If you have problems accessing the datatype from Lua
or elsewhere, let me know.
Honestly, I haven't tried. Just so you know, I'm the developer of XOWA
which is an offline wiki app in Java. As such, I'm accessing Wikidata
data directly, not through the Wikibase code. (If you're curious, I
also use it to recreate Wikidata locally as well. See:
http://xowa.org/home/file/screenshot_wikidata.png)
Going forward, I'll double-check that my Wikidata issues are not
related to my not using Wikibase. Again, my thanks to you for clearing
that up.
It's always cool to see that people use our data
and our software!
Yup. Wikidata is very cool in concept and in practice. It's amazing to
have a single, multi-lingual, verifiable repository of facts / details
-- all free and open-content. Kudos to you and your team for the
excellent work!
On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Daniel Kinzler
<daniel.kinzler(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Am 28.11.2016 um 17:34 schrieb gnosygnu:
>>> The datatype is implicit, it can be derived from the property ID. You can
find
>>> it by looking at the Property page's JSON.
>>> ...
>>
>> Thanks for all the info. I see my error. I didn't realize that
>> mainsnak.datatype was inferred. I assumed it would have to be embedded
>> directly in the XML's JSON (partly because it is embedded directly in
>> the JSON's dump JSON)
>>
>> The rest of your points make sense. Thanks again for taking the time to clarify.
>
If you have problems accessing the datatype from Lua
or elsewhere, let me know.
> There may be issues with the import process.
>
It's always cool to see that people use our data
and our software!
>
>
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> Senior Software Developer
>
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> Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
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