The great thing about MediaWiki is that we don't have to anticipate new
features, we can build them in later when we discover that they're possible
and that they're wanted. In fact, there's no requirement that the Wikidata
developers are even the ones that do develop said hypothetical future
modules. If you could code, you could build them and offer them up for
integration.
All that being said, there are already websites that map out astronomical
features in a geolocation-like way. It's worthwhile to consider supporting
that type of geolocation data on Wikidata.
Sven
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Scott MacLeod <
worlduniversityandschool(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Denny,
Thanks for this.
Are there ways to structure this geolocation data now to anticipate more
'fluid' uses of it, say 5 or 10 years from now, or beyond, in representing
water, or astronomical processes, in something like interactive, realistic
models of the earth or the universe, which would also be useful to
Wikipedia's developing goals / mission?
Scott
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Gregor Hagedorn <g.m.hagedorn(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Now, I
don't think we need or want ranges as a data type at all (better
have
separate properties for the beginning and end).
I am afraid this will then put a heavy burden on users to enter,
proofread, and output values. Data input becomes dispersed, because
the value "18-25 cm length " has to be split and entered separately.
You have to write a custom output for each property then, and do all
the query logic (> lower, < upper) for each property in each Wikipedia
client.
I believe this is something that is healthy to do centrally.
I believe the concept of intervals exists because of that.
Gregor
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