when requesting wbgetentities with the languagefallback param, in xml format:
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities&ids=Q42&languages=ii&languagefallback=
vs. in json format:
xml has 'for-language' like:
<label language="zh-cn" value="道格拉斯·亚当斯" for-language="ii" />
json format seems to be missing it.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
Whiteboard: u=dev c=backend p=0
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72183
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T124286 [Epic] Wikidata language support | |||
| Open | None | T76216 [Epic] Language fallback | |||
| Resolved | None | T74038 make actual and source language explicit in serialization (wbgetentities) for language fallback |
In JSON, this is represented by the label's key being different from the value of the language field. I agree that it would be nicer to have this modelled explicitly as a separate for-language field. Note that in cases where translitteration applied, there may be a third language involved (the "original" or "database" language).