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.html

On 23 August 2013 11:59, Luca Martinelli <martinelliluca@gmail.com> wrote:

Il giorno 23/ago/2013 11:54, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> ha scritto:
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[...] 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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