I have a set of interesting and favorite data from Facebook that I am interested in enriching data from other sources, namely Freebase. Is there a way to determine which Freebase entry matches a given Facebook graphic entry?
Firstly, Facebook Graph does not offer any links to external sources, so it seems that any relationship should be found in the external source. I found that, at least for some of the entries, Freebase offers a “Facebook URL” and so you can link the two in a circular motion. For example, for the Sunday Return group, here’s the Facebook URL:
https://graph.facebook.com/23854511408
... which can alternatively use the vanity url:
https://graph.facebook.com/TakingBackSunday
now on Freebase, if I look at the Sunday Refund entry in RDF format (http://rdf.freebase.com/rdf/en.taking_back_sunday) or in JSON format, I can see a link to the Facebook vanity URL. Assuming this attribute is requested by MQL, it is possible to associate Freebase with Facebook Graph using this method. However, the problem is that many Freebase entries do not have a Facebook link.
Any ideas on whether there is a consistent way to detect these compounds?
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