[Freebase-discuss] Alias needed on /automotive/platform

[Gordon Mackenzie]

Try this on for size:

"Chassis, Unibody, Unit body, Monocoque, Unit-body, Automobile chassis"

for:

http://www.sandbox-freebase.com/edit/topic/automotive/platform

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes.
> Hmm... however, a Search API result didn't score well at all for a double
> hitter such as:
> "automobile chassis"
> Perhaps because we need to actually specify that direct alias as "automobile
> chassis" in addition to just chassis ?
> I was hoping Search (relevance) would fair a little better there.
> 1. What do you think, Gordon ?  Leave as is for now ? or also add
> "automobile chassis" ?
> The other process that I think is also good alias candidate for "platform"
> is called uni-body or unity body.
> Which essentially is what most auto makers produce now and what is now
> commonly called "the platform", and really what the /automotive/platform
> type is referring to. (it's completely focused on that newer construction
> idea, and not the early cars' construction of body and chassis, separated.
>  Reference: http://www.motorera.com/history/hist09.htm  <-- See Unity Body
> for your history lesson.  Even I forgot some of it!
> 2. So the other question is if perhaps an additional alias of "unity body"
> and "uni-body platform" and "unibody platform" actually might be entirely
> acceptable and recommended on the type as well ?
>
> 3. I'm iffy at best on adding "monocoque" as an alias, in any form, since
> it's THE design construction technique itself for the notion of a "unibody
> platform"
> Additional thoughts ?
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Gordon Mackenzie <gmackenz at google.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Is this what you want?
>>
>> http://www.sandbox-freebase.com/edit/topic/automotive/platform
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > oops.  My correction did not stick.  That should have said, add 1 alias.
>> >  Just chassis.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I need an admin to add 2 aliases on /automotive/platform for the term
>> >> "chassis", it's highly synonymous and used within the industry as well.
>> >> A "chassis" or "undercarriage" is nearly 90% of a "platform" in
>> >> realistic
>> >> terms of manufacturing and production of automobiles.
>> >> Also Note: A "undercarriage" includes a "chassis", even historically
>> >> speaking with horse drawn carriages.  But "undercarriage" is not
>> >> typically
>> >> used synonymously in descriptions of a "platform" in the automobile
>> >> industry, so no need for "undercarriage" as an additional alias.  Just
>> >> "chassis".
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> -Thad
>> >> http://www.freebase.com/view/en/thad_guidry
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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