly but also indirectly
through links.
For example: if you run the search [[located in::New York (state)]] in
http://ontoworld.org/wiki/Special:Ask
You will get New York but not Brooklyn.
It is true that Brooklyn could have been found with the nested query
[[Burrough of::<q>[[located in::New York (state)]]</q>]] but this requires
the human user entering the query to know about this possible indirect
membership between some cities (Brooklyn) and states.
A more friendlier solution would be to have a check-box in Special:Ask that
once turned will allow the user to enter the simpler query [[New York
(state)]] and the result would be all pages that have a relation to "New
York (state)" directly or indirectly through links to other pages.
I've reached this idea while working on my project in which I try to use SMW
as a repository of accounting information.
See http://benreuven.com/udiwiki/index.php?title=Pyfm:Semantic_MediaWiki
- Udi
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