Thanks Jeroen - that's a helpful read! I still think it would be useful to be able to specify an ID for an entity at creation time through the API, either as a Q/P/L/etc ID, or some external ID. Looking forward to hearing from more folks!
-Erik On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:06 AM Jeroen De Dauw <jer...@professional.wiki> wrote: > Dear Erik, > > It is already possible to export and import Wikibase items via the main > export and importing mechanism provided by MediaWiki. This process retains > the IDs. I have created a little guide at > https://wikibase.consulting/transferring-wikibase-data-between-wikis/. I > did not address creation of new items/properties after such an import yet, > so beware that an extra step might be needed. > > I agree with you that it is useful to retain IDs. My company is helping > the German National Library with importing their GND dataset into Wikibase. > ID stability is important in this project. What's more, since the GND > already has IDs, ideally these would be used, rather than new Q-IDs. IDs in > different formats are not supported by Wikibase yet, but hopefully it is > not too difficult to implement, as it seems rather useful for many > projects. I'll be looking into this soon. > > Best > > -- > Jeroen De Dauw | Technical Director Professional.Wiki > <https://www.Professional.Wiki> > We are MediaWiki, Wikibase and Semantic MediaWiki experts. > Professional.Wiki - Jeroen De Dauw & Karsten Hoffmeyer GbR > Tieckstraße 24-25, 10115 Berlin | +49 (30) 55 87 42 65 | USt-IdNr. > DE322440293 > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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