[Data-modeling] Adjective form of locations

[Jeff Prucher]

Queries could more simply title lists as "Cheeses of France" or "Cheeses
from France". 

FWIW.

Jeff P

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> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kientzle
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:06 PM
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> 
> You should be very careful to specify the language, of 
> course, and keep in mind that this exercise is infeasible in 
> many languages where the adjectival form (and even phrase 
> structure) varies depending on the specific noun.
> 
> Even in English, the adjectival forms for many places can be 
> unwieldy or even ambiguous: "Cotswoldan Cheeses,"
> "Muscovite Museums," "Neapolitan Ice Cream."
> 
> TBKK
> 
> On Apr 15, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Ed Laurent wrote:
> > Sounds like a great idea to me.
> >
> > -Ed
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Robert Cook <robert at metaweb.com>
> > wrote:
> > I'm starting to find the need for applications to have the 
> adjective- 
> > form of place names ("France" vs "French", "United States" vs
> > "American") so that queries could automatically title lists 
> of, say, 
> > cheeses that are from the region "France" with "French Cheeses".
> >
> > Here's a list of adjective place names (along with 
> demonyms, which are 
> > less important, but still useful)
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_forms_of_place_names
> >
> > I'm considering adding a property to "statistical region" called, 
> > perhaps "adjective form of name".
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > R
> >
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