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Re: Shared database MetaWeb gets $42M boost

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Re: Shared database MetaWeb gets $42M boost

kidehen — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:23:46 -0000

Freebase is closer to DBpedia [1]. That said, Freebase and DBpedia are somewhat complimentary, and potentially extremely complimentary should Freebase adopt Linked Data best practices [2].

One thing about the Semantic Web is that is that Ray Noorda's Co-opetion will be the norm. Due to the nature of Linked Data you will find that mutual inclusive will reign without adversely affecting growth potential of Semantic Web companies that subscribe to the Linked Data best practice.

Links:
1 http://dbpedia.org
2.http://linkeddata.org

Re: Shared database MetaWeb gets $42M boost

Matt Marshall — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:09:54 -0000

Peter and Nova, thanks for the comments, and clarification. Am updating...

Re: Shared database MetaWeb gets $42M boost

Nova Spivack — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:59:43 -0000

Freebase and Twine are not competitive. That should be corrected in the above article. In fact our products are very different and have different audiences. Twine is for helping people and groups share knowledge around their interests and activities. It is for managing personal and group knowledge, and ultimately for building smarter communities of interest and smarter teams.

Metaweb, by contrast, is a data source that Twine can use, but is not focused on individuals or on groups. Rather Metaweb is building a single public information database, that is similar to the Wikipedia in some respects. This is a major difference in focus and functionality. To use an analogy, Twine is more like a semantic Facebook, and Metaweb is more like a semantic Wikipedia.

Re: Shared database MetaWeb gets $42M boost

Peter Rip — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:35:00 -0000

Matt:

As an investor in Twine, allow me correct you about Twine and Metaweb's positioning. You correctly point out that Metaweb is building a database about concepts and things on the Web. Twine is not. Twine is really more of an application than a database. It is a way for persons to share information about their interests. So they are complementary, not competitive.

What's most important is that Twine will be able to use all the structure in something like Metaweb (and other content sources) to enrich the user's ability to track and manage information. Think of Metaweb as a content repository and Twine as as the app that uses content for specific purposes.

Twine is still in closed beta. So the confusion is understandable, especially with all the hype surrounding the category.

Re: Shared database MetaWeb gets $42M boost

Saumil Mehta — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:57:56 -0000

Any idea how Freebase is doing so far? I played around with the site a few months ago; it was most certainly fun and interesting but I wasn't seeing any ahas from a consumer standpoint. Thoughts on the actual service?