example sparql queries alone can be very helpful but I would suggest that they can be accompanied with a short description explaining what the query does
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Navino Evans <nav...@histropedia.com> wrote: > If you could store queries, you could also store queries for each item >> that is about a list of things, so that the query returns exactly the >> things that should be in the list ... could be useful. > > > This also applies to a huge number of Wikipedia categories (the non > subjective ones). It would be extremely useful to have queries describing > them attached to the Wikidata items for the categories. > > On 24 August 2016 at 02:31, Ananth Subray <ananth.sub...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> मा >> ------------------------------ >> From: Stas Malyshev <smalys...@wikimedia.org> >> Sent: 24-08-2016 12:33 AM >> To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. >> <wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> >> Subject: Re: [Wikidata] A property to exemplify SPARQL queries >> associated witha property >> >> Hi! >> >> > Relaying a question from a brief discussion on Twitter [1], I am curious >> > to hear how people feel about the idea of creating a a "SPARQL query >> > example" property for properties, modeled after "Wikidata property >> > example" [2]? >> >> Might be nice, but we need a good way to present the query in the UI >> (see below). >> >> > This would allow people to discover queries that exemplify how the >> > property is used in practice. Does the approach make sense or would it >> > stretch too much the scope of properties of properties? Are there better >> > ways to reference SPARQL examples and bring them closer to their source? >> >> I think it may be a good idea to start thinking about some way of >> storing queries on Wikidata maybe? On one hand, they are just strings, >> on the other hand, they are code - like CSS or Javascript - and storing >> them just as strings may be inconvenient. Maybe .sparql file extension >> handler like we have for .js and .json and so on? >> >> -- >> Stas Malyshev >> smalys...@wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > ___________________________ > > The Timeline of Everything > > www.histropedia.com > > Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo > <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok > <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/104484373317792180682/posts> > L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > -- Kontokostas Dimitris
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