[Data-modeling] Date-mediating Website/Website Owner types

Jeff Prucher jeff at metaweb.com
Tue Jul 14 19:58:23 UTC 2009


> -----Original Message-----
> From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com 
> [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kirrily Robert
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:12 PM
> To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] Date-mediating Website/Website 
> Owner types
> 
> On Jul 14, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Jeff Prucher wrote:
> > The next issue is whether, if we decide that lumping is the better 
> > option, is it better still to go whole hog and just use the 
> Asset type
> > (/business/asset) instead?
> 
> I own my personal website, but I am not a business.
> 

Nothing in the asset model suggests that you are: the Asset Owner type has
no properties. It's in the business domain, but so is Employer, and it's
equally possible to be an employer without being a business as it is a
website owner. 

Jeff



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