Freebase: Discussion about Type Profile

Piston configuration: Documentation?

2009-11-13T22:11:51.0018Z

I think some words are missing from the type documentation. :)

Reaction engine: Specific Fuel Consumption

2009-11-13T22:01:39.0018Z

Do we need a new dimension for specific fuel consumption for this type?

Engine: Date/time s/b unique

2009-11-13T21:55:39.0006Z

This type looks pretty good; I'd make "first ran" unique, though.

Battery size: Would this be the expected type?

2009-11-13T21:31:28.0006Z

Thinking more about batteries: Say I had a type for "personal electronics", and I wanted a property to hold information about what sort of batteries a device used. Would this be the appropriate expected type? It would obviously be so for old-school types like AA Battery, but would it work for the tiny little watch-sized batteries, too? I don't know if they're standardized for size.

Organization: Dated Headquarter

2009-11-13T21:10:13.0006Z

We could do it, although it would be a major change which would break any apps using this data. Both the Company and Organization types assume "current headquarters" currently -- do you have a strong need for historical headquarters data?

Battery: Schema comments

2009-11-13T21:03:49.0000Z

I agree with you about not using a brand as a manufactured component category. A "line" type is possible, although it would cross paths with "Product Line" fairly often, I would imagine.

Jewish Community: Deletion of "History of Jews in"-topics

2009-11-13T18:43:58.0006Z

FYI, I've made a wiki page on the subject of subjects, here: http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Subject

Jewish Community: Deletion of "History of Jews in"-topics

2009-11-13T18:26:03.0013Z

Spencer, we've been over this multiple times. If that's a book topic then so is "Opinions on the media coverage of the weather in Melbourne on the day of Kirrily Robert's birth". If you're tempted to put "X of Y" as a book subject, you should instead put "X" and "Y". I.e. the books in question should have the subjects "History" and "Judaism" and probably "Prague" or whatever the place in question is. That way people who query for:

History of Jews in Prague (i.e. subject = History + Judaism + Prague)
History of Judaism (History + Judaism)
Judaism in Prague (Judaism + Prague)
History of Prague (History + Prague)
History
Prague
Judaism

... will all find the book in question. If "X of Y" is the subject, then all of that breaks.

Jewish Community: Deletion of "History of Jews in"-topics

2009-11-13T18:11:03.0013Z

kirilly, on nov 3 you flaged a bunch of 'histpry of' topics that i dont think should be deleted. 'history of' topics are at the least, /book/booksubjects

Contents: Credited to

2009-11-13T14:37:53.0035Z

Great, thanx for the information.

Contents: Credited to

2009-11-13T11:10:07.0006Z

As this isn't structured data, I suggest just separating authors with commas or the like. That's how the equivalent field on book edition is used.

Dam: Dam, something is wrong with the property for purpose of dam

2009-11-12T22:23:31.0008Z

Not a valid typename, may need to delete it and recreate?

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Organization: Dated Headquarter

2009-11-12T16:03:24.0039Z

Is there a possibility to add a date (from until) to the headquarter property?

Contents: Credited to

2009-11-12T14:20:54.0021Z

There are a few publications with more than one author. Can you please unmark the "restrict to 1 value"-field?

Rivalry: Rename to Celebrity Rivalry

2009-11-12T08:34:08.0031Z

The purpose should be clear to any developer as the full key is /celebrities/rivalry

It's just that it might get confusing to someone entering data from the client or autocomplete, and a name change would resolve that.

Rivalry: Rename to Celebrity Rivalry

2009-11-12T08:30:15.0042Z

So long as its just the name that's changed rather than the key, that shouldn't cause any queries to break. I say go for it!

Battery: Schema comments

2009-11-12T08:29:42.0013Z

I've removed the included types. I'd argue that manufactured component category shouldn't be used for branded things - the category is electric car battery instead of Toyota Prius battery, or Vacuum cleaner instead of Hoover or Dyson. I'm considering having a new "manufactured component line" type for branded things like Toyota Prius Battery.

Rivalry: Rename to Celebrity Rivalry

2009-11-12T01:47:10.0011Z

This sounds like a good suggestion to me. Does anyone else see a reason why this shouldn't be renamed? Are there any applications that use this type? Acre code search doesn't show any matches.

Rivalry: Rename to Celebrity Rivalry

2009-11-11T15:56:00.0070Z

This may get confused with other rivalries, such as football or college rivalries. I'd like to change the name to be clear in its purpose. (and some documentation wouldn't go amiss!)

Jewish Community: Deletion of "History of Jews in"-topics

2009-11-11T00:02:43.0054Z

Hi,

As I learned, Jewish communities are organized as public corporations (like Jewish Community of Berlin: http://www.jg-berlin.org/en/about-us/organisational-structure.html). The "problem" with "Jewish Communities" at all is that the term of the religious jurisdiction and the organization are identical. (mmmh?!) I will add the religion property associated_with as soon as possible.

best regards,

Battery: Schema comments

2009-11-10T21:43:00.0059Z

This is a tricky one, since Battery has its foot in two levels of the schema. Saying strictly that Battery is for the category would be esthetically pleasing, but would require the fairly silly state of having two "Toyota Prius Battery" topics -- one for the category and one for the manufactured component. I think the thing to do is not include either Manufactured Component or Manufactured Component Category, and just add them manually as necessary.
Sounds good.

Battery: Schema comments

2009-11-10T21:30:31.0006Z

I think they should. I''ve fixed this.
It depends. Battery has specific batteries, e.g. Toyota Prius Battery (a Manufactured Component); but it also works for more generic types of battery, e.g. Alkaline AA battery. (Manufactured Component Category). Should we assume that categories will be more prevalent than specific batteries?
Invention projects was what I was angling at, but on reflection it's unlikely that we'll have that much data on projects focusing on batteries (unlike construction projects for buildings) - so perhaps better if removed. If there is a project it can always be added manually.

Battery: Schema comments

2009-11-10T20:45:53.0037Z

Should the IEC and ANSI/NEDA properties be unique? I don't know anything about them, but this sort of data is often unique.
Instead of including Manufactured Component (which is for specific products), should Battery include Manufactured Component Category instead?
Does project focus make sense as an included type for Battery? I suppose it could, since each kind of battery must have been invented somehow.

Jewish Community: Deletion of "History of Jews in"-topics

2009-11-10T17:39:02.0007Z

What would merging the topics give you? The topics I flagged for deletion were untyped, so they have no properties. I'm not sure merging would "History of Jews in X" with "X Jewish Community" is right, and I have to admit I'm a bit dubious of "X Jewish Community" as a topic at all. Would we also create "X Catholic Community", "X secular community", and the like? I see you have included the type "Religious Organization" but that's more usually used for formal organisations than people with a certain faith in a certain geographic area. Eg. the Union for Traditional Judaism or United Synagogue Youth. Though they don't all appear to be correctly imported and typed and have their religion property set correctly, there's a good list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jewish_organizations

Jewish Community: Deletion of "History of Jews in"-topics

2009-11-06T08:25:39.0013Z

Hi Skud,

I created a type for Jewish Communities a few days ago. I would like to merge the existing "history of the Jews in"-topics, which are dealing with villages or towns whith existing Jewish Community topics. Or I will just rename and type them appropriatly. Is it possible to revert the existing votes on specific Jewish communities, like Prague, Laupheim etc.

best regards,

Frank