[HN Gopher] Show HN: Produpedia.org - Lists of Everything
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       Show HN: Produpedia.org - Lists of Everything
        
       Author : phil294
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2021-09-12 13:47 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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