[Data-modeling] FYI: brands and product lines

[Kirrily Robert]

A couple of months ago we discussed here a model for brands and  
product lines which would allow you to connect the iPhone with Apple  
(previously not possible with the schema we had).  I put a model up on  
sandbox for review and people seemed reasonably happy with it, then we  
forgot about it for a bit.

This has now been implemented on Freebase.com and you can find the  
relevant types in /business.

http://www.freebase.com/view/business/views/brand
http://www.freebase.com/type/schema/business/product_line

I'm preparing a blog post on them to show some interesting uses, but  
for the meantime, take a look at http://www.freebase.com/view/en/coca-cola 
  for an example of a brand, http://www.freebase.com/view/en/procter_gamble 
  for an example of a company with many brands, and http://www.freebase.com/view/en/apple_inc 
  for an example of a company with many product lines.

K.

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Kirrily Robert
Freebase Community Director
kirrily at metaweb.com