[Developers] Steps Toward a Complete History Export in Freebase

[Spencer Kelly]

>
> As an open source activist, I'm naturally skeptical of a proprietary
> engine being the foundation for Web 3.0+.  But MetaWeb's technical
> approach to the semantic web problem fits my intuition perfectly, and
> I can't find anyone else who is doing such a stellar job at the
> execution.

agree!


>
> Lastly, these data sets are provided in monolithic files released on
> an arbitrary 3 month delay.  The most recent export was on March 23,
> 2009...and is now more than a month old.  That's far too long for a
> competing (or complementary) service based on the data to wait.  As
> anyone developing apps under Internet expectations can attest, even a
> one minute lag for updates is too long!!


ive been playing around with big reads through the api, making a 'live dump'
of a couple types as a tsv could be a quick acre app.
ha, or even a 'trust dump' if you figure out the timestamp calls. pm me if
youd like to do it/
cheers,
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