[Data-modeling] Delegated disambiguation properties to importdata

[Jeff Prucher]

Webpages are actually also CVTs (/common/webpage), so you're running into
the same issue there.  In the long term, we're working on a spreadsheet
import tool that would probably address this, but in the meantime, I can put
you in touch with the data team, and they should be able to help you out.
 
Jeff


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From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com
[mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Ed Laurent
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] Delegated disambiguation properties to
importdata


Ok. Dates do import. It was the CVT that was causing my problem. However,
URI's do not import. That would be a bug, right? 

How could I go about importing a list of magazine issues, with dates, and
links to pdfs? This seems like it should be simple task but I can't figure
out a way to do it because of the CVT and URI issues. For example, I want to
import this list:

Bird Calls: March 1998, Mar 1998,
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/birdcalls_pdf/bc98mar.pdf
Bird Calls: Aug 1998, Aug 1998,
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/birdcalls_pdf/bc98aug.pdf
Bird Calls: Nov 1998, Nov 1998,
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/birdcalls_pdf/bc98nov.pdf

Is this something that I must request of a programmer/Metaweb to import (I
have enough where I don't want to enter them by hand) or is there a way to
model a schema to do it?

-Ed



On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Jeff Prucher <jeff at metaweb.com> wrote:


Periodical Publication Date is not a literal, but a CVT.  And there is no
way to delegate the properties of the expected type of a delegated property.
You should be able to delegate actual literals, though -- if you can't, it's
a bug.
 
Jeff


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From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com
[mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Ed Laurent
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:34 PM
To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
Subject: [Data-modeling] Delegated disambiguation properties to import data


I would like to use the import tool to import selected Magazine issue
properties (I'm a modeler but not a programmer). I was going to do this by
creating a new schema, include the Magazine issue type, use disambiguation
for the delegated properties I want to import, import a table I formatted in
Excel, and then delete the import schema. However, it does not seem possible
to delegate literal properties (e.g., date for Periodical Publication Date).
Is this true, and if so, is there a work-around?

-Ed



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