Too much to input as individual statements on a single item each with a
historical date qualifier, I would agree.
But there really ought to be a good way to store serial or tabular data
on-wiki, with wiki-style version tracking, that could then eg be
specified as source data for the new graph extension, or for inclusion
into columns or tables, or accessible at the level of individual cells
for incorporation into infoboxes.
Are there steps that people have taken in the direction of wikiesque
storage of such serial or tabular data ?
(Sorry if this is a perennial question, but it's something I've been
wondering for a while now -- all the better if there is a standard FAQ
response that somebody could direct me to).
All best,
James.
On 06/08/2015 10:28, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
Data of a national statistics organisation is by definition TOO much. My
recommendation would be to give it initial focus on something basic,
something like the number of inhabitants of municipalities. Another thing
that a statistics bureau is good for is for using it as a source. When data
in Wikidata can be sourced to a statistics organisation, it would be
wonderful to be able to link to the source and compare and update.
When you start simple and focus on core functionality, it is easy to have
it grow rapidly.
I am happy to talk with the people of the CBS ... <grin> it helps that I
speak Dutch and double Dutch </grin>
thanks,
GerardM
On 6 August 2015 at 10:41, Arne Wossink <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear list members,
Wikimedia Netherlands has been approached by the CBS / Statistics
Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_Netherlands), the
governmental bureau for statistics, about a possible cooperation to make
data available on a (yet to be determined) Wikimedia project. Since this is
in a very preliminary stage, we don't have any further details at the
moment, but I would be interested to hear if there could be any use of
their data on Wikidata, or if similar data from similar institutions
elsewhere have already been used.
Best,
Arne Wossink
Projectleider / Project Lead Wikimedia Nederland
Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
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