Andy Mabbett, 26/07/2015 18:28:
- the name of the object may not be unique hence we may be unable to
satisfy Wikidata requirements on label/description uniqueness,
Wikidata does not require unique names.
If so, please fix the docs. "Uniqueness for a combination of a label and a description is a hard constraint that must be satisfied before a change can be saved." https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Glossary
- it must be fine to create items that contain no information other than
the name;
No, this is not OK (and they may be deleted); but nor is it necessary.
How so? We often don't know more than the name-
- it must be as easy to add coordinates to multiple items as it is with an
on-wiki table;
Why?
Because that's the process used to add coordinates.
- it must be easy to publish new groups of items on the go, because the
list is built gradually (and very slowly) as we get new authorisations;
It is.
Needs to be verified with those who maintain the list (i.e. Cristian Cenci and WMIT secretariat).
This is, I believe, possible. For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Wikidata_lists/Items_with_ORCIDsis built by a bot.
That's a very trivial query, on WDQ just claim[496]. The query I described is way more complex.
Nemo