Loïc ,
Yes, I highly suggest a property like that to complete the graph structure between the 2 kinds of topics.
but instead of something very narrow like "provides API" you might call it "provides Service" ? Perhaps you have something along those lines already ?
Then you can just query those that provide a Service of the Class=API ... or some such... that seems more flexible with a property like "provides Service" which can be just about anything... or just simply "provides" or "offers".
Thoughts ? already have properties like that ?
Thad +ThadGuidry https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Loic Dachary loic@dachary.org wrote:
Hi Thad,
On 12/07/2016 19:27, Thad Guidry wrote:
OpenStreetMap <provides> an API interface to their Software and Database.
Unless I'm mistaken, there is no "provides" property at the moment. Do you suggest one should be created ?
Cheers
OpenStreetMap is an Organization.
It provides things. It has things. One thing is Software. OpenStreeMap Maps and DB. Another thing is the Software provides an API interface to retrieve data
from that Software.
Looks like Wikidata does NOT currently provide a nice proper property to
say "provides API".
Ideally, it would also be shown as a "see also" here:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2699
An API typically "uses" a Protocol
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2700
another view would be to say that the API doesn't "use" a Protocol, but
instead that a user communicates with an API through a Protocol.
Also, the "OpenStreetMap API" can be "used by" other Organizations and
Software https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1535
I would avoid using subclass ... you could say "part of" ... but then it
gets lost in the shuffle with Sparql queries because there no easy way to see just API Providers versus Parts of Organizations which could be anything.
It would be much better and way cooler to easily list and see all the
organizations that "provide API" and even then filter on those API's by different criteria and categories.
Thad +ThadGuidry https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org
mailto:loic@dachary.org> wrote:
Hi, An API such as the OpenStreetMap API (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25822543 ) is a subclass of the API item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16519, it makes sense to me that the OpenStreetMap API is a part of ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P361 ) OpenStreetmap ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936 ).
Another way of looking at it would be to have an "API" propertywhich would link OpenStreetmap to its API. I'm new to wikidata and would very much appreciate your advice on this.
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