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mkramer
I think SPARQL added after last time I walked through wikidata, and it is an improvement over last time I used API but...
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As a standard SPARQL is magnitudes more complex than the Freebase API was, no? And it handles similar data.
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And encoding the query as a GET param is a pain, difficult to assure quality, and runs into compatibility issues.
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I'm super happy there is a JSON response, and for sure, this is an improvement over the standard Wikimedia API!
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mkramer
But SPARQL is more academic, MQL ties into knowledge common among web devs. And human-readable queries are sorely missed
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(URL query strings I mean)
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mkramer
Unrelated to Freebase, being able to POST JSON queries as opposed to encoding them into the URL would be even better.
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mkramer
Finally, I know it is terribly capitalist of me, but
get [string] related terms
w/filters was super useful. ...
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...Use for Freebase for some was to build web content w/common taxonomy, not to do research. Mby we're weirdos? :P
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You all are doing a ton of work w/lot of data & it is much appreciated. I just greedily want best API for my use case! :P
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