Using Shape Expressions is a great way to improve data on #Wikidata. However, the process of authoring such a shape expression is a great way of understanding how concepts are modelled on #Wikidata. (a thread) >>
After running that EntitySchema on all Wikidata items that contain the Wikidata property Disease Ontology ID (P699) I got the following report
A frightening number of "issues", however, further inspection revealed some inaccuracies in the EntitySchema. Updating those in iterative steps, lead to more manageable numbers.
Those iterative updates/downgrades are nicely rendered in the MediaWiki history report: wikidata.org/w/index.php?ti…
There are two conclusions: 1. Authoring Shape Expressions is an iterative process. 2. Reported issues might not be always caused by errors in the data, but they can also be caused by incomplete EntitySchemas
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#iNaturalist uses Wikipedia content to describe taxa. So if a Wikipedia article does not exist, a template is given. This template can be used to create that Wikipedia article.
I created a stub on Wikipedia. These are the steps.
1. I check #Wikidata to see if this species is described on any of the other language editions of Wikipedia. It is. H