Re: [Libreplanet-dev] Semantic Mediawiki example

[Holmes Wilson]

Hi Peter,

Do you think you'd have enough of a handle on this to propose a draft 
definition (if that's what it's called)?  We could then try using it for 
a few groups, and unearth weaknesses in definition as we go.

-Holmes

On 9/17/09 4:01 AM, Peter wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 September 2009 21:26, John Sullivan wrote:
> > Holmes Wilson<address@hidden>  writes:
> > > You mean in that each group is a filled-in template of structured info?
> >
> > Yes, but specifically a Semantic MediaWiki template, which provides more
> > features than usual MediaWiki templates -- for example, the information
> > in the templates is available in a standard, machine-readable format
> > (RDF), and also each field in the template has a type, so things like
> > geographic coordinates can be handled easily.
>
>  From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework, setting up a
> rdf wiki is a non-trivial task, since the knowledge base has to be
> well-defined and the type, property, template, and form namespaces need to be
> powerful enough to express statements in that knowledge domain.
>
> At least I agree with John LibrePlanet should look like freeculture.org, the
> question is how to move it in that direction?
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter