Hello all,
We’ve been working on a new data type that allows you to link to the *tabular
data files <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tabular_Data>* that are now
stored on Commons. This data type will be deployed on Wikidata on *May 15th*
.
The property creators will be able to create properties with this tabular
data type by selecting “tabular data” 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 file in the list of what exists on Commons.
Before the deployment, you can test it on
http://test.wikidata.org (example
<https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59992>).
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 tabular data files to
get stable URIs. This is handled in this ticket
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161527>.
If you have any question, feel free to ask!
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Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
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