This can already be done by changing JsonConfig configuration. I propose we add a "Data" namespace to the *commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/>*. Moreover, with the recent work on Graph <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph> extension, I was thinking of storing graphing related data there as well. JsonConfig currently supports php-code-based validation, but adding json-schema <https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=json%20schema&safe=off> validation should not be too difficult.
Data:* -- accepts any valid JSON, without additional validation Data:SubNamespace:* -- Custom validated domain-specific data For graphs, we might have shape data as well as statistics data. So we could declare: Data:Graph:* -- accepts JSON that represents entire graph -- vega <http://trifacta.github.io/vega/> grammar, and Data:SomethingElse:* for all snippets of graphs that will be pulled in by the vega dynamically. Also, I could fairly easily add support for CSV and TSV if we decide that it is needed, so that Data:Tsv:* pages would be forced to have the same number of columns on each line. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Dario Taraborelli < [email protected]> wrote: > There's a proposal I posted a while ago to store generic datasets that can > be represented in a tabular or JSON format in a dedicated project namespace > with dedicated handlers: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/DataNamespace > <http://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/DataNamespace> > > There's some good discussion on the talk page on the differences between > this type of data and structure data hosted on Wikidata and where this > thing could live (it could live on any Wikimedia wiki, including Commons or > Meta). It looks like this could be a good fit for shapefiles and I'd love > to hear your thoughts if you have a moment to read this. > > Dario > > On Aug 5, 2014, at 8:43, Paul Houle <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm intensely interested in links to shapefiles from databases such as > Wikidata, DBpedia and Freebase. In particular I'd like to get Natural > Earth hooked up > > http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ > > It's definitely a weakness of current generic databases that they use the > 'point GIS' model that is so popular in the social media world. > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Magnus Manske < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We don't have shapefiles yet, but a lot of property types such as >> geographic coordinates (as in, one per item, ideally...), external >> identifiers (e.g. VIAF), dates, etc. >> >> A (reasonably) simple way to mass-add statements to Wikidata is this tool: >> http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/quick_statements.php >> >> A combination of spreadsheet apps, shell commands, and/or a good text >> editor should allow you to convert many CSVs into the tool's input format. >> >> Cheers, >> Magnus >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Brylie Christopher Oxley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would like to contribute data to Wikidata that is in the form of CSV >>> files, >>> geospatial shapefiles, etc. >>> >>> Is there currently, or planned, functionality to store general >>> structured data >>> on Wikidata? >>> -- >>> Brylie Christopher Oxley >>> http://gnumedia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Paul Houle > Expert on Freebase, DBpedia, Hadoop and RDF > (607) 539 6254 paul.houle on Skype [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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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