Am 08.07.2015 um 13:11 schrieb Gerard Meijssen:
> Technically there is no problem disambiguating. People are really good
> understanding what a property means based on context. Machines do not care for
> labels (really)..
For items, that is exactly hgow it is. For properties however, that is not the
case.
Consider {{#property:date of birth}}. That's much more readable than
{{#property:P569}}, right? That's why properties can be *addressed* by their
label, when transcluding data into wikitext. Properties have unique *names* by
which they can be *used*, not just labels for display, like items do.
The problem we have is that you cannot change a propertie's label, because you
would break usage in {{#property}} calls. Unless you keep the old label as an
alias. Which can only work if the alias is unique, too.
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Daniel Kinzler
Senior Software Developer
Wikimedia Deutschland
Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
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