[Data-modeling] Organization v. Company

Jeff Fry jfry at metaweb.com
Wed Jul 23 06:41:13 UTC 2008


I was just looking at http://www.freebase.com/view/en/association_for_software_testing which I typed some time back as an Organization and a Company. I see now that the Company and Organization each list one board member...but not the same one. I can just delete the board member from Organization and add it to Company, or vice versa, but I'm wondering if this (and many other properties of Organization) should be delegated to Company? 

Another option would be to say something should be listed as a Company or an Organization, but not both. The only problem I'd have with that is that Company includes Legal Structure, and Organization includes Number of Members...and I'd like to be able to track both. 

Where are we at with this model? Is there an established right way for me to do this? Now that property delegation is getting easier, should one of these types get properties delegated from the other? 

Thanks,
Jeff


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