[Data-modeling] electricity in the commons

[Kirrily Robert]

On 03/03/2009, at 11:50 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
> Why not start with
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Electrical_components or some
> derivative?  That would allow things to get automatically typed
> (hopefully).

Yes, I did that to some extent already with http://electric.freebase.com/view/base/electric/views/electronic_component

> I just added a dozen or so components off the top of my head and none
> of them were typed, so this looks like a completely greenfield effort.
> p.s. I wasn't sure about 'flux capacitor.'  It sure sounds like an
> electronic component though. :-)

Yeah, not my field either, so I don't want to fill in data so much as  
know what kinds of things we should have schema for.  The types I  
created so far in that base are ones that seemed obvious -- to me --  
from the Wikipedia entries on electricity.  I also noticed that  
robert's mobile phone base has schema for types of batteries, and  
presumably this would be useful for all kinds of portable electronics  
(mp3 players, cameras, etc) so it seemed reasonable to centralise.

K.

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Kirrily Robert
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