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

[Christopher R. Maden]

Raymond Yee wrote:
> My question is: should I wait until there is some change made to
> /people/person or should I kludge together my own type (that has the
> inelegant but workable firstname, lastname, middlename properties),
> apply that type to topics I care about, and then migrate to the new type
> when it's implemented? What's the recommended practice here?

Proof of concept is definitely encouraged.  Model it yourself, invite 
others to use it and comment.  See what works and what doesn’t, and that 
will definitely inform decisions made in the Freebase commons.

~Chris
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Christopher R. Maden
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