Simply there is no need to store data twice or more, if they are dinamically imported from wikidata. Such data would be simply generated by a normal template. Something similar to Commons media sharing: most wikipedians but beginners know that when you want to edit a shared media file, you must do you edit in Commons; there's no need to host a media file locally.
So, IMHO a good Lua wikidata-reading library could avoid at all to store data in wikisource, or wikipedia, or Commons. Alex 2013/6/10 David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com> > @Alex: but what do you think of storing the source information in "Index:" > pages for all works stored in Wikisource, even if they don't have a > supporting scan? > > That was the original question :) > > About your proposed library, it would be more useful if it could modify > data in Wikidata, not only import it. Besides, if the Wikidata client is > installed in Wikisource, the inclusion syntax already takes care of > displaying data... > > Micru > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Alex Brollo <alex.bro...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I don't see the need to change deeply Index/ns0 relationship, while I >> appreciate the idea "promote coherence reducing redundance" (many years ago >> I painfully used dBase III - dBase IV and I learned that principle by "try >> and learn"). >> >> Here: >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Scribunto/Brainstorming a >> brief message about relationship among wikidata, commons, wikisource and >> any other project. Don't follow the link, it's so short that I copy it here >> (but if you like it, comment it there): >> >> Scribunto-Lua and Wikidata >> I'd like a library to get Wikidata content; it would be a good idea IMHO >> to access to Wikidata data in plain form, just as such data would be Lua >> tables/variables. --Alex brollo (talk) 13:06, 10 June 2013 (UTC) >> >> >> If such a Lua library could be built, to import data from wikidata would >> be as simple, as writing a template, and data will be self-aligned. >> >> Alex >> >> >> 2013/6/10 Aarti K. Dwivedi <ellydwivedi2...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi, >>> >>> There was a thread some time ago where there were talks of having >>> books which were born digital. These pages wouldn't have scans. >>> What the 'Index' page would have in these cases is something I am not >>> very sure about. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Rtdwivedi >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:47 PM, David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> With the deployment of Wikidata it is a good moment to re-examine what >>>> "Index" pages are and what should be their function. >>>> The most direct transition to a Wikidata-supported Wikisource could be >>>> something like this: >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/dacuetu/BookData.pdf >>>> >>>> That would allow: >>>> - to share data book data between Commons, Wikisource and Wikipedia >>>> - to update it, when any of the sites has been updated >>>> - to facilitate better search functions (like searches by author, or >>>> topic, limiting the date range or the language) >>>> >>>> That would only apply to those texts which use a "Index:" page, so now >>>> the question is, what do we do with books that do not have supporting scans >>>> (and therefore no index page)? >>>> >>>> Some possible options: >>>> a) ignore pages without sources and focus only on works with supporting >>>> scans >>>> b) use ns0 pages also as data containers (instead of, or in addition to >>>> "Index" pages) >>>> c) create "Index:" pages for all works, with or without scans. Use that >>>> instead of "Template:Textinfo" >>>> >>>> Personally I prefer "option c", even if it would require to rename >>>> "Index:" to "Source:" to make more clear what are those pages, however I >>>> would like to hear the opinion of other wikisourcerors about this. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Micru >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Aarti K. Dwivedi >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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