Yep! Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 5:08 PM Wiljes, Cord <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thad, > > > > thank you for your very helpful answer and great advice. I would prefer > not to use “interested in”, because that is often different from “having a > skill” (though there certainly is some statistical correlation). I am > interested in art, but have absolutely no skill in drawing. On the other > hand, I have substantial skill in doing tax declarations, but absolutely no > interest. > > > > I understand that Wikidata aims to capture facts that can – or could - be > verified by external sources. Therefore, skills are only relevant for > Wikidata if they are certified by an institution. However, “interested in” > seems even more subjective and difficult to verify. > > > > Best wishes, > > Cord > > > > > > *Von:* Wikidata [mailto:[email protected]] *Im Auftrag > von *Thad Guidry > *Gesendet:* Freitag, 9. Oktober 2020 21:41 > *An:* Discussion list for the Wikidata project < > [email protected]> > *Betreff:* Re: [Wikidata] Property to encode the skills of a person > > > > Hi Cord, > > > > We do not have such a property for various reasons but historically > because of fear of extra vandalism (which I don't completely agree with), > difficulty with adding references to support the statement claims (I agree > that's hard and why certified_as is being discussed below and why P4968 was > added to help), and other reasons. > > > > I would suggest to look at the following Property proposals: > > > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/certified_as > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ESCO_Skill > > > > as well as: > > > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4968 > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1576 > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P101 > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P106 > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8258 > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2650 > > > I think your closest ally to help with an immediate problem would be to > reframe it as "this person -> interested in P2650 > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2650> -> food toxicology" with > the idea that they not only interested but also skilled or specialized in > some field of study or area of research" It's about the best you can do > for now...but perhaps the other listed properties above help you more > depending on the context. For instance, a prominent notable professor or > researcher can be said to be "skilled" in "ancient history" but it is more > likely their "field of work" or "field of training" is in "ancient history". > > > > For languages, you can already use languages spoken, written or signed > P1412 <https://www.wikidata.org/entity/P1412> and native language P103 > <http://native%20language%20P103> > > > > It's always best to look at the properties for this type P1963 > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1963> on any particular entity > type, such as looking and scrolling down on Q5 human > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5> or Q901 scientist > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901> which already lists many of those > properties above. Whatever is in properties for this type > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1963> is further used as a > dropdown statement hint and its based on if you apply a instance of > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31> statement and fill in a more > specific type for a person, like saying this person is an instance of chess > player <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10873124>, or scientist > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901>, or politician > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955>. > > > > Thad > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:59 PM Wiljes, Cord <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Wikidata community, > > > > I am looking for a property to encode the skills (or expertise) that a > person has, e.g. “C programming”, “ancient history”, “French”, “Ballroom > dancing”. At best, it should be possible to add a qualifier for the skill > level, e.g. “beginner”, “advanced”, “expert”. I have been looking for such > a property on the properties page ( > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_of_properties) but could not > find one. > > > > Maybe there is a more general solution - like using “significant person” > qualified by “object has role” + “friend” to denote “hasFriend”? > > > > Best wishes, > > Cord > > > > ----- > Cord Wiljes > > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Wiljes > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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