[Data-modeling] Mystery base

[Ed Laurent]

:)

Hmm... I'm not sure. I'll add a circular "Similar to" property of Cryptid
classification. Think that will cover it? I was originally thinking of using
higher and lower classifications but that seemed a little too specific (and
silly for real-world mysteries).

Cryptozoologist is a profession that already had one person associated with
it. I just created a type for it with reciprocation for the cryptid(s)
investigated. I originally included a "Cryptid hunter" but now I'm thinking
of nixing it because that's more of a fictional profession. Maybe there
would be reason to type a real world person as a cryptid hunter that is
defined differently than a cryptozoologist? I don't think there are
university degrees for the cryptozoology "Field of study".

-Ed


On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Luke Schubert <luke.schubert at gmail.com>wrote:

> Cool :)
>
> In "Cryptid classification", how is "Bigfoot" different from "Yeti"?
> I ask because the Yowie http://mystery.freebase.com/view/en/yowie is
> described as "similar to the Himalayan Yeti and the North American
> Bigfoot" ...
>
> Also, what about a type for Cryptozoologist, or is this a profession? :)
>
> Luke.
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Ed Laurent <spatial.db at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I came across the "Yeti" topic for some reason today and noticed there
> were
> > no types associated with it, nor any existing types that would be
> > appropriate containers for the fun properties that make this kind of
> topic
> > so interesting. So... I created a Mystery base as a "...a shared, online
> > source of unknown facts and missing information..."  :)
> >
> > So far I've started describing cryptids (i.e., monster observations) and
> I'm
> > thinking of keeping the base in the realm of real-world mysteries, but I
> > could also see a lot of the "Mystery fiction" topics finding their way
> into
> > this base because there's a lot of overlap. Think of it as the Freebase
> > version of "In Search of...". I'm open to suggestions and sharing
> > administrative privileges with people having a strong interest in this
> base.
> > I created it on a whim so I probably won't spend too much time on it, but
> > who knows. I'm happy to help revise or add schema for sure. Searching for
> > "cryptid" is a good way to start finding topics. It's amazing how many of
> > these are already in Freebase waiting to be described.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > -Ed
> >
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