Hoi,
With the "main type (GND)" we were imposing a classification that was
developed by the Deutsche National Bibliothek. It may work for them as they
have a specific application for their data but it does not necessarily work
elsewhere.
In my blogpost I refer to the "infoboxes task force". Information that
exists in many infoboxes cannot be expressed in Wikidata. DBpedia has
collected data from Wikipedias (more than hundred languages). It will
follow that they have worked hard on a system that brings all the data
together in a working set of properties.
I am convinced that there will be issues with what they currently have. But
unlike with the GND classification we can move away from it by making it
our own. (it would no longer be the GND classification)
Thanks,
GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/08/wikidata-infoboxes-task-force.ht…
On 23 August 2013 11:59, Luca Martinelli <martinelliluca(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Il giorno 23/ago/2013 11:54, "Gerard
Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
ha scritto:
[...] Now that the "main type
GND" is about to be deleted, it makes sense
to adopt much of the work that has been done at DBpedia. [...]
May you explain better what we may want to adopt and which properties are
missing?
L.
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