[okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

Mon Oct 29 16:37:54 UTC 2012

Just in case it's not enough, it's possible to query Google Freebase as well:

http://www.freebase.com/queryeditor

[{ type: "/book/author"
   "/people/deceased_person/date_of_death|=" : ["1942"]
   "name" : null
   "limit" : 700
}]

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Yury Katkov, WikiVote

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Finn Årup Nielsen <fn at imm.dtu.dk> wrote:
> On 29-10-2012 15:49, Yury Katkov wrote:
>>>
>>>   Does anyone know how if it's possible to
>>> cross-reference 'Category:1942 deaths' with 'Category:Writers'? There are
>>> over 2,000 1942 deaths!
>
>
> If you do not want to use DBpedia's SPARQL service you can use CatScan:
>
> http: / / toolserver .
> org/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&basecat=1942+deaths&basedeep=1&mode=cs&tagcat=Writers&tagdeep=3&go=Scan&format=html&userlang=en
>
> (remove spaces: I do not think you should execute that query too often. It
> put a high load on the toolserver)
>
> I find 116 articles.
>
>
> -- Finn Årup Nielsen, http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~fn/
>
>
>> I sure know:
>> Go to this resource: http://dbpedia.org/sparql
>>
>> and put the following query:
>>
>> SELECT DISTINCT ?a WHERE {
>> ?a dcterms:subject category:1942_deaths;
>>     rdf:type dbpedia-owl:Writer} LIMIT 1000
>>
>> if however you want to see all the writers who died before 1942, it's
>> better to do like that:
>>
>> select distinct ?a where {
>> ?a dbpedia-owl:deathDate ?deathDate;
>>     rdf:type dbpedia-owl:Writer
>> FILTER (?deathDate<"1942-01-01"^^xsd:date)} LIMIT 1000
>> -----
>> Yury Katkov, WikiVote
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's a great resource, Jonathan. Does anyone know how if it's possible
>>> to
>>> cross-reference 'Category:1942 deaths' with 'Category:Writers'? There are
>>> over 2,000 1942 deaths!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Chris Sakkas
>>> Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 October 2012 21:47, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This might be handy:
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_deaths
>>>>
>>>> J.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Like most years we want to get together a list of interesting figures
>>>>> whose work will be entering the public domain next year (2013).
>>>>>
>>>>> I've booted a spreadsheet [1] which we can all begin populating with
>>>>> the
>>>>> authors whose published works will enter the public domain in the UK in
>>>>> 2013
>>>>> (70 years after the death of author).
>>>>>
>>>>> We plan to feature this list on the Public Domain Review and use it as
>>>>> a
>>>>> point of reference for the collections and articles we get in 2013.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>> Sam
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al6mO9_3Hr2PdHJxTFNGSk0wWEdnY2FrMXNmSXlmU2c#gid=0
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sam Leon
>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>>> Skype: samedleon
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>
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