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It is a powerful tool but like other tools in this space (think e.g., pandas) it needs some serious getting used to, it is not the most intuitive user interface
by nologic01 3y ago
It is a powerful tool but like other tools in this space (think e.g., pandas) it needs some serious getting used to, it is not the most intuitive user interface.
What was dissapointing last time I used it is arguably not a problem of openrefine at all: the connectivity and response of wikidata queries was very slow. But that combination of local data harmomization with an open and globally available reference is super-important. I hope it somehow receives more attention and traction.
- pbronez 3y agoHmm seems like improving wikidata’s API performance would be a good use of Wikimedia’s war chest.
- zozbot234 3y agoTheir main blocker is lack of a high-performance SPARQL backend, for complex queries where ordinary text-based search is not effective. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/WDQS_backend_alternatives https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/... has more information, though it's not fully up to date (Qlever especially has had significant updates since).