very nice. On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding. > > Pine > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Léa Lacroix <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 4:34 AM > Subject: [Wikidata] Significant change: new data type for geoshapes > To: [email protected], "Discussion list for the Wikidata > project." <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > > Hello all, > > We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the > *geographical > shapes* that are now stored on Commons. This data type will be deployed > on Wikidata on *April 17th*. > > This data type refers to the geographical shapes that are enabled on > Wikimedia Commons since the beginning of this year. Here you can find > more information about this <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps>. > > The property creators will be able to create properties with this geoshape > data type by selecting “Geographical shape” in the data type list. > > When the property is created, you can use it in statements, and when > filling the value, if you start typing a string, you can choose the name of > a geoshape in the list of what exists on Commons. > > [image: Screenshot test geoshape in Wikidata.png] > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screenshot_test_geoshape_in_Wikidata.png> > > > One thing to note: We currently do not export statements that use this > datatype to RDF. They can therefore not be queried in the Wikidata Query > Service. The reason is that we are still waiting for geoshapes to get > stable URIs. This is handled in this ticket > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161527>. > > Before the deployment, you can test it on http://test.wikidata.org (see > for example the property “geotest” on Q22 > <https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22>). > If you have any question, feel free to ask! > > Cheers, > > -- > Léa Lacroix > Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > 10963 Berlin > www.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt > für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > -- 外に遊びに行こう！
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