Dear all,
With regard to the whitepaper/demo Gregor asked for, if there's some real interest expressed by the wikidata team in this, that'd be good to hear. So far little/no comment has been offered about the wikitopics approach or transclusion. It's hard to get excited about investing my time and energy if it's being met with a collective yawn by the wikidata team. Seriously, I have no interest in academic exercises nor talking to walls. I sincerely think that a transclusion-based design is a strategic & tactical improvement that merits debate against the client-server API the wikidata team is now creating.
thanks - john