Stas: I think it may be a good idea to start thinking about some way of > storing queries on Wikidata maybe? On one hand, they are just strings, > on the other hand, they are code - like CSS or Javascript - and storing > them just as strings may be inconvenient. Maybe .sparql file extension > handler like we have for .js and .json and so on?
would that imply creating a new data type? This idea could be implemented today with direct links to WDQS but storing the SPARQL query in clear as a property value and using a URI formatter to point to the corresponding services sounds like the right approach. On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Dimitris Kontokostas <jimk...@gmail.com> wrote: > example sparql queries alone can be very helpful but I would suggest that > they can be accompanied with a short description explaining what the query > does > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Navino Evans <nav...@histropedia.com> > wrote: > >> If you could store queries, you could also store queries for each item >>> that is about a list of things, so that the query returns exactly the >>> things that should be in the list ... could be useful. >> >> >> This also applies to a huge number of Wikipedia categories (the non >> subjective ones). It would be extremely useful to have queries describing >> them attached to the Wikidata items for the categories. >> >> On 24 August 2016 at 02:31, Ananth Subray <ananth.sub...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> मा >>> ------------------------------ >>> From: Stas Malyshev <smalys...@wikimedia.org> >>> Sent: 24-08-2016 12:33 AM >>> To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. >>> <wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Wikidata] A property to exemplify SPARQL queries >>> associated witha property >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> > Relaying a question from a brief discussion on Twitter [1], I am >>> curious >>> > to hear how people feel about the idea of creating a a "SPARQL query >>> > example" property for properties, modeled after "Wikidata property >>> > example" [2]? >>> >>> Might be nice, but we need a good way to present the query in the UI >>> (see below). >>> >>> > This would allow people to discover queries that exemplify how the >>> > property is used in practice. Does the approach make sense or would it >>> > stretch too much the scope of properties of properties? Are there >>> better >>> > ways to reference SPARQL examples and bring them closer to their >>> source? >>> >>> I think it may be a good idea to start thinking about some way of >>> storing queries on Wikidata maybe? On one hand, they are just strings, >>> on the other hand, they are code - like CSS or Javascript - and storing >>> them just as strings may be inconvenient. Maybe .sparql file extension >>> handler like we have for .js and .json and so on? >>> >>> -- >>> Stas Malyshev >>> smalys...@wikimedia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ___________________________ >> >> The Timeline of Everything >> >> www.histropedia.com >> >> Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo >> <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok >> <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + >> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/104484373317792180682/posts> >> L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke >> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn >> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >> > > > -- > Kontokostas Dimitris > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > > -- *Dario Taraborelli *Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter>
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