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

[Kavitha Srinivas]

Yes, then that makes sense.
Kavitha
On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Jeff Prucher wrote:

> Yes, that's exactly what we were thinking.
>
> Jeff
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Kavitha Srinivas
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>> Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] Consumer product type (was
>> Modeling question)
>>
>> 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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