[Foundation-l] Re: Brainstrorming at Kennisnet

[Walter van Kalken]

Hello

>
> Waerth did send a mail asking if Kennisnet would be willing to pay for 
> access to statistical content. Kennisnet, the portal organisation it 
> is, cannot fulfil such a request. There was however a discussion on 
> how such data would be best hosted. Localisation and versioning were 
> discussed. When you have statistical content, you want to know the 
> date and the source of the content. アムステルダム, 암스테르담 and 
> Амстердам have the same statistics it makes little sense to store this 
> in many projects. Consequently the possibilities that Wikidata offer 
> for this type of information and the possibilities that the Ultimate 
> Wiktionary offer for localisation need to be considered. Kennisnet 
> might consider helping with the creation of the infrastructure for 
> such a project. 

And in that same email I said that I would be utterly against such a 
nightmare scenario of hosting those data at one place. It is yet another 
project need to tend to while all problems with commons, a much less 
farreaching similar approach, haven't been settled yet. Also I am just 
being shown the reason that if I never get access to people of kennisnet 
my ideas basically get fucked by the messenger.

It is really reassuring that kennisnet actually answers a mail I send 
(NOT!) might this have something to do with Gerard telling them not to?

Walter/Waerth