[Data-modeling] Local Names for languages

[Kurt Bollacker]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:07:30PM -0800, John Giannandrea wrote:
> 
> what is it the local name of?  i.e. whats being annotated?

It's the local name of a language.  The same language might be spoken
in several counries, but each country gives the language its own name.
That's why I called it a localized alias.

For example, the language with iso 639-3 code LDI is called "Laari" in
Congo and "Laadi" in Angola, although it's the same thing. AFAIK,
these names are also somewhat independent of the language in which
they are being spoken-- e.g. If the speakers are using French, they'll
still use Laari and Laadi depending on where they are. 

It'd be great to find a more efficient representation than a CVT.

								Kurt :-)



> -jg
> 
> On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Kurt Bollacker wrote:
> 
> >
> >I'm in the process of modeling some of the Rosetta language data for
> >inclusion in Freebase.  One of the properties I have is "local name",
> >which is really a tuple of:
> >
> >- A language
> >- A country
> >- A literal (probably in that language)
> >
> >This is really just a /common/topic/alias with a locale.
> >
> >I was planning to model this as a CVT (there are only about 10K
> >instances), but if there are any ideas of something better, I'm all
> >ears.
> >
> >									Kurt 
> >									;-)
> >
> >
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