government politician id_criteria - freebase-schema/freebase GitHub Wiki

• name_match : There is a name_match if the names of the politicians or their aliases on both the sources match. The match may also be approximate due to the topics having politician’s maiden names, nick names, missing/extra middle names, prefix/suffix (such as Jr., Sr.), initials, or names in different languages.

• government_positions_held_match : There is a government_positions_held_match if at least one of the government positions and the position tenure listed in Freebase property /government/politician/government_positions_held (Government Positions Held) matches with the government positions on the other source.

• party_match: There is a party_match if at least one of the politician’s affiliated political parties listed in Freebase property /government/politician/party (Party) matches with the parties on the other source.

• election_campaigns_match: There is an election_campaign_match if at least one of the election campaigns listed in Freebase property /government/politician/election_campaigns (Election campaigns) matches with the election campaigns on the other source.

• legislative_committees_served_on_match : There is a legislative_committees_served_on_match if at least one of the politician’s legislative committees listed in Freebase property /government/politician/legislative_committees_served_on (Legislative committees served on) matches with the legislative committees on the other source.

Here are some typical patterns for determining identity of two politicians:

1. name_match and government_positions_held_match (Example 1)

2. name_match and party_match (Example 2)

3. name_match and election_campaign_match . (Example 3)

4. name_match and legislative_committees_served_on_match . (Example 4)

Identity features, patterns and examples for /people/person/ type are also applicable for establishing identity in type /government/politician.

Pattern 1 Example 1: Permalink Here the names of the politicians and one of their government positions held by them match on both the sources. Hence the politicians are identical.

Pattern 2 Example 2: Permalink Here the names of the politicians and their party affiliations match on both the sources. Hence the politicians are identical.

Pattern 3 Example 3: Permalink Here the names of the politicians and one of their election campaigns match on both the sources. Hence the politicians are identical.

Pattern 4 Example 4: Permalink Here the names of the politicians and one of their committees match on both the sources. Hence the politicians are identical.