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

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Daniel Kinzler
Senior Software Developer

Wikimedia Deutschland
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