parse it into a date on the client-side.
this is exactly why I do not want to do. we should validate inputs, not (try to) parse outputs
2013/3/29 Michael Hale hale.michael.jr@live.com
It doesn't hinder the expansion of Wikidata because the current types are flexible. Added types will improve performance and simplify client access for some scenarios, but every scenario I can think of is possible with the currently available types. If you have data that you would like to enter, I suggest doing so and then you can switch some properties to the new types when they are added if you want. The three types currently supported for properties are lists of items, media, and strings. You can group different types together for a single property by creating a new item to hold them. Soon you will be able to add an extra property that can be used to differentiate values in a list, called a qualifier. Other types are coming, but for example, if you want to use a date now you can just use a string and then parse it into a date on the client-side.
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:54:23 +0100 From: kozuch82@gmail.com To: wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikidata-l] phase 2 live on the first 11 Wikipedias
Contrats! Anyways, I still miss various data types to be available for properties - unavailability of these greatly hinders the expansion of wikidata database. Any plans on how fast new (and comprehensive) data types will be introduced to wikidata.org?
2013/3/28 Daniel Kinzler daniel.kinzler@wikimedia.de
On 28.03.2013 11:24, Lydia Pintscher wrote:
In the announcement blog, {{#property:chief executive officer}} is not ready, do you know the rough plan on this? maybe end of Q2?
It should come soon. Hopefully already in the next deployment but no promises. We're currently figuring out the schedule for that with Easter complicating things a bit.
To give some idea in addition to what Lydia said:
I wrote the code for that just now, while on the train from Berlin. Now it needs to be reviewed, tested, and, if all goes well, deployed. When that would be I'm not sure, with people taking vacations over the holidays, but I'd speak of weeks, not months. But it's quite a hunk of code, so delays are possible.
cheers, daniel
-- Daniel Kinzler, Softwarearchitekt Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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