[Data-modeling] Consumer product type (was Modeling question)

[Kavitha Srinivas]

This looks great.  Just to clarify your point about not wanting to  
encode an association with a brand or company type, do you mean that  
there might be a more specific link between a company and a product,  
say Apple Inc. has ComputerModels MacBookPro, but that the MacBookPro  
will be typed additionally as a consumer_product?
Thanks!
Kavitha

On Jan 24, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Jeff Prucher wrote:

> Following up on a recent discussion on the data-modelling and  
> developers
> lists (threads begin here:
> http://lists.freebase.com/pipermail/developers/2008-January/ 
> 001156.html
> and here:
> http://lists.freebase.com/pipermail/data-modeling/2008-January/ 
> 000250.html),
> we're proposing a new type to be used for consumer products.  This  
> type is a
> fairly simple type, with only three properties, all of which expect  
> the type
> "webpage": "official website", "external reviews", and "purchase  
> links". The
> type would most likely be used as an included type on types that are
> designed for more specific products, and can be used for everything  
> from
> board games, to computer software, to digital cameras (and more --  
> examples
> in the earlier discussion included pharmaceuticals, books, and cars).
>
> We decided against trying to encode an association with a brand,
> manufacturer, or other company type since the relationships between
> products, brands, and companies can vary greatly between different  
> types of
> products, and we want to enable communities and interest groups to  
> maintain
> a more precise structure.
>
> The type is published in my private domain, with some examples of  
> how it
> might be used:
> http://www.freebase.com/view/schema/user/jeff/default_domain/ 
> consumer_produc
> t
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Jeff Prucher
> Type Librarian & Ontologist
> Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
>
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