Hello Wiki Tinkers, I really enjoy reading about the Wikidata SPRQL sandbox, & related functionalities, I want to start importing some related queries that I have developed so far, (i.e., for open source development purposes). These can help in some way, and the mostly attribute to spatial type of data ( i.e., coordinate referenced)
Thanks for helping with further conceptualizing this service & community, Yours Truly, Jorge A. Hernandez On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 5:18 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Wikidata-tech mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-tech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikidata-tech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikidata for cultural heritage? (Richard Light) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:27:53 +0100 > From: Richard Light <[email protected]> > To: Wikidata technical discussion <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikidata-tech] Wikidata for cultural heritage? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Hi, > > My view is that, in order for there to be any point in cultural heritage > bodies (museums, libraries, archives, historians) publishing their > collections etc. as Linked Data, there needs to be a common Linked Data > framework representing the historical space-time universe, which they > can all quote. Current practice (such as the British Museum Linked Data > offering) suggests that concepts such as people, places and events will > otherwise be represented either by useless string values or by > system-specific URLs which have no wider meaning. > > As a result, I would like to explore the potential for Wikidata to act > as this lingua franca for the cultural heritage community. > > You'll see from my earlier messages to this list that I have been > grappling with the SPARQL end-point. Initially I was confused by the > interactive version of the Query Service [1], which differs in its > response format from the similarly-URLed end-point and doesn't provide > an RDF/XML response. I have now managed to set up Wikidata as a 'web > termlist' service for artists, within the Modes software (see attached > screenshot). (The data in the pop-up window is generated on the fly from > the Wikidata RDF.) > > At this point, I have the following questions: > > 1. what level of stability is planned as regards Wikidata > identifiers/URLs? Can I treat the full URL (e.g.[3]) as persistent, or > can I only rely on the core Wikidata identifier (e.g. [4]) remaining > unchanged into the indefinite future? (Can I even rely on that?) > > 2. what is the policy on inclusivity? Do entities need to be 'notable' > in some sense to be accepted into Wikidata? (I'm imagining a research > body wanting to offer very precise place or event data, or someone with > the ambition to include in Wikidata details of any person who ever lived.) > > 3. is there a template for each entity type (e.g. person, place, event) > which guarantees that a query for certain properties will at least > identify entities of the desired type? (My artist termlist query > includes a test '$s ps:P31 wd:Q5' which picks out humans: I'm not clear > how I would do the same for events or places.) > > Thanks, > > Richard > > [1] https://query.wikidata.org/#{SPARQL} > [2] https://query.wikidata.org/sparql?query={SPARQL} > [3] http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2591521 > [4] Q2591521 > -- > *Richard Light* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/attachments/20160619/312aed5f/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Wikidata_termlist.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 294281 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata-tech/attachments/20160619/312aed5f/attachment.jpg > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-tech > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikidata-tech Digest, Vol 38, Issue 9 > ******************************************** > -- *Jorge A. HernandezResearch Intern* Speedfind Technologies *University of California, Irvine* Schools of Social & Information Science Member, Sociology Honors Research Fellow , 2014-2015 Member, Dean's Council :: Academic | Philanthropic| Research|Social *University of Southern California* Spatial Science Institute Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected] Tel: 951-452-0395
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