[Data-modeling] electricity in the commons

[Kirrily Robert]

I wonder whether "energy" is what we should do here?  It's certainly a  
more interesting subject these days.

I can imagine types for methods of energy generation (solar, wind,  
nuclear), power plants and the amount they produce, etc.  All the  
stuff about batteries could go in there, though the electrical  
component stuff wouldn't.  But the component type is just a bucket  
anyway, and not very interesting in that sense.

Just a thought.

K.

On 03/03/2009, at 11:24 AM, Kirrily Robert wrote:

> We don't currently have any types in the commons for things related to
> electricity.  I'm working on modeling locomotives, and for electric
> locomotive classes I need to specify the kind of system they use: AC
> or DC.  This is obviously a simple enumerated type but it seems like
> rather than putting it in my rail base it would be better to call on
> something more centralised.
>
> If we were to build a Commons domain to contain that type, what other
> types could you have along with it, and what would you call the
> Commons?  I made a start on a base at http://electric.freebase.com/
> but any comments would be very welcome, as it's not really my field.
>
> K.
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