From: Yaron K. <ya...@gm...> - 2010-07-23 17:43:46
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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 > -- > Alex M. Hendler > ontolawgy(tm) LLC > http://ontolawgy.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com |