Freebase: Discussion about mikeshwe

Honda 2L 4 Cylinder 197hp 139torque: Please Merge!

2008-10-12T14:30:48.0017Z

Duplicate topic. This didn't come up on the list so I created a new one. Correct topic name is Honda 2.0L 4 Cylinder 197 hp 139 ft-lbs.

Mobile phone: Camera focus

2008-10-12T11:18:04.0018Z

Auto or fixed focus should be in here!

Also the ability to have more than one camera. This will require some changes to the schema though.

Baseball Manager: Addition to schema

2008-10-11T16:33:16.0012Z

yes would like to use this too.

Thanks

TV: Multiple air dates for first/final episodes???

2008-10-11T15:02:48.0017Z

So why is this the case? It's making life difficult when trying to sort search results for TV programs by air dates. Compare to Film, which has only one value for initial release date. Why is TV different?

Help Center: How to get started

2008-10-11T07:57:43.0012Z

Did you check out the Help page? In the bottom right is a screencast of API & sample apps. The links under "Developing Applications" should also be helpful.

English Toy Spaniel: Duplicate topic, please merge

2008-10-11T06:57:32.0005Z

They are the same dog breed. King Charles Spanielm is also known as the English Toy Spaniel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1267456

Help Center: How to get started

2008-10-11T05:38:17.0017Z

Hello. I'm a senior Computer Science major and I'd like to use Freebase in my senior project. However, I've never worked with an API like this before and I'm finding it difficult to find examples for basic programs. How do I call the Freebase service in my code? Which languages can I use? What kind of format does the data have to be in before I can upload it, and does uploading it mean it appears on the Metaweb servers as if someone had added something through the website? It doesn't seem well-organized for the novice programmer, and I could really use some help.

American English Coonhound: flag for merge

2008-10-11T04:33:13.0017Z

All sources point to American English Coonhound being same as English Coonhound. Suggest merging to topic name of English Coonhound as FCI links source to English Coonhound.

Computer Game: Units

2008-10-10T20:27:25.0012Z

This property is specific enough to strategy games that Strategy Game and Strategy Game Unit types are probably in order. If you create these in your own domain for now (on sandbox.freebase.com), then you could add Units as a property of the Strategy Game type. That property would have an expected type of Strategy Game Unit. From there, you could augment both types with any other properties you want, such as a property that specifies whether the game is turn-based or real-time. Hope this helps, and if you need help getting started, I can create the types for you in my domain.

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T17:14:08.0012Z

Hi Hemang.

A recent data update seems to have caused the problem. We are working on resolving that as soon as possible. In the meanwhile if you are running this specific query for wikipedia articles only (i.e. not in a generic library or something of that sort), you can get the same content by using the /api/tran/blurb service with a very hign number for maxlength like so:

http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/blurb/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c?maxlength=3000

This will only work for wikipedia based topics. The reason being that we do not maintain the complete wikipedia article on our backend. However we do allow /api/trans/raw requests for wikipedia based topics, it simply returns the same content as the blurbs without truncating the content.

HTH

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T17:14:08.0012Z

Hi Hemang.

http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/blurb/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c?maxlength=3000

HTH

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T16:56:36.0012Z

Thanks for bringing this up. The data format for blurbs changed, and a piece of the API was overlooked. It should be fixed soon; stay tuned for more information.

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T16:56:36.0012Z

Thanks for bringing this up. The data format for blurbs changed, and a piece of the API was overlooked. It should be fixed soon; stay tuned for more information.

Bug / Feature Request: Deleting First Address

2008-10-10T15:40:34.0018Z

Sometimes a company in Freebase has two cities in the HQ address area when it really doesn't. If the second city is correct, and you delete the first address line, and then try to add information into the remaining line, the autofill fields won't work. You can type things in there, but the auto-suggest won't "open" and you can't link the field to an actual topic. You have to close out and then go back in.

In case that is confusing :) here's hopefully something that will help:

Company XYZ

Company/Headquarters "field"

Line 1 = Paris

Line 2 = London

Go in and delete Paris. Then try to fill in the other address fields for the London line. the fields that link to other topics won't work.

Bug / Feature Request: Deleting First Address

2008-10-10T15:40:34.0018Z

In case that is confusing :) here's hopefully something that will help:

Company XYZ

Company/Headquarters "field"

Line 1 = Paris

Line 2 = London

Go in and delete Paris. Then try to fill in the other address fields for the London line. the fields that link to other topics won't work.

Computer Game: Units

2008-10-10T14:20:30.0018Z

Units available in strategy games...

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T11:21:13.0018Z

Hi,

Please any one help me on following issue.

It is unable to fetch content using following url:

Request:- http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c

it give response like as shown below:

Response:-

{
  "status":"404 Not Found",
  "code":"/api/status/error/blobclient",
  "messages":[
    {
      "info":{
        "hostports":"blob03.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob01.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob02.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120"
      },
      "message":"Could not find or replicate blob: static:mw-render/en/6c/9202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c",
      "code":"/api/status/error/not_found"
    }
  ],
  "transaction_id":"cache;cache01.p01.sjc1:8101;2008-10-10T11:18:03Z;0011"
}

Thanks in advance...

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T11:21:13.0018Z

Hi,

Please any one help me on following issue.

It is unable to fetch content using following url:

Request:- http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c

it give response like as shown below:

Response:-

{
  "status":"404 Not Found",
  "code":"/api/status/error/blobclient",
  "messages":[
    {
      "info":{
        "hostports":"blob03.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob01.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob02.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120"
      },
      "message":"Could not find or replicate blob: static:mw-render/en/6c/9202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c",
      "code":"/api/status/error/not_found"
    }
  ],
  "transaction_id":"cache;cache01.p01.sjc1:8101;2008-10-10T11:18:03Z;0011"
}

Thanks in advance...

Freebase: data mob start and end

2008-10-08T22:57:25.0012Z

Good idea, thanks! I can add those properties.

Freebase: data mob start and end

2008-10-08T20:02:06.0005Z

Would it be useful to have a data mob start/end date? It would be cool to plot data mobs like MDOs:

http://instanceplots.vtalwar.user.dev.freebaseapps.com/index

Digital Cameras: A fractions of a second data type for shutter speeds?

2008-10-08T18:17:41.0012Z

Mike, the "55" shutter speeds you speak of include half and third stops. As mentioned in my previous post, some cameras allow half/third stops, some don't. If the properties say that a camera has the shutter speed of 1/8000 at one end and 30 at the other, and supports 1/3 stop increments, the unspecified values in the middle are deterministic and easily figured out. So I think you can get away with just specifying the shutter speed range and the "step".

Exhibitions: Add address to venues?

2008-10-08T08:41:51.0000Z

Heh, fair dos.

Exhibitions: Add address to venues?

2008-10-07T20:00:03.0012Z

No harm done. Worst thing that can happen is if they differ, in which case you might get two pins on the map. But that potential problem already exists in other places, so *shrug*.

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-07T19:58:12.0012Z

I think the Exhibition Types should generally be called 'x exhibition', and be their own topic, rather than a re-used existing topic.

For instance, 'Multimedia' (http://www.freebase.com/view/en/multimedia?domain=%2Fuser%2Ffrankieroberto%2Fexhibitions) isn't really a 'type of exhibition', but a type of media.

Exhibition types should be able to fit in the sentence 'this exhibition is a xxx' ('art exhibition', 'design exhibition', etc).

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-07T19:53:08.0012Z

Have added you as an admin. Agree that we should leave it as it is for now.

Exhibitions: Add address to venues?

2008-10-07T19:51:03.0005Z

Can do. Most of the venues already seem to have addresses from a different Type though - how does it work if there are more than one types with address fields?

Exhibitions: Add address to venues?

2008-10-07T19:28:35.0017Z

Can we add an address field to the venues, please? Use "Mailing address" as the expected type. Then our geobot will come and figure out geolocations for each venue, and we can draw them on a map in Parallax like this.

Digital Cameras: A fractions of a second data type for shutter speeds?

2008-10-07T03:34:46.0012Z

Good ideas! Thanks.

I created a /user/mikeshwe/digital_cameras/shutter_speed enumerated type, that just holds the name of the shutter speed for now (e.g, 30, 1/8000).

And I created a /user/mikeshwe/digital_cameras/digital_camera/shutter_speed_range property of this shutter_speed type, so now I can just select the slowest and fastest ones.

My Canon EOS 20D has 55 shutter speed settings on it, so hopefully I can get by with a just a couple of /user/mikeshwe/digital_cameras/shutter_speed topics, since I only need to cover the slowest and fastest for any given camera.

Digital Cameras: A fractions of a second data type for shutter speeds?

2008-10-04T04:01:23.0012Z

I ran into this issue in my Film Cameas domain. I ended up creating a fraction CVT, with three properties: numerator, denominator, and unit. I also filed a bug for a more user friendly rational data type: CLI-5172. In the mean time, an enumerated CVT seems like a pretty good solution.

Digital Cameras: A fractions of a second data type for shutter speeds?

2008-10-03T23:19:09.0012Z

The "one over x" format is the standard for shutter speeds. A shutter speed of 0.00013 seconds is inaccessible as data and makes no sense to even seasoned photographers.

If the "1/x" format is not implementable in Freebase, a second option would be to specify all standard full-stop shutter speed in an enumeration, as a new type. Add a property for fraction equivalent in seconds, and voila, it's sortable again! There aren't as many shutter speeds as you might think: 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 (s). Even the extended range of a digital or newer analog camera adds only a few more full-stop shutter speeds to this list: extending the slow end to 30s, and on the fast end to 1/8000 or if really ambitious, one more: 1/16000.

Also, note that most prosumer and above cameras have a "bulb" setting. That's the slowest shutter speed on those cameras. There should be a property to input a camera's support for "bulb", or lack thereof.

Shutter speeds are often offsetable in 1/2 or 1/3 stops. I'd suggest either turning the shutter_speed property into a CVT to incorporate this data, or adding a second property to capture this capability.

Digital Cameras: A fractions of a second data type for shutter speeds?

2008-10-03T23:08:35.0012Z

Since we have to deal with both integers and fractions, a "fraction" data type might not work very well, since you'd have to put the whole numbers as 30/1.

Here's a completely whacky idea: make "shutter speed" into an enumerated list. It's a pretty constrained set, after all. If you wanted to be able to sort (programmatically, that is, rather than in your browser), you could have a property on the shutter speed type for speed in seconds which could hold values like 0.00013.

Digital Cameras: A fractions of a second data type for shutter speeds?

2008-10-03T22:06:26.0017Z

In /digital_cameras/shutter_speed, I want to show the slowest and fastest shutter speed. For the Canon EOS 50D, the slowest speed is 30 seconds, and the fastest is 1/8000 of a second. If I use seconds as the data type, then it shows up as 0.00013, which is unappealing.

So, scud suggested I use text even though you can't sort on that.

Should we create some sort of "fractions of a second" or "fractions" data type?

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-02T22:39:28.0012Z

I'm having second thoughts about making this an enumerated type. skud suggests we just leave as is, and see how the Type of Exhibition topics proliferate.

So, let's try that, and merge later.

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-02T22:08:21.0012Z

Actually, I can't do anything at all. Can you add me as administrator on Exhibitions or do the conversion discussed?

thanks,

mike

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-02T22:06:25.0012Z

OK, I'll leave Exhibition Type(s) as non-unique field. But I would like to convert it to an enumerated type, and I'll add Award and Design to the list above. We can always add more values by going to the Type of Exhibition topic page.

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-02T13:46:06.0012Z

Personally, I'm happy for exhibition to sit in multiple 'exhibition type' buckets. Some of the most interesting exhibitions happen in the intersection of multiple disciplines - art and science, for instance.

My original thinking behind 'exhibition type' was that it gives you information about the form of the exhibition, rather than the subject (which is what the subject field is for). So 'award exhibitions' - where shortlisted entries are all exhibited, and then the winners marked - is a distinct form. As are art exhibitions (where there's a form for the labels), Photography exhibitions, and so on...

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-01T19:06:58.0000Z

I forgot to create a bucket for Design, to cover thing that one would find in exhibitions that appear at Cooper-Hewitt.

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-01T07:42:50.0012Z

The correct term for Best of Manchester would probably be "Multimedia".

As for artifacts/memorabilia, I think they should be the same bucket, though I'm not sure what name it should have. I just think the line between them is too blurred to distinguish.

Perhaps Frankie and the UK crowd will wake up soon and set us straight :)

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-01T05:34:05.0012Z

One problematic exhibit for these 5 buckets would be The Best of Manchester. This kind of atypical though, since it's an annual competition, and doesn't travel from museum to museum. It covers art, fashion, and music. it's more of an event than an exhibition. so, maybe we shouldn't worry about this one too much.

I'm thinking we should make the Exhibition Type be a unique property, since exhibits will tend to fit mostly into one category or another (I hope), and that simplifies the task of having to figure out which of the n/5 property values you should assign to the Exhbition Type.

Exhibitions: Large buckets for Exhibition Type

2008-10-01T05:00:28.0012Z

We have quite a few exhibition types (32) already, and it would be nice to lump them into a manageable number that would fit nicely into an enumerated type. So, let's see what seems to cover all of these:

Art exhibition (includes crafts, clothing, jewelry, and sculpture)
Artifact exhibition- mummies and other really old stuff that you wouldn't exactly call art.
Photography exhibition- one could all this art, too, but it's a large enough category to stand on its own
Science exhibition- includes preserved human bodies, hands-on science exhibits
Memoribilia- collections of old stuff organized around a theme, but not old and junky enough to be called artifacts. Or we could call this historical, but that might confuse it with artifacts, and also art exhibitions and photography could be construed as historical.

So, I think all the existing Exhibition types fit into these buckets. Now, the question is, do we make this a unique property? I could convince myself either way at this point.