OK, based on the discussion so far, we will add the data type to the snak in the external export, and keep the string data value for the URL data type. That should satisfy all use cases that have been brought up.
2013/9/2 Daniel Kinzler <daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de> > Am 02.09.2013 00:57, schrieb Jeroen De Dauw: > > Putting DT ids in DVs remains problematic, for the same reasons as before. >> Luckily there are better alternatives then this approach. >> > > Yes, I agree. The DT belongs to the Snak, not the DV. There are three > models where we may want this: > > * the canonical JSON (I say yes!) > * the PHP object (I say yes!) > * the internal JSON (probably yes, but let's think about it) > > > Thought needs to be put into how to best move DT into DataModel, and how >> to >> best make use of it there. Before any concrete action is taken, we might >> want to have a close look at ValueValidators as well. This component has >> some open design issues, and will be introduced as a new dependency of DM >> if we move DTs there. Both of these concerns deserve their own discussions >> and are quite distinct from the current one (which is more about "what?" >> than "how?"). >> > > Note that we currently use the ValueValidator interface, but not the base > class and none (?) of the default implementations. Wikibase/lib has its own > validators. This may make it easier to find a good way to avoid > dependencies. > > -- daniel > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikidata-tech mailing list > Wikidata-tech@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikidata-tech@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikidata-tech<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-tech> > -- Project director Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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