[Freebase-discuss] freebase machine ids

[Kurt Bollacker]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:24:30PM -0700, Scott Meyer wrote:
> Philip Kendall wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 11:41:05AM -0700, Warren Harris wrote:
> >> Here's the document: 
> >> http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/MIDs:_Tracking_Freebase_Topics_Over_Time 
> >>   Please read through it and send any questions or concerns you might  have 
> >> to this mailing list. We want to make sure that everyone is given  a 
> >> sufficient heads-up, and we have time to address any concerns you  may have 
> >> before this change hits the streets.
> > 
> > Is there any way of querying the history of a machine ID? For example,
> > can I find out which guid was originally assigned the the machine ID
> > "03f0p2_" before it was merged into /en/bob_dylan?
> 
>    "mid" : []

Will asking for mids be efficient?  i.e. If I routinely ask for mids
(in additional to normal path ids) will it significantly impact query
cost?

								Kurt :-)