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

[Jeff Prucher]

If there are no more comments on this type, I'll promote it to the business
domain at the end of the week.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com 
> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kavitha Srinivas
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:11 PM
> To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] Consumer product type (was 
> Modeling question)
> 
> 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-----
> >> From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com
> >> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Kavitha 
> >> Srinivas
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:10 PM
> >> To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
> >> 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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