Benjamin Geer

@lrosenth As far as I remember, the reason why a `DateValue` contains two dates is so it can represent an approximate date as a range from "earliest possible" to "latest...

> Anything speaking against adding a PeriodValue to knora-base? Adding a new value type is a lot of work. Since a period value type would just be two date values,...

> Would it make sense to have something in between a Resource and a Value? Something like a “complex” value, consisting of one or more “simple” values? Why not just...

`Resource` is a recursive data structure. If you need a tree structure, with values as the leaves, you can always use resources for the non-leaf nodes. It’s designed like that.

> I want to search for all humans that are alive 1985: which means birth < 1985 and deth > 1985... Having the Period as Resource, this becomes complicated It...

> if it is a new resource, how will it be displayed in the GUI? If it's your GUI, you can display it however you want. :) And perhaps there...

> From my point of view, it would a first step toward a standardized ontology of shared concepts for Knora, like place, event, etc. I think it would be great...

Can we start small and add things gradually, when we’re sure they’re needed? I think the argument for ORCID is pretty clear, but I’m not sure about some of the...

The second error looks like an error-handling bug. The first one needs improvement, too. Can you attach the XML file along with the ontologies and admin data so I can...

Thanks. I will need to be able to reproduce this to understand why the error messages are incorrect. Will try.