[Data-modeling] Mystery base

[Ed Laurent]

Good point. I added an "Area of occurrence" property and moved all the
relevant locations to it. I also renamed "Location of occurrence" in the
"Cryptid observation" CVT to "Observation location".

-Ed


On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Micah Saul <micah at metaweb.com> wrote:

> This is very cool. One suggestion would be a property for Location
> Found. I realize this is sort of tied to Location of Occurrence, but
> it would be nice to be able to list where the cryptid is purported to
> exist without the date and observer properties called for by the
> Cryptid observation CVT. For example, I just added the Mongolian Death
> Worm as a cryptid and would like to assert that it is found in the
> Gobi Desert without knowing any specific reported sightings.
>
> m
>
>
> On Feb 3, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Luke Schubert 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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