[Data-modeling] how much work done on modeling of personal names -- even for surname + given name?

[Kirrily Robert]

We already have this, Scott.  http://www.freebase.com/view/people/family

"This type is used for notable families that can be discretely defined  
(such as royal houses, the Guggenheim family, the Sulzbergers, etc.)   
It is distinct from "family name" which more broadly defines people  
with the same surname."

K.


On Mar 4, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Scott Meyer wrote:

> Dare I suggest modeling "Family" explicitly?  Surname would
> be a property of family as would a collection of people,
> the family members.
>
> Might be a useful aggregation for "The Rothschilds", "The
> Kennedys", etc.  Also removes some of the ambiguity from
> a bare surname property.
>
> -Scott
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