[Data-modeling] Which universe is that human from?

[Jeff Prucher]

Right. Real people who are portrayed in fiction should be typed with the
"person or being in fiction" type, which can then be linked to the
fictionalized version. A topic of the type "person" should never be typed as
"fictional character".  Seinfeld, as you suggest, is a good example of this,
and now displays correctly (the two topics have existed for a long time, but
they weren't linked together properly):

http://www.freebase.com/view/en/jerry_seinfeld
http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000694395
 
Jeff Prucher

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of spencer kelly
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:17 AM
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> 
> agree. either way this goes, lets be strong on our 
> distinction between real and fictional people. For no other 
> reason than because it is a strong distinction in reality.
> 
> Are there sufficient shared  properties between vampires and 
> xmen and hobbits?
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