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.
The history of science using Freebase
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
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