Hi Micru,

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:56 PM, David Cuenca Tudela <dacuetu@gmail.com> wrote:

It is tough to describe that a certain concept might have a certain amplitude in some situations and other amplitude in other situations, and perhaps even harder to make a human interface for it.
Has anyone attempted it in the past? If Q items are not static entities, what is the best way to convey that they are not? And is it possible or desirable at all?

If you can describe the value of the concept you are referring to with a mathematical function, it is enough if Wikidata contains the fundamental/basic data values that can be used in the function to compute the value of the concept in a certain situation. I don't think Wikidata needs to contain all the possible outputs of that function. For example, if the data about the boiling point of water at sea-level is available in Wikidata, one can use that to compute the boiling point of water at other pressures by using a formula.

Perhaps these questions are more suitable for a Wikidata 2.0, or perhaps it is already doable, who knows.

Please correct me if I'm wrong: it seems to be tne case that these questions are more about the interfaces and technologies built on top of Wikidata, not so much about Wikidata itself (except for the point that the fundamental data should exist in Wikidata).

Best,

Leila

Cheers,
Micru