Hoi,
What we could do for particular searches is to fallback on other resources
that are known to be complete. When we do not find an ISBN, we can fall
back to library systems, local libraries preferably.
There are many ways we can make a difference. When we do this for one field
of knowledge at a time, it will entice people to do more for their own
field.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 9 November 2015 at 10:28, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9 November 2015 at 08:45, Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >> Also, is this a temporary thing? Will Wikidata eventually have items
> for every
> >> book published, every musical recording, etc. and become a superset of
> all those
> >> unique identifiers?
> >
> > It's highly unlikely that wikidata will become a superset of any and all
> > vocuabularies in existance.
>
> Agree.
>
> *However*, there are some things where we may be able to say with
> confidence "Wikidata has a comprehensive set of X" (eg catalogues such
> as P1186). It might be worth thinking about whether we should record
> these identifier properties as "will always be incomplete", "probably
> complete", "expected to eventually be complete", etc. If a user
> queries for an ISBN we don't have, the chances are high that it's a
> good ISBN we don't cover - but if they query for a country code we
> don't have, the chances are high that it's an invalid code...
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
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