Well what I meant was just an ordinary 2-dimensional table (rows vs. columns)... Excel was just an example to make it clear.
So I guess simple tables are not any roadmap yet right? Further step would be an n-dimensional structures... arrays etc. I wouldnt care about format.... CSV, JSON... Jan 2014-05-27 14:24 GMT+02:00 David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com>: > Please, leave your comments here too: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/How_to_deal_with_open_datasets > > I've been gathering comments from several people, and in the next days I > will try to summarize these suggestions to be discussed on irc. > > Thanks, > Micru > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I am not an expert of Wikidata but I work a lot in integration of >> databases with several middlewares or tools. >> >> I think that the best way is to ask a solution to store and to download >> data in a format compatible with datasheets like CSV. >> >> Excel is considered also a tool to do some basic analysis, but it can be >> connected easily to a data source (if well structured). >> >> Excel itself is not a good approach to store data, so it's not a good >> solution to keep the data in excel format in a database. >> >> Doesn't make sense to store a 2D tables in a database in my opinion >> because the data have no sense and they are not helpful to anyone. >> >> They can be stored like a text file, but I would not imagine the series >> of errors that can be generated importing these data again. >> >> Regards >> >> >> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Jan Kučera <kozuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> can tables be stored within wikidata database? I mean simple 2D tables >>> like excel spreadsheets... >>> >>> Jan >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ilario Valdelli >> Wikimedia CH >> Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens >> Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre >> Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera >> Switzerland - 8008 Zürich >> Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> >> Facebook: Ilario Valdelli <https://www.facebook.com/ivaldelli> >> Twitter: Ilario Valdelli <https://twitter.com/ilariovaldelli> >> Linkedin: Ilario Valdelli<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6724469> >> Tel: +41764821371 >> http://www.wikimedia.ch >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >
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