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There are a lot of data on the web, almost none of it is structured in a way that lets other easily access and edit it. For example, as you can see on…",{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Needed a database to power denisthebot.com question answering",[59],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"5493763","First of all, I'm glad to be talking to a Freebase engineer :) Second: It is not intended to be a Freebase killer, but it is certainly better for me and what I needed it for:…",[63],{"value":64,"source":51,"evidence":65},"Ruby (gem thebigdb)",[66],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"5493937","You're right, it would be a plus for people who quickly want to test the API. In the meantime, you can just look through http:\u002F\u002Fbrowser.thebigdb.com what the DB contains, or just…","unknown","launched",{"praise":72,"objections":91,"requests":131,"questions":161,"alternatives":181},[73,85],{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Simple API makes it easy for developers to use","commenter",[77,81],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"5492893","oelmekki","Congrats, it looks great. So, if I understand correctly, it let people crowdsource any kind of structured and descriptive data ?",{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"5493378","namank","Excellent! I've been working on something similar. Trying to come up with a schema that is data-centric is hard enough let alone focusing on the ease of use by developers. Good…",{"value":86,"source":75,"evidence":87},"Open alternative to Google-style knowledge is a worthwhile goal",[88],{"id":89,"by":79,"text":90},"5492957","Great. It may offer a good way to build some kind of open alternative to google now.",[92,103,110,117],{"value":93,"source":75,"evidence":94},"Without standard conventions for predicates and dates, data becomes messy and inconsistent",[95,99],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"5493241","crazygringo","Comparison with Freebase: > Simpler structure: There are no datatypes, namespaces, lists, domains. Just ordered nodes. Having a dead simple structure like that allows developers…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"5493648","barakm","Former Freebase, current Google engineer here: First of all, let me say that I'm glad more people are thinking\u002Fworking in the space of triples. Even unstructured ones like this.…",{"value":104,"source":75,"evidence":105},"Lacks context and disambiguation (e.g. Apple the company vs fruit)",[106],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"5493623","JPKab","This is stupid. 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