Re: Changes to the API for Wikidata

Hi,

On 05.09.2012 10:39, John Erling Blad wrote:
> Please note that this is a breaking change for bots!
>
> It is decided that the module wbsetitem will change from the present
> "short form" in the json structure to a "long form". Exactly how the
> long form will be is still a bit open, but it will be closer to the
> json output format. The changes also makes it possible to use a
> key-less format as the language and site id will be available inside
> the long form.
>
> The following short form will be WRONG in the future
> {
>    "labels":{
>      "de":"Foo",
>      "en":"Bar"
>    }
> }
>
Here we have the Problem, that we cannot add additional information, 
like a short description or anything similar. So this is absolutely 
necessary.

> This long form will be RIGHT in the future
> {
>    "labels":{
>      "de":{"value":"Foo","language":"de"},
>      "en":{"value":"Bar","language":"en"}
>    }