Re: [Semediawiki-user] property values

[Yaron K. <ya...@gm...>]

Hi,

I didn't think of it either when I saw the original email, but yes, Semantic
Drilldown can do all of those things. My one correction is that the page SD
generates is "Special:BrowseData", not "Special:Browse".

-Yaron

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Alex M. Hendler <
ont...@on... <ontolawgy%2Bs...@on...>> wrote:

> ------- Original message -------
> From: "Dan Bolser" <dan...@gm...>
> To: "Matt Goff" <go...@na...>
> Cc: "sem...@li..."
> <sem...@li...>
> Subject: Re: [Semediawiki-user] property values
> Date: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:50:13 GMT+03:00
>
> > On 21 July 2010 01:58, Matt Goff <go...@na...> wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there an easy way to get a list of values a property takes on?
>
> ....
>
> >> It seems like this should be fairly straightforward, so I suspect I'm
> >> missing something pretty obvious like a result format, or something,
> >> but I
> >> haven't been able to find it.
> >
> > Yup, this is a very common request. What we need is a property and
> > property values 'system' that is as simple and intuitive to navigate
> > as the existing MW category system. There are only a few sensible
> > things that should be done with properties and property values (and
> > their interaction with categories). We should just set them out and
> > implement them in an extension.
> >
>
> Scratch that earlier array idea I posted. This reminds me that I had
> forgotten about Yaron Koren's excellent Semantic Drilldown extension:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Drilldown
>
> I installed it on a system a while back, and it can do this very, very
> well; it seems particularly helpful for navigating a property-based
> taxonomy.
>
> >
> > Things people want to do with property values:
> > * List the unique values
> > * Count the number of each type of value
> > * Subset the above by specific categories
>
> SemanticDrilldown can do all of this, as far as I know, but Yaron can
> correct me if I'm mistaken.
>
> >
> > To be clear, I think the above 'actions' should be supported by
> > standard pages in the wiki, not specifically 'user created', just like
> > category pages don't need to be created, they just appear.
> >
>
> SemanticDrilldown does that to some extent through Special:Browse, but you
> do need to do a bit of editing on your property pages and create some
> "Filters" - it's not as easy as the built-in "Category" system, but it is
> not too hard to set up (likely a lot easier than messing with arrays).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Alex
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