Am 13.09.2016 um 17:16 schrieb Gerard Meijssen:
> Hoi,
> The database design for OmegaWiki had a distinction between the concept and all
> the derivatives for them.

Wikidata will have Lexemes and their Forms and Senses.

> So bumblebee is more complex than just "instance of" noun. It is an English
> noun. "Hommel" is connected as a Dutch noun for the same concept and "hommels"
> is the Dutch plural...

Wikidata would have a Lexeme for "bumblebee" (english noun) and one for "Hommel"
(dutch noun). Both would have a sense that would describe them as a flying
insect (and perhaps other word senses, such as Q1626135, a creater on the moon).
The senses that refer to the flying insect would be considered translations of
each other, and both senses would refer to the same concept.

So "bumblebee" (insect) is a translation of "Hommel" (insect), and both refer to
the genus Bombus (Q25407). "Hommel" (creater) would share the morphology of
"Hommel" (insect), as it has the same forms (I assume), but it won't share the
translations.

Having lexeme-specific word-senses avoids the loss of connotation and nuance
that you get when you force words of different languages on a shared meaning.
The effect of referring to the same concept can still be achieved via the
reference to a concept (item).

--
Daniel Kinzler
Senior Software Developer

Wikimedia Deutschland
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