atom feed23 messages in com.freebase.freebase-discussRe: [Freebase-discuss] countries, adm...
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Subject:Re: [Freebase-discuss] countries, administrative divisions...
From:glenn mcdonald (gmcd@itasoftware.com)
Date:Jul 20, 2010 4:53:31 am
List:com.freebase.freebase-discuss

Often topics which are apparently empty (like some of the countries flagged for deletion) are actually linked to something, but the link isn't shown because the property isn't reciprocated

Ah, thanks, I didn't realize this. I saw some props like this on some of the
countries, but didn't know there could be more that I wasn't seeing.

Unreciprocated properties definitely offend my graph sensibilities, though.
Sure, "Swedem" is probably a typo for Sweden, and probably anything that was
connected to Swedem ought to be connected to Sweden, but without knowing what
those connected things are, it's impossible to be sure. Not being overwhelmed by
connected things seems like a UI concern that should be addressed by UI, not by
introducing data inconsistency. To me, anyway. And some query about movies might
NEED those links from countries to films...