On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:54 PM Markus Kroetzsch < [email protected]> wrote:
> Doing this in Wikidata is tricky and takes time. I don't even see how to > do it well (note that external tools like Reasonator or SQID would also > need to implement the same smart resolution mechanism). Having several > properties for the same thing just because of different ID types used > does not seem very compelling either. > > How about building a little external referrer service that redirects IDs > to the correct resource based on their structure? This could be a simple > PHP-based web service hosted on Labs. In the end, the formatter URL is > just for users to click on, so as long as you end up at the right place, > this little indirection is maybe no problem. > Yeah I also don't have a good solution for this case so far. IMDB is also causing issues. I think creating a service on labs is at least a good solution until we have something better built into Wikibase. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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