jamie

Web Ontology: Ontology Type

2008-07-17T00:40:52.0005Z

Would it be possible to add a property to the Ontology type so that you can define equivalent types the same way that you can define equivalent properties?

For example, you could map the foaf:Person class to the /people/person type.

jamie: BR_ESTATE

2008-03-19T20:51:36.0000Z

The sidebar can only display 50 types. To view the other types, click the symbol to the left of the word "Types" at the top of the list, and select "view all".

jamie: BR_ESTATE

2008-03-19T19:39:00.0005Z

Hi Jamie,

Could you add BR_ESTATE on side menu bar at Locations?

http://www.freebase.com/view/location/br_state

I working on it and ask for some friends to help, but without link the job is more complicate.

Tnks

Paulo Colacino

Sailboat Rig: Can I add topics to this type?

2007-08-24T19:09:09.0012Z

Hi Jamie,

Can I add topics to this type? If not, take a look at what I've got listed under "Tall ship rig"; we probably want to get them all into your type. Do you think "sailboat rig" is still the appropriate title for the type if they're merged? I find it hard to conceive of a fully-rigged three-masted ship as a "sailboat".

K.

jamie: Tall ships and sailing boats

2007-08-18T14:19:47.0011Z

Hi Jamie,

I see you're doing some work around sailing vessels. I've been adding types related to tall ships and related subjects. We should chat!

I'm quite new here, and not entirely sure how developed this comment system is and whether it's a good place to chat, but please feel free to email me at skud@infotrope.net.

K.

Varietal Species: Grape?

2007-07-31T11:17:11.0004Z

Is this another way to say "grape"?

Boat: New proposed schema for ships and subs

2007-06-12T22:13:51.0006Z

One more note - I don't have a good model for complement yet, so I've punted on it. Some sources list the total, and others break it down by officers and enlisted men (still others add things like marines, fighter pilots, and even research scientists).

Boat: New proposed schema for ships and subs

2007-06-12T20:47:43.0006Z

Good point. This data goes into the ship class type. For one-off ships like the Bounty, I think it makes sense to make the topic both the ship and the class, so all the data is visible in one place. So I've added the ship class type to this topic along with the data above. Let me know what you think,

Boat: New proposed schema for ships and subs

2007-06-12T19:34:08.0006Z

I noticed that the Bounty article had some additional data that could be turned into properties if these were common data people always expected to see on ships:

* Displacement: 215 tons
* Length: 91 ft (27.7 m)
* Beam: 24 feet (7.3 m)
* Complement: 46

I assume that modern ships have these values as well?

Boat: prototype design pattern

2007-06-12T19:29:17.0011Z

Seems like this is an example (sans behaviors) of the prototype design pattern.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype-based_programming

Boat: New proposed schema for ships and subs

2007-06-06T17:54:26.0011Z

I put the boat schema in drydock for an overhaul. The new modified types are in my user domain pending review here before I move them to this domain.

Examples of ships with the new scheme:

HMS/HMAV Bounty

USS Cobia

Emma Maersk

Schema notes

Here are the big changes from the older Boat schema.

I've marked the new schema names with version numbers temporarily to make it easier to track what's new:

New schema:

Ship v1.1 (successor to Boat)

Warship v1.1 (co-typed as Ship, successor to War Ship)

New supporting schema:

Ship class v1.0

Warship crew tenure (used by Warship v1.1)

Ship powerplant system (used by Ship class v1.0)

Modified schema:

Submarine class (co-typed as Ship class v 1.0)

Deleted schema:

Submarine (superseded by Warship, Submarine Class)

War Ship: Who has served on a war ship

2007-06-04T18:07:04.0006Z

Very good point. I'll add this to the schema.

Boat: Boats and submarines - some thoughts on classes of ships

2007-06-01T00:23:19.0006Z

That works for me.

Boat: Boats and submarines - some thoughts on classes of ships

2007-05-31T23:25:12.0006Z

The bit under "boat" above are the properties for the boat type.

Boat: Boats and submarines - some thoughts on classes of ships

2007-05-31T23:24:22.0006Z

Agreed. I'm thinking that boat class would have things like:

Topic: USS Steinaker:

- class name: Gearing Class Destroyer
- displacement: 3460 tons
- speed: 36.8 knots
- length, overall: 33m
[etc]

boat
- builder: Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island NY
- keel laid: September 1 1944
- launched: February 13 1945

Boat: Boats and submarines - some thoughts on classes of ships

2007-05-31T22:40:35.0006Z

This sounds like a sensible solution to me, assuming that there are properties that will be common to all (or most) boats that should go in "boat class", as opposed to the existing "warship class" and "sailboat class" types.

Boat: Boats and submarines - some thoughts on classes of ships

2007-05-31T22:29:30.0011Z

I've been thinking a lot about boats lately, and how to account for classes of ships - for instance, the Gato class submarines, which have several hundred instances and yet share many of the same attributes.

Summary of the issue: the boat schema has no concept of the class of a boat, and assigns properties to the specific boat. The submarine class I've developed uses a class type heavily, and the class contains many of the "as designed" features. To harmonize the two schema, I'm proposing that boat only take properties that apply to an instance of boat (i.e: builder, keel laid, launched), and that a new schema, boat class, take properties that apply to an entire class of boats (i.e: designed, displacement, draft, length).

If we do this, then I can co-type submarine-class as boat-class, and submarine as boat, and be able to move many properties from submarine* to the more general boat* schema.

The reason I'm in favor of putting many properties on the class level is that many boats are created in production runs and so share attributes. It would aid our users and our coverage to put these properties at the class level (so, for instance, I could enter the properties of Gato-class submarines once rather than once for each of several hundred instances).

So, long story short, I'll be making changes to the boat type to introduce a new boat class type. Some of the properties of boat will move to the new type. I'll work on this over on the sandbox first, and will post a note here and to our developer list when the new schema are ready.

If anyone has thoughts on these proposals, please post here. Thank you.

jamie: Apologies

2007-05-10T05:30:34.0014Z

I found and read what I was supposed to. Thanks.

jamie: How to typefy CSS

2007-05-10T04:27:45.0012Z

Jamie,
With the current selection of types, the CSS topic will remain an orphan. Do you think somebody on your side could create a type for Web Development , or something along these lines - other than Programming Languages? Thank you for the freebase!

jamie: How to typefy CSS

2007-05-10T04:24:30.0006Z

Jamie,
A topic called CSS (Cascading style sheets) is an orphan with the current selection of types. Do you think somebody on your side create a type, other than Programming Languages? I understand, that a dedicated type for Stylesheet Languages might be an overkill, so maybe Web Development?

War Ship: Who has served on a war ship

2007-05-03T05:13:35.0012Z

It would be nice to have a property that allowed me to specify a list of people who served a particular war ship, indicating when they served (from date x to date y), and in what position (captain, boatswain, first class boy, etc).

jamie: seeing double

2007-02-23T00:23:02.0006Z

Two heads are better than one!

jamie: seeing double

2007-02-22T23:02:29.0011Z

is it just me or is your picture showing up twice?

Jersey Girl: There is another Jersey Girl already

2007-01-19T06:57:31.0006Z

Robert, please use the 'duplicate' feature described in the help portion of our site. Thanks.

Jersey Girl: There is another Jersey Girl already

2007-01-19T04:49:46.0000Z

My mistake. They are two different films. Go figure.

Jersey Girl: There is another Jersey Girl already

2007-01-19T04:47:43.0011Z

This should be merged with it.