I think there is a case for including this structured data disguised as text but it should go in the reference for a statement On 4 Apr 2015 18:07, "Daniel Kinzler" <daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> For things that actually *are* free text, and not terribly long, a > monolongual > (or, in the future, multilingual) text property could be used. "quote" > already > exists, "abstract" could be added, pending community discussion. Length > limitations can be adjusted if need be. > > What I was warning against is continuing the misuse of text fields for > semi-structured or even fully structured data that I have often seen in > GLAM > meta-data. That kind of thing should not be copied to Wikidata. > > Am 04.04.2015 um 14:41 schrieb Valentine Charles: > > Hello, > > > > Coming back on my previous email, I do indeed understand that Wikidata > wants > > structured data as much as possible. But you might have free-text > information > > that might not fit in a given property or even have meaning only as a > free -text > > description (abstract, quotes..).GLAM's are for instance very keen on > using > > DBpedia because of some long free-text descriptions that are more > readable and > > friendly than "dry" metadata for users applications. I guess GLAMs will > continue > > to use DBpedia for this purpose if Wikidata doesn't offer it. > > > > -- > Daniel Kinzler > Senior Software Developer > > Wikimedia Deutschland > Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >
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