> Yaron,
>
> Can you point me in the direction of some document (on
ontoworld.org> probably) outlining plans and position of SMW developers regarding n-ary
> relations?
>
> I very much interested in this functionality but I can wait for it (and
> participate in discussions) as soon as I understand that this is going to be
> implemented in the body of the application or as an extension at some point.
> I also would like to understand rationale that development team uses to want
> or not want to have n-ary relations in the product.
>
> I'll appreciate any help understanding the direction of development
> regarding this issue. I feel that other users are interested in this subject
> as well.
>
> Thank you,
> Sergey
>
>
> --
> Sergey Chernyshev
>
http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/>
>
>
>
> On 5/9/07, Yaron Koren <
yaron57@...> wrote:
> >
> > Some people could probably already guess what I'm going to say, but:
> > this is not doable right now, though it would be doable if Semantic
> > MediaWiki supported n-ary relations.
> >
> > If they were supported, then to use my totally-arbitrary, self-created
> > syntax, an entry on the Napoleon page could look something like:
> >
> > [[[Has quote:=On the subject of [[Has topic::Foreign relations]], on
> > [[Stated on:=March 3, 1805]], in [[Stated in:=Paris, France]],
> > Napoleon said that "[[Text:=If they want peace, nations should avoid
> > the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.]]"]]]
> >
> > (I made up the date and location).
> >
> > Note the triple-brackets at the beginning and end, indicating it's an
> > n-ary relation. This would get displayed as simply: 'On the subject of
> > Foreign relations, on March 3, 1795, in Paris, France, Napoleon said
> > that "If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that
> > precede cannon shots."' (with "Foreign relations" showing up as a
> > link). The data would then be queryable.
> >
> > Currently, the only way to store this kind of information is to make a
> > separate page for each quote or piece of text.
> >
> > -Yaron
> >
> >
> > On 5/9/07, alphac <
alphac@...> wrote:
> > > Hello everybody,
> > > I would like to know if it possible do connotate sections of an article
> > > with time and date and eventually location so that we can serch for a
> > > single entry in it.
> > > For example if the article is about Napoleon's sentences, I would like
> > > to search for sentences from him only regarding foreign relations with
> > > other countries, search only relations like [[talks about::foreign
> > > relations]], and have them sorted by date or location.
> > > Is this possible?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > --
> > > AlphaC
> > >
> > >
> > >
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