If you want to model everything precisely, you'll never get done.
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite." -- William Blake
Am 06.03.2014 17:21, schrieb Gerard Meijssen:
Hoi, When data is to be shown in the context of history, the appropriate label is to be shown, is to be found. It is as complex as what we do with statements.
The point is very much that when you state that when labels are not intended to convey "complex" information, the intention is debatable. It is arguably wrong. Thanks, GerardM
On 6 March 2014 17:15, Daniel Kinzler <daniel.kinzler@wikimedia.de mailto:daniel.kinzler@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Am 06.03.2014 17:12, schrieb Gerard Meijssen: > Hoi, > So how do I indicate that up to a particular date Jakarta was called Batavia ? > Muhammed Ali was called Cassius Clay ? There is no discussion about it. All > there is an (potentially perceived) inability to use appropriate labels at will. Create a property for "official name" and make staements. Labels are there for display and search. They are not intended to convey complex information. -- daniel -- Daniel Kinzler Senior Software Developer Wikimedia Deutschland Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l