Am 11.01.2016 um 11:23 schrieb Andra Waagmeester:
> What are the thoughts on URI's? Should they be considered as Identifiers as
> well? 

external-ids can be mapped to URIs using a URI pattern defined on the respective
property. Similarly, external-ids can be mapped to URLs for linking. URL and URI
would often, but not always, be the same.

If a property commonly contains URIs, I would suggest to use the url datatype
instead of the new external-id datatype. Technically, this is incorrect since
not all URIs are URLs, but I think in practice that should not pose a problem.


-- 
Daniel Kinzler
Senior Software Developer

Wikimedia Deutschland
Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.

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