Am 19.09.2015 um 10:27 schrieb Egon Willighagen: > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Michael Peel <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > It seems to assume a default uncertainty on values, though: I just added > the > elevation above sea level to: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513315 > just specifying the central value, and it assumes that this value is +- > 0.1 > km - which isn't a good assumption to make... > > > Did you mean to write 2.80 km about sea level? Then the error would be 0.01 km > .... I am guessing the uncertainty follows the scientific notation of the > number... 2.8 has the numeric uncertainty of (about) +/- 0.1... > > That sounds like a reasonable approach to me...
Yes, the uncertainty follows the scientific convention about significant digits. We are currently thinking about adjusting this a bit, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105623 -- 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
