Wikidata-tech April 2017

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Script and API module for constraint checks
by Léa Lacroix 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Hello all, In the past few months, the development team has mentored a student, Olga, to help us developing a user script <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jonas_Kress_%28WMDE%29/check_constraints…> that displays the constraints on the item pages. To use the script, add the following line to your user/common.js: mw.loader.load( '//www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jonas_Kress_(WMDE)/check_constraints.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' ); You will see an icon [image: Icon used on the user script for constraint reports on Wikidata] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constraint_icon.png> next to violations. When you click it you will see the full report. [image: Screenshot of the user script checking constraints on Wikidata] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screenshot_constraint_check_Wikidat…> This script is based on a new API module for constraint checks <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action.3Dwbcheckconstraint…> that one can use to check constraints on items and statements. At the moment, the constraint checks are only derived from the property discussion page constraint templates, not directly from statements. They are then stored in a database table. We are running a script to update this table every now and then or when you ask for it. Also note that some constraint checks are disabled (for example the format check). In the future we will support adding and updating constraints on property statements and we will implement support for some constraints that are currently still missing. If you try it, feel free to give us feedback! You can also add comments or subtasks on Phabricator (see the ticket for the API module <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102757> and the user script <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97018>). If there is no major disagreement, we would like to turn this script into a gadget in the next days. Thanks go to Olga and all the developers that helped her providing this new feature :) See also: - API Documentation <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/API#wbcheckconstraints> - Self-documentation for the module <https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=wbcheckconstraints> Cheers, -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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rdfs:label referring to non-existent column causes Blazegraph high CPU/RAM and then MemoryManagerOutOfMemory
by Miguel Paraz 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Hi, I'm referring to a query like this, based on the Wikidata cats example: SELECT ?item WHERE { ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q146 . ?crash rdfs:label ?_crashLabel } on my local Blazegraph, I can see that it uses up all the CPU cores and goes up in RAM, and eventually kills the query with: Caused by: com.bigdata.rwstore.sector.MemoryManagerOutOfMemory at com.bigdata.rwstore.sector.MemoryManager.getSectorFromFreeList(MemoryManager.java:646) Could Blazegraph prevent this query from even starting? Thanks! Cheers Miguel

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Diacritic insensitive search not working?
by Thad Guidry 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

I am not able to successfully get results on topics that have diacritics in their label while logged in and searching Wikidata. Searching for "Marc Marquez" this morning did not show any results. I began to create an entry for this motorcycle road racer and later discovered that he already had an entry. I noticed that the "Also known as" for English only had a diacritic label "Marc Márquez i Alentà ". I then added another "Also known as" Marc Marquez and this resolved the problem of finding the correct original topic. I merged my erroneous new topic into the original https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40615 Is there an effort already in progress to fix diacritic insensitive search or investigate why it might not be working for logged in English users ? I only found this older Phabricator issue for Autocomplete during data entry, and not main search: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T49114 -Thad +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry>

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Wikidata-Toolkit support for concurrent editing
by Miguel Paraz 17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17

Hi! I'm looking to speed up my Wikidata-Toolkit code that updates a lot of statements. Does a single WikibaseDataEditor support multiple updateStatements running in different threads? If not, could I instead create a pool of WikibaseDataEditor instances and then use them separately from different threads Thanks! Miguel

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Wikibase and PostgreSQL
by Denis Rykov 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Hello! It looks like Wikibase extension is not compatible with PostgreSQL backend. There are many MySQL specific code in sql scripts (e.g. auto_increment, varbinary). How about to add this information to Wikibase docs?

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Significant change: new data type for geoshapes
by Léa Lacroix 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Hello all, We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the *geographical shapes* that are now stored on Commons. This data type will be deployed on Wikidata on *April 17th*. This data type refers to the geographical shapes that are enabled on Wikimedia Commons since the beginning of this year. Here you can find more information about this <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps>. The property creators will be able to create properties with this geoshape data type by selecting “Geographical shape” in the data type list. When the property is created, you can use it in statements, and when filling the value, if you start typing a string, you can choose the name of a geoshape in the list of what exists on Commons. [image: Screenshot test geoshape in Wikidata.png] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Screenshot_test_geoshape_in_Wikidat…> One thing to note: We currently do not export statements that use this datatype to RDF. They can therefore not be queried in the Wikidata Query Service. The reason is that we are still waiting for geoshapes to get stable URIs. This is handled in this ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161527>. Before the deployment, you can test it on http://test.wikidata.org (see for example the property “geotest” on Q22 <https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22>). If you have any question, feel free to ask! Cheers, -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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wikidata-query-rdf cannot munge a custom Wikidata instance
by Miguel Paraz 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Hi! I'm interested in using SPARQL for my own Wikibase installation. But, I was getting errors in the munge step. To reproduce the problem, I set up a new Wikibase instance and tried to load it into wikidata-query-rdf. It has only one item, one property, and one statement. First I used the included dumpRdf.php to create the RDF file, attached. Then I did the munge step. It produced the errors, attached. I don't understand why there is "Unrecognized subjects" when the subjects listed do match the patterns, "Expected only sitelinks and subjects starting with http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/ and http://www.wikidata.org/entity/" I don't understand what is the revision id it is looking for. What is the proper procedure for indexing? If necessary, I can code in Java and fix the tools. I just need an overview on how this system works. Thanks! Regards, Miguel

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