[Developers] Freebase users on Google Maps: Better MQL?

[Will Moffat]

Hi,

I'm trying to improve the MQL queries (see below) that I use for my
mashup "Freebase users on Google Maps"
http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/

Since many people haven't filled in "my_full_name" in their user
profile I also search on their username. I have to make 2 almost
identical queries  (and get 2 almost identical sets of results)
because of a lack of an OR construct in MQL. This seems pretty
inefficient.

Am I missing something? Is there a better way?

thanks,
--Will


Query1: Search for users with "fi" in their username:
[{
  "id":null,
  "limit":10,
  "location":[{
    "geolocation":{
      "latitude":null,
      "longitude":null
    },
    "id":null,
    "limit":1,
    "name":null
  }],
  "my_full_name":null,
  "name":null,
  "name~=":"*fi*",
  "personal_quote":null,
  "type":"/freebase/user_profile"
}]

Query2: Search for users with "fi" in their full name
[{
  "id":null,
  "limit":10,
  "location":[{
    "geolocation":{
      "latitude":null,
      "longitude":null
    },
    "id":null,
    "limit":1,
    "name":null
  }],
  "my_full_name":null,
  "my_full_name~=":"*fi*",
  "name":null,
  "personal_quote":null,
  "type":"/freebase/user_profile"
}]