Could you explain, please, what you mean precisely by adding lexical data? An example?
Warmly Vickram On 5 Jan 2014 19:01, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > Getting content to the Internet is very much a chicken and egg problem. > There is nothing and consequently nothing is added. > > If we want to get more content in a language in a format that can help, > Wikidata is a good bet. One of the strategies is to have volunteers work on > content that has a big effect. One other strategy is by using lexical data > and add this to Wikidata. > > A lexical approach is possible when the copyright holders of the data > understand that their data gains value when it is actually used. By linking > significantly into Wikidata several things are achieved: > > - information will become available thanks to automated > disamibiguation and Reasonator > - images can be found because of links to Commons categories > - links to Wikipedia articles in other languages become available > > It is relatively easy to add lexical data to wikidata. Many academic > projects already link to several external sources and Wikidata is > increasingly connected to such sources as well. It takes the ambition to do > something for a language to make a difference. > > By the way big and small languages will benefit from this kind of approach > including English. > Thanks, > GerardM > > > On 31 December 2013 15:27, A. Mani <a.mani....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0077056 >> __________________ >> Abstract: Of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken today, some >> 2,500 are generally considered endangered. Here we argue that this >> consensus figure vastly underestimates the danger of digital language >> death, in that less than 5% of all languages can still ascend to the >> digital realm. We present evidence of a massive die-off caused by the >> digital divide. >> ________________________ >> >> >> >> Best >> >> A. Mani >> >> >> >> A. Mani >> [Last_Name. First_Name Format] >> CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS >> http://www.logicamani.in >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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