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

[Robert Cook]

I agree that that the most important thing we could do now is list out  
the domains which are not up to the community's standards and either  
fix them in the near term or move them to bases until they have  
properly gestated.

It would be very helpful if people could list the domains they think  
need serious work and what they'd like to be done and we'll work  
together to fix them.  I think this mailing list is a good place to  
air pent up concerns about domains and if it becomes too detailed,  
we'll move it to a different venue.

There are a couple of domains that I believe need work:

Boats - http://schemas.freebaseapps.com/domain?id=/boats -- I agree  
with Tom, this is a bit of a mess.  (And maybe this should be renamed  
to "Powered naval vessels".) It was started by Patrick, who made great  
initial progress 2 years ago, but he no longer works for Metaweb.

Anime/manga - http://schemas.freebaseapps.com/domain?id=/anime_manga  
--  Anime blends media types (film, video, OVA) in a way that forces  
questions about property delegation.  There is a lot of really good  
data waiting to be loaded from Wikipedia, but the schemas need to be  
figured out first.

Others?

R
On Jun 30, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Tom Morris wrote:

> My preferred fix for the disparity between sucky Commons domains and
> excellent private (base) domains is to see the quality of the Commons
> domains improve.
>
> I have no real desire to win fame and glory by maintaining a Sailing
> domain (which is actually called sails.freebase.com because Jamie
> grabbed Sailing and then never put anything in it).  I did it because
> it seemed like too much work to get the Boats domain whipped into
> shape so it could deal with things which weren't engine powered
> military ships in a reasonable fashion.
>
> Now perhaps a more effective promotion mechanism would encourage me to
> create Boats2 and lobby for its promotion based on merit, but what I'd
> really prefer is for the admins of Boats to respond to the half dozen
> schema suggestions that I and others have made, even if just to say
> "No way - that's stupid."
>
> In some ways this is just another aspect of the same problem, but I
> wanted to present a slightly different emphasis on ways to solve it.
>
> Tom
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