I think entity type is a property that could be periodically updated automatically. You just follow the trail of "is a" relations until you find loops or dead-ends. Then we know those things are the most abstract or fundamental types currently in the ontology.


From: hale.michael.jr@live.com
To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:56:55 -0400
Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] is there a "schema" for the claims of a libraries collection ?

Will this information eventually be able to replace the article categorization system?

> From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:21:04 +0000
> To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] is there a "schema" for the claims of a libraries collection ?
>
> I would have thought "popular print" is intended for items which are
> one, rather than collections of them?
>
> Three things here:
>
> a) The property Rupert was using was "GND entity type", which should
> have a very limited set of values - creative work, organisation, etc.
>
> b) For a more general type, use "is a" (P31), which can have any value.
>
> c) To get "collection (museum)" as an option you'd need to create a
> Wikidata entry for that - there hadn't been one made yet. It's now
> created: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7328910
>
> - Andrew.
>
> On 15 March 2013 06:01, Michael Hale <hale.michael.jr@live.com> wrote:
> > I think you want it to be "Popular print". I changed it for you.
> > http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306119
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_print
> >
> >> From: rupert.thurner@gmail.com
> >> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:29:24 +0100
> >> To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> >> Subject: [Wikidata-l] is there a "schema" for the claims of a libraries
> >> collection ?
> >
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> i am not even sure if i use the right vocabulary here, but is there
> >> some "schema" for claims or statements of a libraries collection? i
> >> wanted to add a type, and ended up linking it to "collection". the
> >> translation then revealed that it is from horses dressage
> >>
> >> http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2567666 - wickiana , which is not
> >> http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361873 - such a collection
> >>
> >> i am a little confused. how would i best find that i should have set
> >> the type to "collection (museum)" (if one takes the english language
> >> article title), and how i am expected to find or add properties to a
> >> that type?
> >>
> >> rupert.
> >>
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