Re: [Wikidata] Explaining Wikidata

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > One reason why discussions like this stall is because of the terminology > expected. Take the previous mail; is "ecomplexity" a probable typo or is > it a term I do not know. It turned me of from reading much

Re: [Wikidata] Explaining Wikidata

To be pedantic, not everything is an item. There is entities who are not items and the non-entity datatype are not. > What's not possible is to have sets or clusters of items, and to give properties to such sets and clusters. This is somehow related to the book topic. This is something I’d

Re: [Wikidata] Explaining Wikidata

Aubrey, Thanks for the explanation and enlightening examples. Here are my two cents’ worth. Having an open community defining semantics to cross domain items is powerful and challenging. To mention one problem, I have come across several statements where ‘instance of’ has been confused with

[Wikidata] Explaining Wikidata

[Sorry for cross-posting. I just sent this mail to the Wikicite mailing list, but I thought it could be of interest also here. Moreover, the community here could provide some important insight to better explain wikidata to "newbies" and set the right path for a meaningful conference.] Dear all,