I am really disappointed to see simple 2d tables still are not reality... the issue probably is related to the original PHASE #3...
2014-06-03 23:50 GMT+02:00 Jan Kučera <[email protected]>: > Can tabular data be currently saved as a series of statements within > wikidata? If so, how can I create such a series? Am I able to feed such a > series into a wikitable on some wiki? > > > 2014-05-30 11:19 GMT+02:00 Joe Filceolaire <[email protected]>: > > Simple tables that are in wikipedia: >> * league tables with columns for games won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals >> against, points, rank and rows for each of the teams in the league. >> * election results with columns for votes for each party and seats won by >> each party and rows for each region, state etc. >> * population numbers with columns for each tab (races, religion etc.) and >> rows for each census district. >> >> In all of these cases I suspect that this information might be more >> useful as a series of statements. These could either be broken up with a >> statement corresponding to each column on the item for each row or >> alternatively with all the information in the table on one item, a >> statement for each row and qualifiers to each statement corresponding to >> each column. >> >> What is the advantage to having this as a table instead? >> >> Joe >> >> >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Jan Kučera <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 <[email protected]>: >>> >>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>> >>>>>> can tables be stored within wikidata database? I mean simple 2D >>>>>> tables like excel spreadsheets... >>>>>> >>>>>> Jan >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> 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 >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Etiamsi omnes, ego non >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> >> >
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