Hey,
This is indeed a very exciting feature and I can't wait to see it
implemented :)
> Should i define each one of these as a SMWDataItem::TYPE_xxx? Or should
these things be defined through things like a combination of record/blobs
and arraymap?
Having dedicated data types seems like the way to go - if you simply use
compounds or subobjects, then it'll not be possible for the SMW stores to
nicely optimize for this kind of data (ie apply the appropriate geospatial
indexes). Since SMW 1.6 you can no longer extend the datatypes from outside
(for good reasons), so you'd be creating your own SMWDataItem deriving
classes in SMW. Once these are done, you need a way to actually represent
this data to the user, which is done by creating so called DataValues,
which derive from SMWDataValue and typically hold a SMWDataItem (more info
on this here [0]). These DataValues should go into Semantic Maps (where the
current GeoCoord DataValue resides as well). One final element you need is
a way to actually set these kind of values. This is also done in the
DataValue, which specifies how values of it's type are parsed. Depending on
just what kind of data these objects will hold, it might not might not be
useful to create one or more dedicated parser functions instead of just
extending the extended link syntax. If you just have points, this is not
needed, but if you have points which can have all kinds of additional info
associated (including semi-free-text descriptions), then a dedicated parser
function might be better.
One more though I have on this is that if you have additional data that is
associated with the geospatial shape as a whole, it'd be better to have it
as other properties pointing to the object. This way you allow people to
have whatever type of extra info they want. You of course will need to know
which data to use for what when the actual map is being build, which can be
done by having additional parameters in the #ask function that specify "the
value of property Has description should be used as description", ie
descrtiptionproperty=Has description.
[0] There is some info about this here:
http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_guide
Cheers
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