I commented on the property proposal thread to this effect, so you can answer there if you wish. I am generally supportive of creating external identifier links (in fact I've imported .98M external IDs). Still I would like for you to explain Google's motivations for this project, to make sure it's simpatico.
Maximilian Klein Wikipedian in Residence, OCLC +17074787023 ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Shawn Simister Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 11:53 AM To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. Subject: [Wikidata-l] Linking WikiData to Freebase Would the WikiData community be interested in linking together Wikidata pages with Freebase entities? I've proposed a new property to link the two datasets here: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/all#Freebase_identifier_.28en.29 Freebase already has interwiki links for many entities so it wouldn't be too hard to automatically determine the corresponding Wikidata pages. This would allow people to mash up both datasets and cross-reference facts more easily. -- Shawn Simister Knowledge Developer Relations Google
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