All,

Vocabularies have their own definitions already hosted.
There is no need, therefore, to replicate those same definitions in
Wikidata by creating a new Wikidata item (topic / entity) for each external
vocabulary class or subclass or property.

Instead, the best practice is to simply POINT to those external
definitions, such as those in Schema.org, DBPedia.org, MusicBrainz, etc.,
etc.

(sorry, Andra, but unfortunately, your proposal to just create Wikidata
items (recreating a vocabulary inside Wikidata, instead of using Wikidata
properties to point to external URLs) makes Wikidata harder to use, not
easier for itself, or for external partners or vocabularies.  I won't do
this, its not required, its the wrong approach, and gives grief to others
that query Wikidata)

The right solution is to help propose and finish adding some of the missing
'external properties' in Wikidata, then we help the web to help us.
By adding those missing properties in Wikidata, as is done nearly everyday
from what I see.  We help external communities align with Wikidata and
vice-versa.

Andra - let me know once your 'external subclass' is ready for proposal
review.

Thad
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