Hi Thad, On 12/07/2016 19:27, Thad Guidry wrote: > OpenStreetMap <provides> an API interface to their Software and Database.
Unless I'm mistaken, there is no "provides" property at the moment. Do you suggest one should be created ? Cheers > > OpenStreetMap is an Organization. > > It provides things. It has things. > One thing is Software. OpenStreeMap Maps and DB. > Another thing is the Software provides an API interface to retrieve data from > that Software. > > Looks like Wikidata does NOT currently provide a nice proper property to say > "provides API". > Ideally, it would also be shown as a "see also" here: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2699 > > An API typically "uses" a Protocol > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2700 > another view would be to say that the API doesn't "use" a Protocol, but > instead that a user communicates with an API through a Protocol. > > Also, the "OpenStreetMap API" can be "used by" other Organizations and > Software https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1535 > > I would avoid using subclass ... you could say "part of" ... but then it gets > lost in the shuffle with Sparql queries because there no easy way to see just > API Providers versus Parts of Organizations which could be anything. > > It would be much better and way cooler to easily list and see all the > organizations that "provide API" and even then filter on those API's by > different criteria and categories. > > > Thad > +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry> > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Loic Dachary <l...@dachary.org > <mailto:l...@dachary.org>> wrote: > > Hi, > > An API such as the OpenStreetMap API ( > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25822543 ) is a subclass of the API item > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16519, it makes sense to me that the > OpenStreetMap API is a part of ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P361 > ) OpenStreetmap ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936 ). > > Another way of looking at it would be to have an "API" property which > would link OpenStreetmap to its API. I'm new to wikidata and would very much > appreciate your advice on this. > > Cheers > > -- > Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata
