[Data-modeling] More fun with the visual art domain

[Bryan Cheung]

So far we've had good responses to Jeff's proposed changes to the  
artwork model, and unless there's any last minute objection, I'd like  
to make the changes to the schema.  Last call for comments on Jeff's  
proposal...

Bryan

On Mar 26, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Jeff Prucher wrote:

> In response to a request on the visual arts discussion boards
> (http://www.freebase.com/view/discuss/visual_art/artwork#/guid/ 
> 9202a8c040006
> 41f80000000072fa4ba), I've made some proposed changes to the artwork  
> model,
> which I'd like to hear feedback on.
>
> There are three changes:
> 1) insertion of a CVT between artwork and location, to track when a  
> piece
> has been where, and how long (insert standard discussion about time- 
> series
> data here)
>
> 2) insertion of a CVT between artwork and owner. This includes not  
> only
> dates, but the method it was acquired (e.g., purchase, gift,  
> bequest), and
> the purchase price
>
> 3) the addition of an "editions" property on artwork (and the reverse
> property, "edition of", as well). The idea here is to allow Freebase  
> to
> display information about editions of a specific artwork (such as  
> casts of a
> sculpture, or prints of a photograph), which may have not only  
> different
> locations and owners, but also dimensions, media, and dates of  
> creation. I
> decided to model edition simply as "artwork" rather than "artwork  
> edition"
> because of the desire for museums and other art owners to have only  
> one
> property describing their holdings; an "artwork edition" type would  
> have
> required two properties -- "artwork owned" and "artwork editions  
> owned"
> which seemed unnecessarily clumsy. This does mean that the abstract  
> version
> of the artwork and the individual edition will have a number of  
> redundant
> properties, but my hope is that these can just be left blank. Naming  
> of
> editions will be interesting, but that's an issue every time we  
> model them.
>
> I've entered some casts of "The Thinker" (in bronze and plaster) on  
> sandbox
> for your perusal. (I put the proposed types in a private domain, so  
> all
> versions of The Thinker have both the original "artwork" type and a  
> type
> with only the proposed additions, "artwork (test)"; pretend, if you  
> will,
> that all the properties are one a single type. Let me know what you  
> think.
>
> Domain:
> http://sandbox.freebase.com/view/domain/user/jeff/visual_art
> Examples:
> http://sandbox.freebase.com/view/en/the_thinker
>
> Jeff Prucher
> Type Librarian & Ontologist
> Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
>
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