On 5/1/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Thank you for the time and thought you put into this
issue - both here and
on the Talk Pages. It is clear to me from your conclusions that solving the
problems I believe exist with the present Wikipedia Category System involves
more than simply rewriting policy. The System has the potential of being a
powerful research tool. And, since Wikipedia itself is a groundbreaking
creation, a truly workable Categorization System within it could be
precedent setting. I hope someone, someday takes the challenge of creating
one.
You might look at
dbpedia.org for research etc. I don't think what you
want will really be possible without a little bit of structured data.
It's not super usable yet unless you know SPARQL (like SQL sorta)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARQL but it works. The data is always
going to be a little messy of course, but that's just the way it goes.
:)
They are pulling data based on categories and infoboxes now.
Judson
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