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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>I
think the query is too restrictive for the data. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>We should decide what we want in
the results. Not many artists have active_end dates. Here's the list of property
values for some music related types,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT size=2>271204
/music/album/artist<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT
size=2> 10975 /music/artist/active_start<BR>
2374 /music/artist/active_end<BR>
127 /music/artist/genre<BR>161075
/music/album/release_date</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812562523-21032007></SPAN><SPAN
class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812562523-21032007></SPAN><SPAN
class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>So removing the active_end
requirement returns more data.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>{<BR> "query":[{<BR>
"active_end":null,<BR>
"active_start":[{<BR>
"value":null,<BR>
"value<=":"2007",<BR>
"value>=":"1900"<BR> }],<BR>
"guid":null,<BR> "name":null,<BR>
"name~=":"*pink*",<BR> "sort":"name",<BR>
"type":"/music/artist"<BR> }]<BR>}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>If you want to
cover a large number of artists it is probably better to search based on the
album release_date like,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>{<BR>
"query":[{<BR> "album":[{<BR>
"name":null,<BR>
"release_date":[{<BR>
"value":null,<BR>
"value<=":"1970",<BR>
"value>=":"1960"<BR> }]<BR>
}],<BR> "guid":null,<BR>
"name":null,<BR> "name~=":"beatles",<BR>
"sort":"name",<BR> "type":"/music/artist"<BR>
}]<BR>}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=812562523-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>The query times out if
you use wildcards in the name search. So just use the string entered by the
user, and handle the timeout error in case someone includes wildcards. I'll
report the timeout as a bug.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Ketan Anjaria [mailto:fire@kidbombay.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:09 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
SoundLine Updated<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>This is the search query </DIV>
<DIV>{</DIV>
<DIV>"query":[{</DIV>
<DIV>"active_end":[{</DIV>
<DIV>"value":null</DIV>
<DIV>}],</DIV>
<DIV>"active_start":[{</DIV>
<DIV>"value":null</DIV>
<DIV>}],</DIV>
<DIV>"guid":null,</DIV>
<DIV>"name":null,</DIV>
<DIV>"name~=":"*pink*",</DIV>
<DIV>"sort":"name",</DIV>
<DIV>"type":"/music/artist"</DIV>
<DIV>}]</DIV>
<DIV>}</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On the query editor I only return 2 results. Should I change my
query?</DIV>
<DIV>What's the client filter query look like? We have this same issue in the
CineSpin</DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT><BR> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>On Mar 21, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Jack Alves wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff>Other issues noticed:<SPAN
class=812562523-21032007> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=812562523-21032007> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff>-
The Beatles don't show up in the list for the 1960's. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007></SPAN><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=046283622-21032007>- Search is not working properly.
</SPAN><SPAN class=046283622-21032007>If I search for pink I only get two
artists. On the freebase client if you filter on pink you get multiple pages
of results.<SPAN class=812562523-21032007> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=046283622-21032007><SPAN
class=812562523-21032007> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.freebase.com/view/filter?id=/music/artist#ACJextraVpropertyJIJLtypeLobjectLnameJHJpropertyYIdJIJLtypeLobjectLnameY9OJHJvalueJIJpinkJDB">http://www.freebase.com/view/filter?id=/music/artist#ACJextraVpropertyJIJLtypeLobjectLnameJHJpropertyYIdJIJLtypeLobjectLnameY9OJHJvalueJIJpinkJDB</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=046283622-21032007><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=812562523-21032007> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Ketan Anjaria [<A
href="mailto:fire@kidbombay.com">mailto:fire@kidbombay.com</A>]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:02 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B>
SoundLine Updated<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>sound line has been updated
<DIV>I added the query for decades.</DIV>
<DIV>Also the draw of the items is updated. Now events are stacked. </DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR
class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Issues</DIV>
<DIV>What to do when artist timeline is shorter than the width to display the
name</DIV>
<DIV>Non english characters and the apostrophe doesn't display. (The font I am
using doesn't support it)</DIV>
<DIV>What to show for albums when an artists releases multiple albums on the
same day.</DIV>
<DIV>(stagger?)</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>You can drag the timeline vertically and horizontally now.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Decade Query</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"decade0":{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"query":[{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"active_end":[{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value":null</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}],</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"active_start":[{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value":null,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value<=":"1939",</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value>=":"1930"</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}],</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"guid":null,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"name":null,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"sort":"name",</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"type":"/music/artist"</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}]</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">},</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"decade1":{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"query":[{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"active_end":[{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value":null</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}],</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"active_start":[{</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value":null,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value<=":"1959",</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"value>=":"1950"</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}],</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"guid":null,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"name":null,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"sort":"name",</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"type":"/music/artist"</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}]</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">}</DIV>
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