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(a)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.
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:54:23 +0100
From: kozuch82(a)gmail.com
To: wikidata-l(a)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(a)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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