Hoi, A question.. I do understand that proper i18n is essential. But the localisation could be / should be done at translatewiki,net. Thanks. GerardM
On 21 April 2016 at 18:17, Markus Kroetzsch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21.04.2016 15:44, Neubert, Joachim wrote: > >> Just an idea for further extension: If the lang parameter would take a >> list of languages, a fallback mechanism could be addressed. E.g., >> "&lang=de,en" could display German labels, or English, in case the former >> are missing. >> >> Perhaps, such a mechanism could also incite people to translate labels or >> descriptions into "their" languages. >> > > Yes, Reasonator has this feature. Definitely very useful. The problem is > that you need to remember if the language is the intended one or a > substitute so you can highlight this to users. We are caching labels in the > browser to speed up rendering, and this would require some changes there to > keep this extra information in the cache. Doable, but a bit of work still. > My first goal will be to provide full i18n and l10n for more languages. > > > Markus > > >> Cheers, Joachim >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: Wikidata [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag >>> von >>> Markus Kroetzsch >>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. April 2016 10:49 >>> An: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. >>> Betreff: Re: [Wikidata] SQID: the new "Wikidata classes and properties >>> browser" >>> >>> On 21.04.2016 10:22, Neubert, Joachim wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Markus, >>>> >>>> Great work! >>>> >>>> One short question: Is there a way to switch to labels and descriptions >>>> in >>>> >>> another language, by URL or otherwise? >>> >>> This feature is not fully implemented yet, but there is partial support >>> for the >>> that can be tried out already. To use it, add the "lang=" >>> parameter to the view URLs, like so: >>> >>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/view?id=Q1339&lang=de >>> >>> Once you did this, all links will retain this setting, so you can >>> happily browse >>> along. >>> >>> Limitations: >>> * It only works for the entity view perspective, not for the property >>> and class >>> browser >>> * All labels will be translated to any language (if available), but the >>> application >>> interface right now is only available in English and German >>> >>> The feature will be extended further in the future, including support >>> for user- >>> provided interface translations. >>> >>> Markus >>> >>> >>>> Cheers, Joachim >>>> >>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>>> Von: Wikidata [mailto:[email protected]] Im >>>>> Auftrag von Markus Kroetzsch >>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. April 2016 21:45 >>>>> An: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. >>>>> Betreff: [Wikidata] SQID: the new "Wikidata classes and properties >>>>> browser" >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> As promised a while ago, we have reworked our "Wikidata Classes and >>>>> Properties" browser. I am happy to introduce the first beta version >>>>> of a new app, called SQID: >>>>> >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/ >>>>> >>>>> It is a complete rewrite of the earlier application. Much faster, >>>>> more usable, much more up-to-date information, supported on all >>>>> reasonable browsers, and with tons of new features. Try it yourself, >>>>> or read on for the main functions and current dev plans: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> == Browse classes and properties == >>>>> >>>>> You can use it to find properties and class items by all kinds of >>>>> filtering >>>>> >>>> settings: >>> >>>> >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/browse?type=properties >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/browse?type=classes >>>>> >>>>> New features: >>>>> * Sort results by a criterion of choice >>>>> * Powerful, easy-to-use filtering interface >>>>> * Search properties by label, datatype, qualifiers used, or >>>>> co-occurring properties >>>>> * Search classes by label, (indirect) superclass or by properties >>>>> used on instances of the class >>>>> * All property statistics and some class statistics are updated every >>>>> hour >>>>> >>>>> == View Wikidata entities == >>>>> >>>>> The goal was to have a page for every property and every class, but >>>>> we ended up having a generic data browser that can show all (live) >>>>> data + some additional data for classes and properties (this is our >>>>> main goal, but the other data is often helpful to understand the >>>>> context). The UI is modelled after Reasonator as the quasi-standard >>>>> of how Wikidata should look, but if you look beyond the surface you >>>>> can see many differences in what SQID will (or will not) display. >>>>> >>>>> Examples: >>>>> * Dresden, a plain item with a lot of data: >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/view?id=Q1731 >>>>> * Volcano, a class with many subclasses: >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/view?id=Q8072 >>>>> * sex or gender, a frequently used property: >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/view?id=P21 >>>>> >>>>> Notable features: >>>>> * Fast display >>>>> * All statement data with all qualifiers shown >>>>> * Extra statistical and live query data embedded >>>>> >>>>> == General Wikidata statistics == >>>>> >>>>> As a minor feature, we also publish statistics on the weekly full >>>>> Wikidata dump (which we process to get some of the statistics): >>>>> >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/status >>>>> >>>>> Don't trust the main page -- find out how many entities there really >>>>> are ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> == Plans, todos, feedback, contributions == >>>>> >>>>> We are on github, so please make feature requests and bug reports >>>>> there: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/Wikidata/WikidataClassBrowser/issues >>>>> >>>>> Pull requests are welcome too. >>>>> >>>>> Known limitations of the current version: >>>>> >>>>> * Data update still a bit shaky. We refresh most statistical data >>>>> every hour (entity data is live anyway), but you may not see this >>>>> unless you clear your browser cache. This will be easier in the future. >>>>> * Entity data browser does not show sitelinks and references yet. >>>>> * Incoming properties not shown yet on entity pages >>>>> * I18N not complete yet (if you would like to try the current dev >>>>> status, see, >>>>> e.g.: http://tools.wmflabs.org/sqid/#/view?id=Q318&lang=de) >>>>> >>>>> Moreover, we are also planning to integrate more data displays, >>>>> better live statistics, and editing capabilities. Developers who want >>>>> to help there are welcome. SQID can also be a platform for other data >>>>> display ideas (it's built using AngularJS, so integration is easy). >>>>> >>>>> == And what about Miga? == >>>>> >>>>> The old Miga-based app at >>>>> http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-exports/miga/ will be retired in due >>>>> >>>> course. >>> >>>> Please update your links. >>>>> >>>>> == Credits == >>>>> >>>>> I have had important development support from Markus Damm, Michael >>>>> Günther and Georg Wild. We are funded by the German Research >>>>> Foundation DFG. All of us are at TU Dresden. Complex statistics are >>>>> computed with Wikidata Toolkit. Live query results come from the >>>>> Wikidata SPARQL Query Service. >>>>> >>>>> Enjoy, >>>>> >>>>> Markus >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Markus Kroetzsch >>>>> Faculty of Computer Science >>>>> Technische Universität Dresden >>>>> +49 351 463 38486 >>>>> http://korrekt.org/ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikidata mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikidata mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >> > > -- > Markus Kroetzsch > Faculty of Computer Science > Technische Universität Dresden > +49 351 463 38486 > http://korrekt.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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