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On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Daniel Kinzler <daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de
> wrote:

> Am 29.04.2014 17:25, schrieb David Cuenca:
> > Is it possible to have just an lower bond, leaving the upper one open?
>
> No. It's a precision interval, not a range. Range Snaks may be introduced
> in the
> future, but for now, you should use dedicated properties for start and end
> to
> express a range.
>
> > I am
> > thinking of uses like
> >
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Generic#earliest_date
>
> That's exactly the kind of property that *doesn't* need an interval or open
> precision: the earliest date is a precise point.
>
> > For things like "circa" I don't see any clear solution other than
> "inventing"
> > some ranges...
>
> Yes. I think it's reasonable to do that along the same lines that you do
> when
> reading "ca 1850": I would read that as +/- 10 year. "ca 2014" is probably
> +/- 1
> year, and "around August 1986" is +/- 1 month, while "around August 10" is
> probably +/- a week or so.
>
> -- daniel
>
>
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