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Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts by oelmekki on Thursday April 04, 2013 @10:37AM (#5492893)
Congrats, it looks great.

So, if I understand correctly, it let people crowdsource any kind of structured and descriptive data ?

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Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts by christophe971 on Thursday April 04, 2013 @10:42AM (#5492930)
That's exactly right! 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 http://denisthebot.com, having that kind of API makes it trivial to built smart question-answering engines.

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Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts by oelmekki on Thursday April 04, 2013 @10:45AM (#5492957)
Great. It may offer a good way to build some kind of open alternative to google now.
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Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts by christophe971 on Thursday April 04, 2013 @10:49AM (#5492977)
Absolutely, thanks for your question!
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