[Developers] Question about wpid and freebase id

[Shug Boabby]

Thanks Brian, but in this case I am talking about the WEX downloads,
not the API.

2008/7/23 Brian Karlak <zenkat at metaweb.com>:
>
> On Jul 23, 2008, at 3:46 AM, Shug Boabby wrote:
>
> However, although the WEX
> dumps have the wpid table, I am not able to find the Wikipedia Names
> anywhere.
>
> The Wikipedia Names for all articles and redirects that map to a freebase
> topic can be found as keys in the /wikipedia/en namespace:
>
>   {
>     "id" : "/en/barack_obama",
>     "key" : [
>       {
>         "namespace" : "/wikipedia/en",
>         "value" : null
>       }
>     ]
>   }
>
> Remember, all punctuation is urlencoded in the returned keys.
> However, as Chris notes, the WPID is the more robust and stable identifier
> to use when linking to Wikipedia, especially if creating a URL link.
> Brian
>
>
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