On 5/1/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Thank you for the time and thought you put into this issue - both here and on the Talk Pages. It is clear to me from your conclusions that solving the problems I believe exist with the present Wikipedia Category System involves more than simply rewriting policy. The System has the potential of being a powerful research tool. And, since Wikipedia itself is a groundbreaking creation, a truly workable Categorization System within it could be precedent setting. I hope someone, someday takes the challenge of creating one.
on 5/1/07 11:10 AM, cohesion at cohesion@sleepyhead.org wrote:
You might look at dbpedia.org for research etc. I don't think what you want will really be possible without a little bit of structured data. It's not super usable yet unless you know SPARQL (like SQL sorta) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARQL but it works. The data is always going to be a little messy of course, but that's just the way it goes. :)
They are pulling data based on categories and infoboxes now.
Judson,
Thanks for this. You've given me whole new territories to explore. I hope I don't get too lost :-). I have been a pen & paper person for much of my career. When I was first confronted with using a computer, it was like encountering a new patient - the secrets were locked inside, and I had to find the right key combination to retrieve the information.
Thanks again,
Marc