[Developers] Can a link's opposite direction name be retrieved with less queries?

[Jim Weaver]

I am trying to develop a freebase browser in JavaFX Script.  Attached is
a screenshot to help me articulate the question.  By the way, please
forgive me as I use terminology that reflects how new I am to freebase.
Anyway, to populate the tree on the left, I'm using the following query:

 

{

  "query":[{

    "/type/reflect/any_master":[{

      "id":null,

      "link":null,

      "name":null,

      "type":[]

    }],

    "/type/reflect/any_reverse":[{

      "id":null,

      "link":null,

      "name":null,

      "type":[]

    }],

    "/type/reflect/any_value":[{

      "link":null,

      "type":null,

      "value":null

    }],

    "id":"/topic/en/the_police",

    "name":null

  }]

}

 

 

To find the name of each link, I'm using the following query:

 

{

  "query":[{

    "id":"/music/artist/genre",

    "name":null

  }]

}

 

That works fine (e.g. "Musical Genres" in the screenshot), except when
the link is an "any_reverse".  In this case, the link (and the name that
comes back) is from the wrong perspective (like the "Recorded By" name
in the screenshot).  I know that I can do an additional query to get the
link from the opposite perspective:

 

{

  "query":{

    "expected_type":null,

    "id":"/music/album/artist",

    "master_property":null,

    "reverse_property":null,

    "type":"/type/property"

  }

}

 

I can then use the master_property or reverse_property value returned to
get the link name, and then do a query to get the correct name:

 

{

  "query":{

    "id":"/music/artist/album",

    "name":null

  }

}

 

My question is, can the number of queries to accomplish these results be
reduced?  By the way, when a link name (e.g. "Musical Genres" is
returned, I'm caching that name so that I don't have to query for it
again.

 

Thanks in advance,

Jim Weaver

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jim.weaver at lat-inc.com

 

 

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