Domain Administrator http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/domain_administrator Freebase Atom Feed Generator http://www.freebase.com:80/view/law 2008-08-21T13:13:31Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>Looks like alexbl is also modelling congressional bills, if anyone's interested in taking a look <a href="/view/user/alexbl/congressional_voting_records/">here</a>.</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000008658c6b

Looks like alexbl is also modelling congressional bills, if anyone's interested in taking a look ...

2008-06-17T19:18:14.0007Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p><p>I've created some types for case law in my Legal domain.&nbsp; Please check out <a href="/view/user/skud/legal/legal_case">Legal Case</a> and its linked types (Litigant, Legal Subject, Court). </p><p>Thoughts?&nbsp;</p></p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000008658c32

I've created some types for case law in my Legal domain.&nbsp; Please check out Legal Case and its...

2008-06-17T19:15:26.0000Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>Done.</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000082e33b6

Done.

2008-05-09T20:04:17.0001Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>Sure!</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000082e339d

Sure!

2008-05-09T20:03:31.0007Z jeff http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/jeff <p>Only domain administrators can add properties to types. Skud -- do you want to add this property?</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000082dc905

Only domain administrators can add properties to types. Skud -- do you want to add this property?

2008-05-08T20:48:07.0007Z d_leaper http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/d_leaper <p><p>yes, Date of Invetion is importent, but for some reason, i cant see a way to add it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000082dc3aa

yes, Date of Invetion is importent, but for some reason, i cant see a way to add it. &nbsp;

2008-05-08T20:37:56.0000Z spatialed http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/spatialed <p>I absolutely agree. This has been rolling around in my head for a couple weeks too because I'm interested in laws and regulations pertaining to bioenergy production and their effects on ecological systems. It would be nice to develop a Freebase version of something like this: http://law.jrank.org/ that could be used to cross-reference existing case law and it's applications. For example, see <a href="http://law.jrank.org/pages/5503/Computer-Assisted-Legal-Research.html">Computer assisted legal research&nbsp; - recent developments</a>. It would be nice to store all existing laws in a way that allows citizens to actually find and access them!</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006fc25e4

I absolutely agree. This has been rolling around in my head for a couple weeks too because I'm...

2008-01-30T22:41:03.0000Z tsegaran http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/tsegaran <p><p>In doing the typing for the topics that were brought in from Wikipedia, I came across large lists of things that were:</p><p>- Acts of Congress, i.e. laws passed in the United States</p><p>- Decisions by various courts.</p><p>This is great stuff to be able to search, it would be cool to have types in Freebase for these Topics </p></p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006fc25c0

In doing the typing for the topics that were brought in from Wikipedia, I came across large lists...

2008-01-30T22:22:24.0005Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>Oops, don't mind me. I'm blind. It's there already.</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006aa26e4

Oops, don't mind me. I'm blind. It's there already.

2007-11-30T08:51:22.0000Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>I also note that some constitutions no longer apply, eg. the <a href="/view/meiji_constitution">Meiji Constitution</a>. This leads me to think that perhaps this type should have "date enacted" and "date repealed" properties. What do you think?</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006aa26d5

I also note that some constitutions no longer apply, eg. the Meiji Constitution. This leads me to...

2007-11-30T08:50:14.0005Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>I was just adding some topics to this type and noticed that the <a href="/view/new_zealand_constitution">New Zealand Constitution</a> is not a single document, but consists of a bunch of acts of parliament and other legal decisions which, in aggregate, form the constitution. The article suggests that the UK and Israel are in a similar situation.<br /> <br /> In those cases, it seems that constitutional amendments wouldn't apply.<br /> <br /> I wonder how many countries have amendments to their constitutions and how many don't? Australia and Canada both have them, but you don't much hear them talked about. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Canada for example.</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000006aa269f

I was just adding some topics to this type and noticed that the New Zealand Constitution is not a...

2007-11-30T08:46:59.0005Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>1) Date of invention<br /> <br /> 2) Influenced by (typed as Invention, cross-links with Influence on)<br /> <br /> 3) Influence on (and vice versa)<br /> <br /> Hence (potentially, I'm just pulling this out of my arse) the Analytical Engine might have influenced the Turing Machine which might have influenced ENIAC.</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c81fd6

1) Date of invention 2) Influenced by (typed as Invention, cross-links with Influence on) 3)...

2007-09-13T12:29:29.0012Z skud http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/skud <p>Should this type have a patent associated with it?</p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005c81fba

Should this type have a patent associated with it?

2007-09-13T12:24:05.0005Z mheller http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/mheller <p>The USPTO Patent Application database is almost as interesting as the database of granted patents. The fields are a subset of Patents. Various international patent databases are also available. I know you're stretched thin, but do you have plans to bulk load the USPTO Patent database at some point? </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000054ed107

The USPTO Patent Application database is almost as interesting as the database of granted patents....

2007-07-25T02:01:19.0011Z danny http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/danny <p>Done. They are now public types. </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000051f18eb

Done. They are now public types.

2007-06-27T05:04:20.0007Z chris2 http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/chris2 <p>Okay :-) Thank you! </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005164f24

Okay :-) Thank you!

2007-06-05T04:48:05.0006Z danny http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/danny <p>I see you have already published the types. The next step would be for administrator (me) to put them into a the Law domain. Your definitions look good to me, but I would normally wait a bit to see if anyone has any comments or concerns before making them the standard. </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005155f7a

I see you have already published the types. The next step would be for administrator (me) to put...

2007-06-03T21:20:42.0006Z chris2 http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/chris2 <p>I&#180;ve created types for <a href="/view/filter?id=/user/chris2/default_domain/constitution"> Constitution </a> and <a href="/view/filter?id=/user/chris2/default_domain/constitutional_convention"> Constitutional Convention </a> . <br /> Is it possible to make them public types? Or what else would be necessary? <br /> </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005155300

I&#180;ve created types for Constitution and Constitutional Convention . Is it possible to...

2007-06-02T14:12:27.0011Z mheller http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/mheller <p>If we were going to add the claims, as suggested elsewhere, how would they best be modeled? The easy way would be to tack them onto the article. Another way that <i> might </i> be more useful would be to have a Claims property of type text, perhaps listing the multiple claims vertically. </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005140d0e

If we were going to add the claims, as suggested elsewhere, how would they best be modeled? The...

2007-05-24T20:11:38.0011Z danny http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/danny <p>Patent names are an interesting puzzle. In almost all cases, even in conversation, patents are referred to by number not title. Titles are not unique and are more like short descriptions. Patents only refer to other patents by number, so most lawyers you don't even know the title. All this is starting to sound like the number its the name, especially if we adopt the international convention most countries affixing a two-letter to the numbers to identify the country ie: US6309467, JP11168076-A, DE19741465-A1, EP905796-B1 etc. <br /> </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000513a200

Patent names are an interesting puzzle. In almost all cases, even in conversation, patents are...

2007-05-23T01:54:27.0011Z danny http://www.freebase.com:80/view/user/danny <p>The a starting point for the public US Patent schema is a combination of the private definitions of mheller and alexander. </p> http://www.freebase.com:80/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000051070d7

The a starting point for the public US Patent schema is a combination of the private definitions of...

2007-05-19T16:53:59.0023Z