Il giorno lun 17 dic 2018 alle ore 22:10 swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>
ha scritto:

> Hi :)
>
> On 2018-12-17 20:01, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In the past when we've discussed package tagging, I think Ludo' has been
> > against it, primarily because it's a giant source of bikeshedding.  I
> > agree that it's a huge space for bikeshedding... no space provides more
> > bikeshedding than naming things, and tagging things is a many to many
> > naming system.
> >
> > However, I will say that finding packages based on topical interest is
> > pretty hard right now.  If I want to find all the available roguelikes:
> >
> > cwebber@jasmine:~$ guix package -A rogue
> > hyperrogue    10.5    out     gnu/packages/games.scm:3652:2
> > roguebox-adventures   2.2.1   out     gnu/packages/games.scm:1047:2
> >
> > Hm, that's strange, there's definitely more roguelikes that should show
> > up than that!  A more specific search is even worse:
> >
> > cwebber@jasmine:~$ guix package -A roguelike
> > cwebber@jasmine:~$
> >
> > What I should have gotten back:
> >   - angband
> >   - cataclysm-dda
> >   - crawl
> >   - crawl-tiles
> >   - hyperrogue
> >   - nethack
> >   - roguebox-adventures
> >   - tome4
> >
> > So I only got 1/4 of the entries I was interested in in my first query.
> > Too bad!
> >
> > I get that we're opening up space for bikeshedding and *that's true*.
> > But it seems like not doing so makes things hard on users.
> >
> > What do you think?  Is there a way to open the (pandora's?) box of tags
> > safely?
>
> Yes and no.
>
> Pjotr and I have discussed this relating to biotech software. He said
> that many scientists have a hard time finding the right tools for the job.
>
> I proposed tight integration with wikidata[1] (every software in the
> world will eventually have an item there) and Guix (QID on every package
> and lookup/catogory integration) and leave all the categorizing to them.
> Ha problem sidestepped, they are bikeshedding experts over there in
> wikiland! :D
>
> The advantage of this is that everyone using wikidata (every package
> manager) could pull the same categorization so we only do it once in a
> central
>
> What do you think?
>
> --
>
>

There is also the Free Software Directory
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page

I don't know what the relationship between Wikidata and the FSD is

Does Wikidata import data from the FSD ? Or viceversa ?