Thanks Jeroen - that's a helpful read!
I still think it would be useful to be able to specify an ID for an entity
at creation time through the API, either as a Q/P/L/etc ID, or some
external ID. Looking forward to hearing from more folks!
-Erik
On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:06 AM Jeroen De Dauw <jeroen(a)professional.wiki>
wrote:
Dear Erik,
It is already possible to export and import Wikibase items via the main
export and importing mechanism provided by MediaWiki. This process retains
the IDs. I have created a little guide at
https://wikibase.consulting/transferring-wikibase-data-between-wikis/. I
did not address creation of new items/properties after such an import yet,
so beware that an extra step might be needed.
I agree with you that it is useful to retain IDs. My company is helping
the German National Library with importing their GND dataset into Wikibase.
ID stability is important in this project. What's more, since the GND
already has IDs, ideally these would be used, rather than new Q-IDs. IDs in
different formats are not supported by Wikibase yet, but hopefully it is
not too difficult to implement, as it seems rather useful for many
projects. I'll be looking into this soon.
Best
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