John, thanks! I fully agree. And this is indeed pretty much what we have in our data model.* I think that we really need to get our draft mapping to RDF done, in order to show that we align pretty much with this suggestion.
Cheers, Denny * well, we also add "density", but I think that is merely an oversight in your suggestion, and you forgot to add something like France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 property Density . 2012/4/6 John McClure <jmccl...@hypergrove.com> > ** > Denny said: > But if you find a simpler, and more RDFish way to express the (below) > statement, please feel free to enlighten me. I would be indeed very > interested. > "The population density of France, as of an 2012 estimate, is 116 per square > kilometer, according to the "Bilan demographique 2010"." > A wiki namespace-based approach is: > > France has_subobject France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 > France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 ^source "Bilan ...2010" > France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 ^npkm2 116 > France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 Type Estimated > France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 ^date 2012 > > Key: > France#Density:2012_pop_estimate_Bilan_2010 is a named subobject > This subobject is so named to prevent subobject name collisions > Subobject names follow pagename naming conventions > has_subobject is a reserved property name > Density is an instance in a Type (or, Noun) namespace > All properties prefixed by ^ are text properties > ^source and ^date are Dublin Core properties (both text properties) > Type is a Dublin Core property (an object property) > Estimated is an adjective treated as a subclass of owl:Class > Estimated is an abbreviation of "Estimated Things" > ^npkm2 is an SI unit (amount per sq km) > > > * > > > > * > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > -- Project director Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Eisenacher Straße 2 | 10777 Berlin Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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