Hey all, it doesn't look like reuse of existing concepts and standards is a priority for this project. One cannot build a Semantic Web application by ignoring its main building block, which is the RDF data model. Right now it makes no sense to call Wikidata a "semantic" application.
In my opinion, where Wikidata should be going, is to provide read-write user-friendly, multilingual interfaces for DBPedia. That would be a true Semantic Web application for free and open knowledge. Too bad people cannot get over the wiki mentality. It has worked fine for a while, but it's time to move on. Martynas graphity.org On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:51 AM, James HK <jamesin.hongkon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > When I glanced over the data model description and found the word > 'Snaks' [1] as entity or unit of facts, it created some interpretive > confusion. Semantic web already uses some abstract language to > describe entity concepts, if possible don't introduce another one just > to describe a new concept and if necessary please choose a descriptor > that is more self-explanatory. > > [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Data_model#Snaks > > Cheers > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Gregor Hagedorn <g.m.haged...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Would the Word "assertion" be a possible replacement for the neonym "Snak"? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
