Yep!



On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 5:08 PM Wiljes, Cord <cord.wiljes@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:

Hi Thad,

 

thank you for your very helpful answer and great advice. I would prefer not to use “interested in”, because that is often different from “having a skill” (though there certainly is some statistical correlation). I am interested in art, but have absolutely no skill in drawing. On the other hand, I have substantial skill in doing tax declarations, but absolutely no interest.

 

I understand that Wikidata aims to capture facts that can – or could -  be verified by external sources. Therefore, skills are only relevant for Wikidata if they are certified by an institution. However, “interested in” seems even more subjective and difficult to verify.

 

Best wishes,

Cord

 

 

Von: Wikidata [mailto:wikidata-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Thad Guidry
Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Oktober 2020 21:41
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Betreff: Re: [Wikidata] Property to encode the skills of a person

 

Hi Cord,

 

We do not have such a property for various reasons but historically because of fear of extra vandalism (which I don't completely agree with), difficulty with adding references to support the statement claims (I agree that's hard and why certified_as is being discussed below and why P4968 was added to help), and other reasons.

 

I would suggest to look at the following Property proposals:

 

 

as well as:

I think your closest ally to help with an immediate problem would be to reframe it as "this person -> interested in P2650 -> food toxicology"  with the idea that they not only interested but also skilled or specialized in some field of study or area of research"  It's about the best you can do for now...but perhaps the other listed properties above help you more depending on the context.  For instance, a prominent notable professor or researcher can be said to be "skilled" in "ancient history" but it is more likely their "field of work" or "field of training" is in "ancient history".

 

For languages, you can already use  languages spoken, written or signed P1412 and native language P103

 

It's always best to look at the properties for this type P1963 on any particular entity type, such as looking and scrolling down on Q5 human or Q901 scientist which already lists many of those properties above.  Whatever is in properties for this type is further used as a dropdown statement hint and its based on if you apply a instance of statement and fill in a more specific type for a person, like saying this person is an instance of chess player, or scientist, or politician.

 

 

 

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:59 PM Wiljes, Cord <cord.wiljes@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:

Dear Wikidata community,

 

I am looking for a property to encode the skills (or expertise) that a person has, e.g. “C programming”, “ancient history”, “French”, “Ballroom dancing”. At best, it should be possible to add a qualifier for the skill level, e.g. “beginner”, “advanced”, “expert”. I have been looking for such a property on the properties page (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_of_properties) but could not find one.

 

Maybe there is a more general solution  - like using “significant person” qualified by “object has role” + “friend” to denote “hasFriend”?

 

Best wishes,

Cord

 

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