From: Ittay D. <it...@ql...> - 2007-05-10 08:35:56
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">this is why i suggested making semantic mediawiki extensible. it will allow to give everyone their desired functionality, without needing to find a common set for everybody. anyone will be able to get the functionality he/she wants, but not those that are not interesting to him. with a small set of functionality, things should be simpler. this is what is so successful about mediawiki, firefox, eclipse etc. - you get something very basic and simple, but can extend it (by packages others create) to your desired taste.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">ittay<br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Michael Cysouw wrote on 05/10/07 09:21:<br> </p> <blockquote cite="mid:66B...@ev..." type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 9 May 2007, at 19:40, Yaron Koren wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I think one of the big strengths of SMW is that it's a relatively simple concept - there's only one way to declare a relation or attribute, and there's only one place (that is, one page) where you can store any specific relation or attribute. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> I completely agree that this simplicitly is an important design principle, as wikis are supposed to be as easy as possible. However, I'm still struggling with the problems posed by symmetric relations, and by pairs of inverse relations. In both cases, the same link (semantically speaking) can be added in two different places, actually duplicating information (which I think is unwanted) and making it more difficult for inline queries to find the information For example, on the Amterdam page, one could say: [[capital of::Netherlands]] And likewise, on the Netherlands page, one could state: [[has capital::Amsterdam]] The information content of the two links is identical. SMW should ideally find such alternatives in inline queries, thus showing users that a particular piece of information is already present in the wiki (though on a different page than they might have envisioned it). The basic idea would be, for example, to declare on the page {{Relation:capital of}} that it [[has inverse:has capital]]. This then should automatically lead to broaden the search of an inline query like: <ask>[[has capital::{{PAGENAME}}]]</ask> to also do the inverse question: <ask>{{PAGENAME}} [[capital of::*]]</ask> and merge the results into one table. best michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/">http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/</a> _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-user mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Sem...@li...">Sem...@li...</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user</a> </pre> </blockquote> <br> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <b>Ittay Dror</b> <br> Chief Architect, <br> R&D, Qlusters Inc. <br> Web: <a href="http://www.qlusters.com/">qlusters.com</a> <br> Email: <a href="mailto:it...@ql...">it...@ql...</a> <br> Phone: +972-3-6081994 <br> <br> <a href="www.openqrm.org">openQRM</a> - Data Center Provisioning <br> ------ <br> I own this number: D0E008A921FF04A9DB8C12668E4315F4. Get your own at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com">http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com</a> </div> </body> </html> |