Not sure what you mean - if the datafile stored on commons links in turn to the source (e.g. the sale catalog hosted somewhere) then the datafile only acts as a transformation engine enabling blobbish text to be accessed as citable material for machine reading bots. Seems nifty to me.
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:47 PM, John Erling Blad <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > You know that this has pretty huge implications for the data model, and > that data stored in a tabular file might invalidate the statement where it > is referenced? And both the statement and the data file might be valid in > isolation? (It is two valid propositions but from different worlds.) > > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Interesting, thanks! I have been waiting for more developments on this >> since it was shown by User:TheDJ at the developer's showcase in january >> (link here at 5 minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2pR21imm9A) >> I was wondering if this could be used in the case of painting items being >> linked to old art sale catalogs. So instead of bothering with wikisource, >> no matter what language the catalog is in I could link to a catalog entry >> on commons by line and column (theoretically two columns: one column for >> catalog identifier, and second columns for full catalog entry, generally >> less than 300 characters of text). >> >> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the >>> *tabular >>> data files <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tabular_Data>* that are >>> now stored on Commons. This data type will be deployed on Wikidata on *May >>> 15th*. >>> >>> The property creators will be able to create properties with this >>> tabular data type by selecting “tabular data” in the data type list. >>> >>> When the property is created, you can use it in statements, and when >>> filling the value, if you start typing a string, you can choose the name of >>> a file in the list of what exists on Commons. >>> >>> Before the deployment, you can test it on http://test.wikidata.org ( >>> example <https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59992>). >>> >>> One thing to note: We currently do not export statements that use this >>> datatype to RDF. They can therefore not be queried in the Wikidata Query >>> Service. The reason is that we are still waiting for tabular data files to >>> get stable URIs. This is handled in this ticket >>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161527>. >>> If you have any question, feel free to ask! >>> >>> -- >>> Léa Lacroix >>> Project Manager Community Communication 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. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > >
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