Re: ComicSeries publisher/imprint

That's how the Type schema is setup in Freebase as well.
Were an Imprint is a Publisher as well.  And we type an Imprint as a
Publisher.

Please read the description along the top of our Publisher Type in
Freebase: https://www.freebase.com/book/publishing_company?schema=

Publisher:
This type is used for any company or organization that has published a
book. It should also be used for imprints, which might sometimes be
subsidiaries of a larger company, sometimes be a division of a company or
organization, or sometimes just a brand.



On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Owen Stephens <owen@ostephens.com> wrote:

> I agree from a data/modelling point of view - I'm just pointing out that
> when one has a label in hand like "Pergamon" it is difficult to know
> whether this is the Publisher or the Imprint (in this case it could be
> either as Pergamon was a publisher and is now an Imprint owned by Elsevier
> I think). How to handle the situation where the data publisher either
> doesn't know or doesn't care about this distinction?
>
> My argument is that if we create a property of 'imprint' or 'publisher'
> then we have to accept and expect that the values put into these will
> inevitably be a mixture of both.
>
> Owen
>
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> On 9 Dec 2013, at 16:14, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>
>> But there may be an advantage to maintaining "imprint" as a distinct
>> property that defines a stronger relationship to the work being
>> described, rather than just adding one of a list of possible imprints
>> to the overall understanding of the publisher.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
>>
> There is an advantage to maintaining a separate imprint.
>
> In Freebase, we decided to add Imprint as a property under Publisher.
> Ex.
> https://www.freebase.com/m/0n3j8jg?props=&lang=en&filter=%2Fbook%2Fpublishing_company&filter=%2Forganization%2Forganization&all=true
>
> (Also, Imprints, just like Publishers, can be co-typed as Organizations
> themselves)
>
> And Imprints, just like Publishers, are sometimes acquired or sold over
> time.  So we also made sure to make Imprint a date mediated property, as
> well.
>
> FYI,
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