I second the motion for family name but would also like to see "Given name" added. I'd also like to see postnomial, and nickname. These four seem simple enough. Title would be nice too but could be inferred through other properties.<br>
<br>-Ed<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Kirrily Robert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kirrily@metaweb.com" target="_blank">kirrily@metaweb.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Robert Cook wrote:<br>
> I think that it would be fairly straightforward to create a model that<br>
> has high utility but near impossible to create a model that was<br>
> "right" that would be used by anybody.<br>
><br>
> I've seen on Freebase that the quickest way to kill a practical<br>
> schema addition is to get mired in too much complexity. We can start<br>
> simply, get data in and improve the model as needed, refactoring or<br>
> denormalizing as we go.<br>
><br>
> Put another way, an imperfect model with data always trumps a<br>
> "correct" one with no data.<br>
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</div>On that note, I hereby propose a property on /people/person pointing<br>
to family name. The property should be unique, and be documented as<br>
being the *current* surname or family name only. That would allow<br>
sorting by surname, which was the original use case.<br>
<br>
K.<br>
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