Kudos to the development team. It's great to see it is finally in production. There is still a long way to go to have a more friendly user interface, but Q17117425 :)
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:12 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoi, > Sorry the Q-number refers to a thing or an idea absolutely. The labels > don't; they describe the idea and with the possible exception of special > cases like templates lists and categories these labels can be associated > with lexical information. It is vitally important to have lexical > information about them because they will spark the development of better > use of the information inherently available in the Q-items. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 23 May 2018 at 14:33, Léa Lacroix <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> After several years discussing about it, and one year of development and >> discussion with the communities, the development team has now released the >> first version of lexicographical data support on Wikidata >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data>. >> >> Since the start of Wikidata in 2012, the multilingual knowledge base was >> mainly focused on concepts: Q-items are related to a thing or an idea, not >> to the word describing it. Starting now, Wikidata stores a new type of >> data: words, phrases and sentences, in many languages, described in many >> languages. This information will be stored in new types of entities, called >> Lexemes, Forms and Senses. It will allow editors to describe precisely all >> words in all languages, and will be reusable, just like the whole content >> of Wikidata, by multiple tools and queries, everything that the community >> creates to play with words. Lexicographical data can be reused inside and >> outside the Wikimedia projects, and can provide support for Wiktionary. >> The first release >> >> A new namespace and several new entity types have been created in order >> to model words and phrases. If you’re new to this project, you can learn >> more by looking at the documentation >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Documentation>, >> briefly describing the data model and the interface. The technical >> structure is set, but the editors remain free to model and organize data as >> they prefer, with the usual open discussions and community processes that >> we apply on Wikidata. Some discussions about new properties >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexemes> to >> create have already started: if you want to be involved in the early stage >> of the project to shape it, please participate! >> >> Please note that the version that is now deployed is a first experiment, >> that will be continuously improved in the future. Some features are >> missing, some bugs may certainly occur. Here are the features that are >> included in the first release: >> >> - Add, edit and delete Lexemes, Forms, statements, qualifiers, >> references >> - Link between the different entity types (Item to Lexeme, Form to >> Item, etc.) >> - Entity suggestion when adding a property or a value >> >> And the following features will not be included in the first version, but >> are planned for the future: >> >> - Find Lexemes and Forms via Special:Search >> - RDF support (which also means: the ability to query it with >> query.wikidata.org) >> - Support for Senses >> - Merging of Lexemes >> - Including the data on other Wikimedia projects, such as Wiktionary >> >> How to try it? >> >> The features described above are now deployed on Wikidata.org. Here are >> some suggestions of what you can do to explore this new territory: >> >> - If you’re not familiar with the structure of Lexemes, have a look >> at the documentation >> >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Documentation> >> - Look at what is already existing >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=146>. >> Please note that Special:Search and the search bar on the top right corner >> of pages is not supporting Lexemes yet. We’re working on this. >> - Create a new Lexeme with Special:NewLexeme >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:NewLexeme> >> - If a property that you need is missing, you can suggest it here >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lexemes> >> - Discuss about how to model words and ask questions on Wikidata >> talk:Lexicographical data >> - Report bugs or issues that you may encounter: either on the talk >> page or on Phabricator, if you’re comfortable using it (create a >> task, add the tag Lexicographical data, and add Lea_Lacroix_(WMDE) as >> a subscriber) >> >> About mass imports and tools >> >> We kindly ask you to *not plan any mass import from any source for the >> moment*. There are several reasons behind that: first of all, like >> mentioned above, the release is a first version and we need to observe how >> our system reacts to the manual edits before starting considering automatic >> ones. The system may not be ready for big massive imports at the beginning. >> Second reason is legal. Lexicographical data in Wikidata is released under >> CC0, and the responsibility of each editor is to make sure that the data >> they will add is compatible with CC0. For more information, you can have a >> look at the advice of WMF Legal team >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilegal/Lexicographical_Data>. >> Finally, we strongly encourage you to discuss with the communities before >> considering any import from the Wiktionaries. Wiktionary editors have been >> putting a lot of efforts during years to build definitions, and we should >> be respectful of this work, and discuss with them to find common solutions >> to work on lexicographical data and enjoy the use of it together. >> >> We also suggest you to wait a bit before building tools or scripts on the >> top of lexicographical data. The interface and its API are probably going >> to evolve during the next months, and the system may not be stable enough >> to support such tools. We will inform you as soon as it will be possible. >> Next steps >> >> After this first release, some improvements will be made on a very >> regular basis (new deployments every week). Once you tried playing with the >> new data, feel free to give us feedback. We’re looking especially to know >> what are the most important features for you to be worked on next. >> >> - What did you experiment while editing lexicographical data? What >> went wrong or was unexpected? >> - What bugs or troubles during the process did you encounter? >> - What are the features that are, in your opinion, the most >> important? Which one should we work on next? >> >> If you’re interested in following the discussions and further >> announcements about lexicographical data, I encourage you to follow >> Wikidata:Lexicographical >> data <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data> and >> its talk page, where we will discuss about how to organize and structure >> data, new features to be added, ideas of tools and queries, and a lot of >> other things. >> >> Additional note: with this new kind of data enabled on Wikidata, we >> expect some new editors to get interest in it, edit Lexemes, suggest >> properties or ask questions. They may not be familiar with all of our >> community processes and our ways to organize content. They will need help >> and support as well as links to useful resources to understand how the >> Wikidata community works. I hope that we will all be kind and patient, both >> with other editors and with the software that may not work exactly as we >> want it to at the beginning :) >> >> Thanks to the people who tested the model and the interface before the >> release, who showed support and curiosity about lexicographical data on >> Wikidata! >> >> If you have any question or idea, feel free to write on Wikidata >> talk:Lexicographical data or contact me. >> -- >> 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. 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