On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Michael Douma <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a question about using DBpedia properties. > > I'm working on an iPad app for visually browsing Wikipedia with radial > tree layouts. My colleagues and I published a proof-of-concept app > called 'WikiNodes': > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikinodes/id433834594?mt=8 > > We want to improve the layout and content of the app using DBPedia data. > For example, for a primary node "Paris", a child node could be > "Birthplace of", and then we'd list ~10 of the people with > dbpedia-owl:birthPlace. Is there more than one property used for this information? That sounds like a very low number of instances. By comparison, Freebase has 3583 people born there (which is still probably just a tiny fraction of those in Wikipedia). > Where/how can we find some guidance on DBpedia properties, and whether > to use them? -- e.g., a list of all the properties, their frequency of > use, what they mean (if it's not obvious), and whether they are > reliable or buggy? Does this exist, or should we extract statistics from > the downloads? I can't help with documentation, but one way to gauge reliability of properties would to see how well DBpedia and Freebase correspond for Wikipedia-based entries, since they're basically starting with the same source data. Where there's large discrepancies, you'd probably need to dig in to it further to figure out which one is more reliable/representative. > Also, if this project catches the interest of any list members, I can > tell you more about our project, as we'd welcome any insights, ideas or > input on how to use DBpedia data for an app for the general public. I'd be a lot more interested in your had an Android, Linux, or Windows app that I could play with on one of my devices. :-) Tom p.s. Is Wikipedia really 17+? How does Apple enforce this on that tiny portion of the web that they don't control? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Dbpedia-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dbpedia-discussion
