From: Chris M. <cjm...@lb...> - 2013-02-27 23:24:37
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On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:39 PM, dosumis wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick suggestion: > > Working with OBO library ontologies, I often find wikipedia used as a reference. While an academic reference may be preferable, I think that using wikipedia as a reference for a definition is completely acceptable. However, for this to be useful, it is essential to to use a permalink to the version referenced. Without this there is no way to read the original text that was used as a source for the definition. Well it's possible of course, you just have to hunt through the previous versions (Ben Good probably has a tool to do this automatically). But not ideal. > e.g.- Don't use this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex > > or wikipedia:reflex. > > Please go to the hiistory > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reflex&action=history > > and choose the most recent dated version: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reflex&oldid=539529404 You can also do the marginally friendlier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex?oldid=492849564 This is the URL dbpedia uses to connect a resoure such as http://dbpedia.org/resource/Reflex to a page (via wasDerivedFrom) > If there is general agreement on this (& I see now reason why there shouldn't be), can we post this somewhere as a policy - perhaps on the obo foundry site? I think it's a good guideline moving forward. Of course, there are fair number of citations to the nondated URL, individual groups have to prioritize whether and when to retrofit these. Do you want to put a page on this on the obofoundry.org wiki? > Cheers, > > David > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb_______________________________________________ > Obo-discuss mailing list > Obo...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/obo-discuss |