[Data-modeling] the commons / non distinction is a farce

[Philip Kendall]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:37:54AM -0300, Spencer Kelly wrote:
> is metaweb ready to democratize control of what makes the browse page and
> what doesn't?

Let me phrase that question a different way: is the Freebase community
ready to take on the responsibility of what makes commons / the browse
page?

Honestly, I don't think that it is. Look at any type-related discussion
on Freebase, either on this list or the site itself and, most of the
time, the people that are actually giving critical reviews to a type
are Metaweb staff, usually Jeff.

While I'm in no way saying that the current mechanisms (or lack
thereof) for getting a type into the commons are perfect, one of the
most important things (IMO) with regards to Freebase's data is having
high quality schemas, and that's not something I'd like to see us
compromise on.

Cheers,

Phil

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