[Data-modeling] Modeling nutritional information

[Mohammad Al-Ubaydli]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Jeff Prucher <jeff at metaweb.com> wrote:

>
> >       3) The name of the "retail data" type should probably
> > be something that more clearly describes the topics that will
> > use that type -- something like "Food product" or "Packaged
> > food" or something like that.
> >
> >
> > Agreed. But also, would that include drinks like milk, or
> > should a different type be created?
>
> I would include drinks and eats in the same type for this, since
> nutritionally, it doesn't matter whether it's liquid or solid. So maybe
> "food" will be misleading for some people. It could be simply "Food or
> Drink
> Product" or the like (and doesn't that phrase make it sound tasty?)


Sorry, what I meant to say was, does drink have different properties (e.g. a
volume rather than a mass) that require a different data model? If not, then
I much prefer your suggestion of just "food" rather than the less than
appetizing "food or drink product" :-)

>
> The USDA has a lovely, copyright-free database with quantitative
> information
> about packaged food, which measures an insane amount of nutrients. You can
> search the data here: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ and
> download it here: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964


Fabulous, I would like to upload this. I can take care of renaming and
rearranging the column headings to match the ones I currently have in
Freebase, but do I need someone from the Metaweb team to do the uploading
for me?

mohammad
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