"Age" in fiction

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    1. Dec 30, 2008
      bougau says:

      In fiction, very often, we don't have many informations about the life of a character and many of them have a very short life! Sometime, we don't know nothing about their birth and death. So, I suggest to add a field "Age in fiction" (or something more explicit) to give  informations about the age of a fictionnal character. It could be more or less precise: child, teenager, adult, old person, or 18-20 or 50-60 years old, to indicate what is the age of a character in a fiction works. For example, Harry Potter has a different "age" for each book of the serie...

      Thanks (I'm french.. sorry for my english)

      2. crism Metaweb Staff
        Dec 30, 2008
        crism says:

        This is a really interesting suggestion. A compound value type could be used to indicate the age (or age range) in different works of fiction. Another approach would be to promote the appears-in relationship to a compound value type with additional information including the character’s age in that appearance.

      3. jeff Metaweb Staff
        Dec 31, 2008
        jeff says:

        Because the "appears in" relationship model varies from medium to medium, sticking a compound value type in (that is, where there isn't already one) is probably too complex. But a compound value type on the fictional character type itself that could contain a range and link to a work (non-reciprocated), might do the job nicely.

      4. Dec 31, 2008
        nirmal says:

        My Dad has a good guestimate of his Birth Year. What age would we accord him?

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