Re: [SMW-devel] [Semediawiki-user] RFC: Value distribution support in result formats

2011-11-09 Thread Dan Bolser
On 9 November 2011 05:45, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > Hey, >> One way to do this would be to automatically give each property some >> special properties, such that the property itself could be queried for its >> set of unique values, and the number of times each value has been used. > > This will not

Re: [SMW-devel] [Semediawiki-user] RFC: Value distribution support in result formats

2011-11-09 Thread Jon Lang
Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > > although I suppose the most general solution of all would be to > implement aggregation queries. > > .. > > > I guess GROUP BY and COUNT() functionality are the bits that would would > jeopardize sanity? :) > > I actually discussed this at length with Yaron, and we conclu

Re: [SMW-devel] [Semediawiki-user] RFC: Value distribution support in result formats

2011-11-08 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey, > Can it also be used with regular formats like csv or table (resulting in the value for the distribution to be displayed?) Each format needs to add support for this functionality, so at the moment you can not use value distribution with these formats. However, it's relatively easy to add th

Re: [SMW-devel] [Semediawiki-user] RFC: Value distribution support in result formats

2011-11-08 Thread Krabina Bernhard
Thumbs up, Jeoren Great feature that will definitely enhance our wikis! I don't have a problem with the naming of | distribution= | distributionsort= | distributionlimit= Can it also be used with regular formats like csv or table (resulting in the value for the distribution to be displayed?