[Data-modeling] Events

[Jeff Prucher]

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> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Thompson
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:02 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] Events
> 
> Kirrily Robert wrote:
> > ----- "Jeff Thompson" <jeff at thefirst.org> wrote:
> >> Kirrily Robert wrote:
> >>> As I see it (now), the fundamental building block is just a time
> >> period which is simply two date/times, a start and an end.
> >>
> >> Do you plan to keep "Included in Event" and "Includes Event"?
> > 
> > Undecided.  Is that useful?  I think it might be.
> 
> Yes I think the sub-event relation is important.

I agree. A use case is military conflicts, for which Wikipedia already
contains extractable super/sub-conflict relationships. (E.g. "the invasion
of normandy" is a part of "world war II"; "the battle of omaha beach" is
part of the invasion of normandy, etc.)

Jeff Prucher