No we should not make the aliases unique, the reason aliases are useful is because they are _not_ unique. Add versioning to labels, that is the only real solution.
There are books on the topic, and also some dr thesis. I don't think we should create anything ad hoc for this. Go for a proven solution. On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 13.07.2015 um 13:00 schrieb Ricordisamoa: >> I agree too. >> Also note that property IDs are language-neutral, unlike english names of >> templates, magic words, etc. > > As I said: if there is broad conseus to only use P-numbers to refer to > properties, fine with me (note however that Lydia disagrees, and it's her > decision). I like the idea of having the option of accessing properties via > localized names, but if there is no demand for this possibility, and it's a > pain > to implement, I won't complain about dropping support for that. > > But *if* we allow access to properties via localized unique labels (as we > currently do), then we really *should* allow the same via unique aliases, so > property labels can be chanegd without breaking stuff. > > -- > Daniel Kinzler > Senior Software Developer > > Wikimedia Deutschland > Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
