Many thanks Markus :-) The plan for us now is to get our developer to start making some of these 'query modules', and publish them as open source. They would be use-able as a stand-alone tool, but more importantly be embeddable and easily customisable in layout etc so that third parties could use them easily. The hope going forward would be that we could eventually create an open source, searchable library of such query modules, each one specialised enough that they can be very easily understood by a human putting in the data.
Navino On 9 March 2015 at 21:32, Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote: > Awesome work :-). I love your use of Google Docs as a UI prototyping tool. > We could really use a few more special-purpose querying tools. > > Markus > > On 09.03.2015 22:03, Navino Evans wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We've been using WDQ queries a lot recently to update timelines in the >> Histropedia directory and, while trying to speed up the process, I ended >> up creating a very crude query generator tool over the weekend. After >> getting a bit carried away with it, it seemed worth sharing as it could >> actually be a handy tool for Wikidata editors, or anyone else interested >> in experimenting with queries. >> >> I have no real coding experience, so it's just made in a humble >> spreadsheet! You can choose the input values for a query and the links >> to Histropedia, AutoList and WDQ will update automatically.The idea is >> obviously that this sort of tool should be written in Javascript by >> someone who actually knows what they're doing ;) but they do work and >> can easily be customised by adding more Wikidata items to the available >> options. >> >> I've made 3 different types of query generator so far, which I'll >> publish shortly as free templates on Google Sheets: >> >> 1) Date range query generator >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A8wyqVc5USJ_ >> T8ncFfYIsmJzfy8LIdmH2QLgeyegRAM/edit?usp=sharing> >> >> >> 2) People finder query generator >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16-x7NGyHTAtEJBa5uF9ZYBhNj6BhhCJr >> tDaKCcJIFuE/edit?usp=sharing> >> >> >> 3) Family tree query generator >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dNTBoi-QbI0t-t0Ba4Ex5- >> sx7Q03qRecE27bapQGpAw/edit?usp=sharing> >> >> >> They are publicly editable spreadsheets so feel free to make a copy if >> someone is using the one you land on. And certainly don't hold back if >> anyone wishes to make any improvements. >> >> I hope someone finds it useful/fun to mess around with these, but I >> thought it was a nice story to share in itself - that a non-coder can >> sit down and create something genuinely useful by tapping into the power >> of Wikidata, and of course Magnus' amazing tools! :) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Navino >> >> -- >> ___________________________ >> >> Histropedia >> >> The Timeline for all of History >> www.histropedia.com <http://www.histropedia.com/> >> >> Follow us on: >> Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo >> <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok >> <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + >> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/ >> 104484373317792180682/posts> >> L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke >> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn >> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > -- ___________________________ Histropedia The Timeline for all of History www.histropedia.com Follow us on: Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/104484373317792180682/posts> L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>
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