I am pretty certain that I saw that Jarekt was involved with the book task force. I definitely saw his name on the page, and I know that I have pointed at some specific components to them.
Regards, Billinghurst On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:28 +0200, Alex Brollo <[email protected]> wrote: > If I can add a comment, I suggest that Commons should be included into > wikidata net as soon as possible, since it shares with wikidata its feature > of being "a unique container" and book metadata are already shared between > all wikisource projects and Commons for a central group of works (the > "proofread" ones). I suggest too to keep wikidata staff in contact with > Jarekt, who works hardly into Commons and is particularly interested about > books and "creators" (i.e. authors). > > In my opinion, the fast inclusion of Commons into Wikidata net will solve > most issues of wikisource projects too. > > Alex > > > 2013/5/17 Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> > >> >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Ed Summers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can you provide more information about what decision needs to be made >>> about the relationship between Wikidata and Wikisource? >>> >> >> I will try, and hopefully Micru (who knows Wikidata much better than me) >> will follow up. >> >> Wikidata right know is integrated with Wikipedia only. >> Sister projects (as Wikisource) are now not taken in consideration, >> because each one is different and must be taken iin consideration >> indipendently. >> This is at least the opinion of the development tem (whom we speak to >> several times). >> >> One of the main issue is that, right know, >> Wikidata will store books metadata for Wikipedia pages, and that, in FRBR >> jargon, are "work" metadata (see >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_Requirements_for_Bibliographic_Records >> ) >> Wikipedia articles, in most cases, talk about "books in general" ("The >> Hamlet", "Don Quixote", etc.). >> >> Wikisource, on the other end, works with "editions" ("manifestation" in >> FRBR), which need more metadata >> (edition, year of the edition, language, translator, etc.) >> This is the very same issues of djvu files on Commons, which store >> metadata into the Book template. >> >> Now, >> the problem is that, as I said before, Wikidata doen't talk with Commons >> and Wikisource (yet). >> And it's a duty of the community to decide *how*, for example, store >> "edition metadata" in Wikidata. >> >> We, for example, could create an item for every book edition we use in >> Wikisource/Commons. >> Or we could use *qualifiers*, and add these data in the main item related >> to the book. >> The latter is Micru's proposal, and he made a mockup: >> https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q4115189&oldid=35796153 >> >> I think it's the best proposal, as today, >> and if you agree you can support it: >> >> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/References_and_sources#How_to_store_edition_data >> >> >> I hope this clarification helped a bit. >> >> Aubrey >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
