In Wikipedia there would be needed a better "infobox book" that can handle both work and edition data.

For Wikisource the issue is more complex. I was thinking that since the "Book Manager v2" extension is supposed to handle data from Wikidata, it could be used as an entry point to generate the list of related editions, and override the normal interwiki list whenever it is used.

@Tpt, Raylton: What do you think of the idea?

Since our developing resources are very meager, the WsCUG could apply for funds for a project to finish these important tasks, but it would be important to assess how much effort it is needed and if someone can act as a technical mentor for a potential contractor.

Cheers, Micru

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:18 AM, billinghurst <billinghurstwiki@gmail.com> wrote:

With the WD methodology for each book there is to be an entry for the book as the idea/concept. Then for each edition there is to be a separate entry.

Now the difficulty that I am seeing is that WP links to the book/idea. Whereas WS links to the edition. So there is no visible relationship from each to the other in the WS <-> WP

Now while that may be correct it is problematic. Anyone have any clear solution? If it is going to be through indirect linking then we are going to need some clever lua work at enWS for Wikipedia linking in {{plain sister}} and similarly at the WP side.

While I have attention, VIAF entries for works. Are they related to the work or to an edition or is it both? I see that the translations of works have a year in VIAF, and as that relates to an author it may be right but it seems inconsistent.

Regards, Billinghurst

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