Comments on: Annotating Wikipedia

By: Mike Linksvayer » “Querying Wikipedia like a Database”

Mike Linksvayer » “Querying Wikipedia like a Database” — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:07:35 +0000

[...] MediaWiki several times as having the potential to tremendously increase the value of Wikipedia by unlocking (in the sense of making queryable) all of the data in the [...]

By: Mike Linksvayer » Most important software project

Mike Linksvayer » Most important software project — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:15:53 +0000

[...] I don’t have a whole lot more to say about Semantic MediaWiki than I said over a year ago. The summary is to turn the universal encyclopedia into the universal database while simultaneously improving the quality of the encyclopedia. [...]

By: Mike Linksvayer » Wikiforms

Mike Linksvayer » Wikiforms — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:39:53 +0000

[...] On a marginally related note the Semantic MediaWiki project appears to be making good progress. [...]

By: Mike Linksvayer » Going overboard with Wikipedia tags

Mike Linksvayer » Going overboard with Wikipedia tags — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:03:53 +0000

[...] Anyway, I predict that in the forseeable future your browser will be able to convert a Wikipedia article link into a home page link if that is your preference, aided by Semantic Mediawiki annotations or similar. [...]

By: Gordon Mohr

Gordon Mohr — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:01:21 +0000

I like the syntax. I like placing the plain english and semantic markup for the same ideas in close proximity. I’m not sure I like the casual interleaving of plain-english and semantic markup, with the markup providing the ‘value’ that appears in the prose…. it might strain either the prose, the precision, or both. Example:

Summers in San Francisco are [[Average Summer Temperature:=59F|cool]].

But maybe it’d work… I could see a mouseover popping up the ‘rigorous statements’ underlying links/hot areas of text.