[Data-modeling] Modeling nutritional information
John Giannandrea
jg at metaweb.com
Mon Aug 25 04:56:52 UTC 2008
Shawn Simister wrote:
> The name of a topic is not it's primary key. Each topic can have
> many keys and is usually referenced by its unique id. From what I've
> read, the autocomplete feature that is used in the Freebase search
> and elsewhere on the site does not search by primary key. It uses a
> variety of factors including the name, description and any aliases
> associated with a topic.
I just checked and search doesn't currently index enumerations, but it
does other values.
So search for Aptenodytes forsteri finds the Emperor Penguin, but not
174449 (its ITIS code)
It would seen quite reasonable to type in a UPC code and find a
product, I will file a bug...
-jg
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