Hello all, Quick update: the previously announced change is now enabled on wikidata.org. (see the Phabricator task <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138104> and an example <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q24075199.json> where empty containers are now rendered with {}) Thanks for your attention, Léa
On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 12:23, Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hello all, > > This change is relevant for everyone *using APIs, JSON output and dumps > in their tools or gadgets*. > > Currently, when an object is empty (for example descriptions and aliases), > it is rendered as an empty array [] in JSON. (Example > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q24075199.json>) We > want to serialized it as an empty object {} instead. This change will > ease the deserialization process and bring more consistency in our code as > some other places already use JSON objects instead of arrays. > > The impact of this change will be in JSON outputs (Special:EntityData) and > JSON dumps, as well as the output of wbgetentities, wbgetclaims and editing > APIs. > > If you’re maintaining tools that use Special:EntityData, you may want to > check your code to make sure that it reflects this change, e.g. items with > no labels, descriptions, aliases or sitelinks are properly deserialized by > your tool. > > You can already *test your code* against our test system on > beta.wikidata.org, for example on this item > <https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q521829.json>. > According to our stable interface policy > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Stable_Interface_Policy>, the > change will be enabled four weeks after this announcement, on April 30th. > > In the meantime, if you have any issue or question, feel free to leave a > comment in this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T138104>. > > Thanks for your attention, > -- > Léa Lacroix > Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > 10963 Berlin > www.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt > für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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