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==== Dealing with dates ==== | ==== Dealing with dates ==== | ||
Wikidata has a rich set of date formats, many of which are described [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Dates here]. Ottgaz poses certain challenges even to this diverse body of representations, however, despite its aspiration to universality. It's critically important to include as many dates as possible, because the presence of dates enables much richer querying. Therefore I've attempted to include as much information as possible in date format, qualifying it using plain text notes where necessary. | |||
Part of the problem is that Sezen is not clear about the source(s) of his dating, and himself uses multiple formats. In an earlier version of Ottgaz, I attempted to map dates onto the reigns of Sultans, using the [https://perio.do/ Periodo] tool. I describe that effort [[Periodizing the Ottoman Gazetteer|here]]. | |||
Wikidata distinguishes Julian and Gregorian dates, and defaults to Julian for earlier periods. It's not clear which calendar Sezen used. My uploading of data has not been absolutely consistent. This is an area for future revision. Other calendars could and should be used in order to convey the information in its native format. | Wikidata distinguishes Julian and Gregorian dates, and defaults to Julian for earlier periods. It's not clear which calendar Sezen used. My uploading of data has not been absolutely consistent. This is an area for future revision. Other calendars could and should be used in order to convey the information in its native format. | ||
==== Sequence of property/value pairs ==== | ==== Sequence of property/value pairs ==== | ||
Quickstatements does not handle successive qualifiers well. I describe the problem [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Tools/OpenRefine#Adding_a_sequence_of_identical_property/value_pairs_with_different_qualifiers here]. The solution is to configure statements in the schema dialogue thus: Editing mode: Add or merge; Matching strategy: Property, value and qualifiers. Then, "upload statements to Wikibase" rather than export to Quickstatements. | Quickstatements does not handle successive qualifiers well. I describe the problem [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Tools/OpenRefine#Adding_a_sequence_of_identical_property/value_pairs_with_different_qualifiers here]. The solution is to configure statements in the schema dialogue thus: Editing mode: Add or merge; Matching strategy: Property, value and qualifiers. Then, "upload statements to Wikibase" rather than export to Quickstatements. | ||