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I can't find a single comment thread on HN where ConceptNet is discussed. Bummer. See here: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=conceptnet&sort=byPopularity&prefix&pa

I can't find a single comment thread on HN where ConceptNet is discussed. Bummer. See here: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=conceptnet&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=conceptnet&sort=byPopularity&p... Short of signing up to the mailing list on Google Groups is there any info out there on the net that tells me: a) How ConceptNet relates to efforts like Cyc's OpenCyc and the big G's Knowledge Graph? b) How to add domain specific concepts, attributes, and relations to ConceptNet Both these things are the first that pop into my mind but the website: http://conceptnet5.media.mit.edu/ http://conceptnet5.media.mit.edu/ doesn't seem to cover them.

rspeer 10y ago
Hm, I know I've brought it up before. In relation to OpenCyc: ConceptNet doesn't have CycL or any sort of logical predicates -- the assumption is that you are just doing fuzzy machine learning over ConceptNet. I'm pretty sure you need the rest of Cyc to do anything interesting with CycL, though. ConceptNet takes advantage of linked open data when it can, so it does contain attempted translations of the facts in OpenCyc. Compared to the Google Knowledge Graph: well, you can't really use the Knowledge Graph without being at Google, or making a research agreement with them, right? But from what I've seen of it, and of its predecessor Freebase, I think it focuses a lot on named entities: particularly things you can look up on Wikipedia or things you can buy. Which is fine information. I'd say it's a different segment of linked data than "what words mean", which is ConceptNet's focus. So maybe think of it as more like a bigger WordNet than a smaller Knowledge Graph. How to add domain-specific concepts to ConceptNet: the unsatisfying answer is that you can get the code for ConceptNet and alter the build process to include new data sources (try it on the 5.5 branch if you attempt this). And the startuppy sellout answer is that doing this automatically is one of the things my company Luminoso is for (http://www.luminoso.com http://www.luminoso.com). Thanks for asking, and I'll try to clarify this kind of stuff when I deploy the new site.
- igravious 10y ago
  Thanks for the response. I'll keep an eye on your progress, dig deeper into what you already do, and have a play with your tools.
jerad 10y ago
Wow, there's something funny going on with HN search there. There's a quite a few discussions about ConceptNet. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator.com%2F%20conceptnet https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnews.yc...
- igravious 10y ago
  It differs if you search by Stories or Comments. There are hits if you search by Stories but none of the hits contain posts which is what threw me.

rspeer 10y ago

Hm, I know I've brought it up before. In relation to OpenCyc: ConceptNet doesn't have CycL or any sort of logical predicates -- the assumption is that you are just doing fuzzy machine learning over ConceptNet. I'm pretty sure you need the rest of Cyc to do anything interesting with CycL, though. ConceptNet takes advantage of linked open data when it can, so it does contain attempted translations of the facts in OpenCyc. Compared to the Google Knowledge Graph: well, you can't really use the Knowledge Graph without being at Google, or making a research agreement with them, right? But from what I've seen of it, and of its predecessor Freebase, I think it focuses a lot on named entities: particularly things you can look up on Wikipedia or things you can buy. Which is fine information. I'd say it's a different segment of linked data than "what words mean", which is ConceptNet's focus. So maybe think of it as more like a bigger WordNet than a smaller Knowledge Graph. How to add domain-specific concepts to ConceptNet: the unsatisfying answer is that you can get the code for ConceptNet and alter the build process to include new data sources (try it on the 5.5 branch if you attempt this). And the startuppy sellout answer is that doing this automatically is one of the things my company Luminoso is for (http://www.luminoso.com http://www.luminoso.com). Thanks for asking, and I'll try to clarify this kind of stuff when I deploy the new site.

igravious 10y ago
Thanks for the response. I'll keep an eye on your progress, dig deeper into what you already do, and have a play with your tools.

jerad 10y ago

Wow, there's something funny going on with HN search there. There's a quite a few discussions about ConceptNet. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator.com%2F%20conceptnet https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnews.yc...

igravious 10y ago
It differs if you search by Stories or Comments. There are hits if you search by Stories but none of the hits contain posts which is what threw me.