Re: wikipedia external links and linked data

From: Ed Summers <ehs_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:59:28 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_jhu.edu> wrote:
> Hmm, just because a given page is linked to from a wikipedia page, can one
> assume that the target of the link is about the same thing as the original
> page?   I'm not sure how often this assumption would be violated?

Yeah, unfortunately the nature of the link is kind of hazy. I imagine
some heuristics looking at the hyperlink text, and where it appears in
the page could help somewhat.

//Ed
Received on Mon Mar 29 2010 - 17:00:02 EDT