Pierre is always doing cool stuff. His latest project uses Freebase to fetch biographies of scientists. His blog post goes into the details of how he arrived at this app, and also showcases some of the strengths of Freebase.
He was unable to use DBpedia to achieve his needs, but by defining a custom type in Freebase and then using MQL (the query language used by Freebase) to pull the information required. The basic idea, adding structure to existing unstructured information is one of the original reasons I was so attracted to Freebase and continue to to interested.
And for added benefit, there is a Google Earth mashup as well.
Update: Pierre catches the eye of the Freebase folk
Technorati Tags: Freebase, Mashup, Pierre Lindenbaum
3 Comments
I’ve been snooping around Freebase lately and will certainly be giving it a go with some projects I have in mind. It’s a great initiative.
[viddler_video=37a1cc04]
[viddler_video=37a1cc04]
2 Trackbacks
[...] Deepak Singh at Business|Bytes|Genes|Molecules uses Freebase. [...]
[...] I am experimenting with the Viddler video comment plugin. There is a link below the comment box that allows you to record a video response using your webcam (or upload a pre-recorded video from Viddler). Those of you with a Mac have no excuse not to leave one. There is an example over here [...]