[HN Gopher] Show HN: Produpedia.org - Lists of Everything ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: Produpedia.org - Lists of Everything Author : phil294 Score : 39 points Date : 2021-09-12 13:47 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (produpedia.org) (TXT) w3m dump (produpedia.org) | phil294 wrote: | I have always felt that nice, filterable lists of data tailored | to non-technical users is severely lacking in the web of linked | data. This is an attempt at filling this gap. | | Produpedia takes the sophisticated RDF tuples of DBpedia[1] and | somewhat dumbs it down to tables of different categories. This | allows for fine-grained search configs, easily shareable by URL. | E.g. "List of Grand Prixs on the Nurburgring"[3], also linked on | the main page. | | Some more details are explained on the site itself. | | Side note: What I would ultimately like to build - as a 2.0 | verison, if you will - is an Open Data _Product search engine_ | with community edits, a free alternative to common commercial | ones like Google Shopping, as in a blend of Geizhals.eu and | Wikipedia. DBpedia and Wikidata[2] datasets (both related to | Wikipedia infoboxes) are not very useful in regards to actual | "products", so this is a first step towards that goal. If you | think this sounds interesting, want to contribute or have an | idea, please contact me! | | [1] https://www.dbpedia.org/ [2] https://wikidata.org/ [3] | https://produpedia.org/list/grandPrix?filter=location%7Ccont... | jumploops wrote: | Hi Phil, would love to chat. | | I've long been frustrated with the lack of a public and | accessible "product truth" DB. There are industry-specific | databases and catalogs, however this information is largely | provided by the manufacturers themselves and doesn't account | for any "real world usage" data. | | Additionally, these walled garden catalogs are inaccessible to | most. Democratizing "product truth" and giving the power of | curation to the end-users of all produced goods would allow us | to, not only catalog every manufactured product on earth, but | provide additional information on usage and longevity that is | currently locked up in the minds and forums of true | connoisseurs. | | Discovering and parsing this information is definitely | possible, but structuring it and maintaining it can only be | accomplished by a community. As we move toward a future of | reuse and sustainability, actively tracking what is produced, | how long it lasts, and how to fix/maintain/salvage those goods | into the future will be paramount to traversing the stars. | | Wow, getting a little ahead of myself there. Thanks for | introducing me to Geizhals.eu; combining faceted search and | browse with a Wiki-like editing experience could be all we need | to get started. Feel free to reach out: <username> @ gmail. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-09-13 23:00 UTC)