[Data-modeling] What's the best way to represent acronyms/initialisms?

[Ed Laurent]

It would be nice to have a naming standard and universal acronym type that
fits all situations. I've been naming the topic as its full name or acronym
depending on which is more commonly used (e.g.,
ETM+<http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006acbd1d>).
I always add the full name as a synonym if it the topic name is an acronym.
I add the acronym as a synonym if the topic is named using the full name but
the acronym it is commonly used. I try to use Kirrily's acronym type when
possible but I've also listed it as a machine readable string sometimes.
Either way, I always add an acronym property to the type if one is ever used
(e.g., satellite
sensor<http://www.freebase.com/view/schema/user/spatialed/land_cover/satellite_sensor>).
This approach is not really a standard because I flip between Kirrily's type
and machine readable string. It's also subjective whether or not the user
thinks the acronym rises to the level of a synonym. However, the info is
there for when/if a standard is set and this approach seems to work pretty
well.

-Ed


On Jan 21, 2008 11:55 PM, Shawn Simister <narphorium at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Kirrily Robert wrote:
>
> ----- "Shawn Simister" <narphorium at gmail.com> <narphorium at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  I have the finished pipe working if anyone wants to try it out. Its an acronym lookup tool.http://pipes.yahoo.com/narphorium/acronym
> There aren't many acronyms listed in Freebase yet so only the major ones give any results right
> now.
>
>
>  That's very cool!  Reminds me I was thinking of creating an FB type for acronyms and initialisms.  Might make your pipes a little less maze-like if that existed.
>
> K.
>
>
>  Thanks for the suggestions, I too was thinking that an acronym type could
> help out. As you may have seen, the pipe got a little complicated when I
> tried to factor in topics where the acronym is the main title of the topic
> and the full name is one of the aliases (eg. DVD, NASA). A specialized type
> would definitely help in those cases.
>
> On the other hand, using the alias property might be easier to understand
> for a new user editing a topic and, as I understand it, the alias properties
> also help to improve the overall searchability of Freebase.
>
> I've extracted about 8,000 acronym/initialism definitions from Wikipedia
> which could be added to existing Freebase topics. Finding a standard way of
> representing this data would be the logical next step. Any thoughts?
>
> Shawn
>
> P.S. Congrats on your new job!
>
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