2013/9/19 Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> > However, it's possible we could start to have a fairly low-key move > towards ontology by simply using mediawiki categories. For example if > you add [[Category:placestogetameal]] to the wiki pages for fast_food, > restaurant, cafe, then it's rather likely that data consumers can use > some of the pre-existing mediawiki tools (as used in > http://dbpedia.org/ for example) to extract structured data that > expresses tags' relations. >
yes, but that is also not easy or feasible without taking into account local specialties. In Germany, many petrol stations offer something to eat (they have a sort of small bakery warming up baked stuff, sell warm sausages etc.), in Italy this is much more rare (you can find it sometimes outside the bigger cities - sometimes). Is a pub a place where you can get something to eat? depends. Some kiosks also offer something to eat, etc. Also Youth Clubs sometimes offer something to eat. Some don't. Or places to get tobacco: in France you can get them in bars and pubs (sometimes, but not so rare), in Germany you can get them in supermarkets and petrol stations, in Italy you will get them only in special shops with the appropriate sign, and in other countries it might be even more different. Or places to buy alcohol. OK, tobacco and alcohol might be special cases because they are kinds of drugs and there are quite different regulations all over the world, even inside the EU in different countries. Maybe it is be feasible for many topics but not all to make this kind of "simply ontology". You could at least find places where you will definitely find something to eat, even if you won't cover all places where you might get something to eat. For practical reasons it is also very important WHEN you can get a certain service (ever looked for a place to eat in Southern Italy between 14 and 16:30?) cheers, Martin
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