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| x What is Freebase? | Beginner | All Users | Getting Started with Freebase |
Freebase is an open database of the world’s information. "Open" means it's built by the community, for the community — anyone can contribute information, create collections of information to share with others, or build applications that...
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| x Freebase Contribution Guidelines | Beginner | Data Contributor | Contributing Data |
Please do contribute to Freebase. You can upload data, add pieces of information ad hoc, edit entries that are inaccurate or incomplete and participate in discussions. Just bear in mind a few common-sense guidelines. Data Guidelines In...
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| x Guide to Freebase Types | Advanced | Data Modeler | Types |
Types aren't one-size-fits-all; in fact, there are several different kinds of types you can create and use in Freebase, depending on how you want users to enter information for their properties, or how you want them to relate to types that others...
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| x Conventions for naming Types | Intermediate | Data Modeler | Types |
A type will contain a list of instances. For example, Type 'person' will have many instances, each one with a name. However, when viewing each person, you'll want to have it display "Joe Smith, person" not "Joe Smith, people"....
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| x Adding Properties to Types | Intermediate | Data Modeler | Types |
Properties are the building blocks of a Type. They operate like fields in a web form when a user is editing a topic of that type. There are some default properties that are included in every new Type. These are: Each property has a display...
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| x Core property types | Intermediate | Data Modeler | Types |
There are a number of Core System Types that can be used for expected types that have special display characteristics. The most useful ones are listed here.
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| x Browsing Around | Beginner | All Users | Getting Started with Freebase |
You can browse for information in Freebase just like you would in any other site, though we have a couple features we think make the Freebase experience unique, and our information just a bit more interesting. You can start by clicking on any of...
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| x Searching and Autocomplete | Beginner | All Users | Tools |
You can search for information on Freebase the same way you would on any website, by entering a term in the Search box and clicking Search. If you're on a bases page, you can search only within that base, or you can click the arrow next to Search...
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| x Adding Information to a Topic | Beginner | Data Contributor | Topics |
There are three ways you can add information to a Freebase topic: If you have any questions about what kind of information should be entered for a property, click the ? in the lower left corner; if the type creator has entered any descriptive or...
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| x Creating a New Topic |
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Beginner | Data Contributor | Topics |
When you're viewing a list of topics you might notice that something is missing, and you'd like to add it to the list. Or maybe you have a big list of topics you'd like to contribute. Adding or creating a single a topic, or adding or creating a new...
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| x Flagging Topics for Merge or Deletion |
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Beginner | All Users | Topics |
Occasionally you may notice that someone has created a duplicate of a topic that already exists under another type, or you yourself might create a topic and then want to delete it. And then there are those extreme cases, where someone has...
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| x Incoming and Reciprocal Properties | Intermediate | Data Modeler | Types |
When looking at a type you've created in schema editor you might see a header at the bottom the page that says Incoming Properties . This means that some other user thinks your type is so cool, they've linked to it from a property within one of...
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| x Property Display Settings | Intermediate | Data Modeler | Properties |
There are a number of settings in Schema editor that you can use to control how properties are displayed.
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| x Compound Value Types | Advanced | Data Modeler | Types |
In simplest terms, a Compound Value Type (or CVT) is a type in which the property fields are connected to each other and have a defined relationship. Some examples include Musical Group Membership, which contains the properties Member, Group, Roles, ...
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| x Adding a restaurant |
When you create a new restaurant, you may notice that the restaurant is also typed as a retail location. We're currently making a
distinction between single-location restaurants and restaurant chains,
and we make this distinction through co-typing.
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| x Loading Data and Contributing Large Datasets | Advanced | Data Contributor | Data Uploads |
If you have a large amount of data that you want to load into Freebase you should first have a schema designed for it. The Beginner's Guide to Creating Schemas is a good place to start if you haven't created schemas before, and the Data Modeling...
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| x Advanced search functions | Beginner | All Users | Tools |
Freebase search currently supports a subset of the Lucene search syntax. SupportedSingle term and phrase term are supported. A phrase term is just a quoted string, such as "Brave New World"Wildcard search is supported for terms greater than two...
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| x Adding a Play or Theatrical Production |
Awards can be presented for either a play (e.g., the Pulizer
for Drama) or for a production (e.g., the Tony Award for Best Direction of a
Play); the instructions for entering awards are the same for both.
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| x Playing in the Sandbox | Beginner | Application Developer | Applications |
Freebase has a sibling called Sandbox ( sandbox.freebase.com ). This site is mostly identical and is intended to be used as an area for experimentation. For instance, if you are planning to do a large data load, it is generally recommended that...
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| x Data Modeling Guide |
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Beginner | Data Modeler | Types |
Although the Freebase application makes it a lot easier to create and maintain types, data modeling is still a difficult and nuanced discipline. By following these guidelines, you will make your data more usable, extensible and understandable to...
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| x Included Types | Intermediate | Data Modeler | Types |
Included types are types that are included with another type and are automatically added to a topic when it is typed with the including type . For instance, if /type/person is an included type on /type/actor, then a topic that is typed as actor will...
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| x Entering the Contents of a Book or Periodical |
Freebase allows the contents of a book, periodical, or any other type of publication to be entered and displayed, and furthermore allows any type of work to be included as contents. Because of the necessity to allow many different types to both hold...
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| x Entering a Translated Work of Literature |
Publication Information A translation is automatically co-typed as a “published work”; this allows you to enter the publication data for the translation using the “published in/published as” property. Please note that a...
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| x Entering Serialized and Excerpted Works of Literature |
If a book (or other long work) has been published in serial installments, you can record this by using the Serialized Work type. Note that work in any media capable of being serialized can use this model, but also note that this type does not...
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| x Entering Data for a Book |
When adding information about a book, you have a few options. You can enter the basic data for the abstract idea of the book (e.g., author, date, genre), or you can enter data about a specific edition of a book. You can also enter information about...
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| x Entering Reviews, Interviews, and Other Types of Short Non-Fiction |
Freebase has several different types to handle various types
of written non-fiction. Book-length non-fiction should be treated as a book,
but any shorter-length works can be modeled using one of these types: Review, Interview, and Short
Non-fiction. ...
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| x Entering Special Kinds of Books |
Most books can be easily entered following the instructions in Entering Data for a Book. But for some books, it may not be obvious how they should be entered. The types explained here are: omnibuses; anthologies and collections; fix-ups...
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| x Music Domain Documentation |
The Music domain contains recording artists, albums, and songs. Data found here is a combination of information sourced from MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
The data currently loaded is focused on English-language popular music.
We encourage you to add...
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| x Musical Release Documentation |
A Musical Release is a collection of Musical Tracks (recordings of Songs) released in a common format such as Compact Disc or LP. A release typically associated with a Musical Artist unless it is a compilation which is a collection of tracks by...
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| x Musical Contribution Documentation |
Musical Contribution is a compound value type which defines a performance on a Musical Album by a Musical Artist, and Track Contribution is a compound value type which defines a performance on a Musical Track by a Musical Artist. Typically this is...
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| x Musical Track Documentation |
A Musical Track is a single recorded track on a Musical Album or Musical Release—typically
a recording of a song, though it may be a movement of a symphony or
other partial work. It should correspond to the tracks on a track
listing of an LP,...
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| x Musical Album Documentation |
A Musical Album refers to a collection of Musical Tracks (recordings of Songs) released in a common format such as Compact Disc or LP. An album is typically associated with a single Musical Artist unless it is a compilation, which is a collection of...
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| x Musical Artist Documentation |
A Musical Artist can describe either an individual musician or a band of musicians. Ideally, a Musical Artist will have released a Musical Album. Right now, anyone who contributed in any way to an album or song is typed as a Musical Artist;...
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| x Publishing Domain Documentation |
The publishing domain covers most aspects of the written word -- books, stories, poems, non-fiction writing -- and the ways that it can be published -- in books, periodicals, etc. Documentation can be found in the sub-topics of this page, and...
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| x Properties of the Religion Type |
The Religion type is the main type of the /religion domain - most of the other types are expected types of properties of this type. The properties are:Founding Figure (expected type: Founding Figure): person or persons who were key to the...
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| x The Complete Metaweb Query Language (MQL) Reference Guide | Advanced | Application Developer | MQL |
The Complete Metaweb Query Language (MQL) Reference Guide provides information on the Metaweb system architecture as well as a complete guide to using MQL to retrieve information from Freebase. It can be viewed online at mql...
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| x Using Property Hints |
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Intermediate | Data Modeler | Properties |
Property hints are displayed when a user clicks on the ? icon after clicking edit next to a property name, or as the Property Description when a viewing a property in the schema editor. Property hints are added to a property through the Schema Editor...
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| x Entering Award Information |
Types in the Awards Domain, a Brief Overview More information about these types can be found on the individual type pages. Entering award information: There are several ways to go about entering award information: from the topic page for a...
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| x Article: Metaweb JavaScript Templating |
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Advanced | Application Developer | MJT |
Mjt is an
open source HTML templating engine that’s written in JavaScript and runs
entirely within a browser--no server support needed. It was created to access
data from Freebase, but you can use it with
other web services as well. This article...
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| x Article: Inside Freebase Mjt Web Apps |
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Advanced | Application Developer | MJT |
This article—a
Shortcut by O’Reilly—will introduce you to mjt, Metaweb’s JavaScript templating
for Freebase and will explore two apps that use mjt extensively.
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| x Freebase Blog | Beginner | All Users | Tools |
Wanna know what's going on with the latest Freebase release? Curious what our staff developers and data modelers have to say about Freebase? Wanna know when a data mob is forming, when we're making appearances at conferences, or when the next...
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| x The Freebase Experts Program | Advanced | Domain Administrators | Tools |
Freebase is growing, and as we get more and more people joining us to use and contribute data we’re finding it more and more important to actively support our community. Historically, support for Freebase has come from Metaweb employees, but...
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| x Appendix B: metaweb.py Module | Advanced | Application Developer | Applications |
# NOTE: metaweb.py is deprecated. Use the freebase-python library instead.# Full information is at http://code.google.com/p/freebase-python/#========================================================================# Copyright (c) 2007, Metaweb...
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| x Are you hiring? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
Of course. Check out our jobs page .
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| x How can I contact Metaweb? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
The discussion associated with each topic in Freebase is a great way to get in touch. You can also use our Feedback form, to send a bug report, feature request, or other Freebase.com-related communications directly to our staffers. For...
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| x Do I have to pay to use Freebase? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
No. It’s free to use, whether you’re browsing, editing, uploading, or using Freebase information for your own purposes. That's why it's called “Freebase.”
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| x How do I know that the information in Freebase is accurate? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
Freebase has the same model of community collaboration and editing that has proven to be so successful for Wikipedia and other open information projects. While some inaccurate information is inevitable, that same information can be corrected by...
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| x What are the rules for using the data in Freebase? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
Freebase data is available for use under a Creative Commons license known as an “attribution” or “by” license. Under the terms of this license you're welcome to use information from Freebase in your own site or applications,...
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| x What are the guidelines for contributing? | Beginner | All Users |
Check out the Freebase Contribution Guidelines. They're key to your happy participation!
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| x How can I use Freebase? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
There are several things you can do with Freebase: First, you can browse topics and search for information. If you’re looking for something specific, use the searchand filter view features. Almost every fact in Freebase is a link to more...
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| x How is Freebase different from Wikipedia? From Google Base? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
Wikipedia and Freebase both appeal to people who love to use and organize information, but the difference lies in the type of information covered, and the way it's organized. Wikipedia arranges information in the form of articles, while Freebase...
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| x What is the relationship between Freebase and Metaweb? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
Metaweb is a technology company based in San Francisco. Freebase is the product we have spent the last few years developing.
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| x How does Metaweb plan to make money? | Beginner | All Users | FAQ |
Right now we're much more focused on creating Freebase than monetizing it, but we do have a few ideas. As a semantic web platform, Freebase can power many valuable applications. For instance, Freebase can bring web applications to life, improve...
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| x Enumerated Types |
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Intermediate | Data Modeler | Types |
After carefully working out the schema for your type, you might be worried about what other users will enter for the property values on specific topics. What if some joker comes along and decides to enter "hermaphrodite" for someone's...
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| x An Introduction to Freebase Application Development | Beginner | Application Developer | Applications |
You're a web developer, you've seen some cool apps that use Freebase but you can do better ... where do you start? Get friendly with the apps page The Make page is the central resource for developers. Here you'll find...
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| x Entering information about elected officials and public servants |
Entering information about politicians, elected officials, civil servants, etc. The types in the government domain were created so that all types of government, at all levels, could use the same schemata. When entering (or interpreting) information...
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| x Voting on Flagged Topics | Intermediate | Data Contributor | Topics |
From the homepage, users can now help clean up Freebase data by reviewing flagged topics. Flagged topics have been marked by other users as candidates for merge or delete. If a flagged topic gets sufficient votes for merge or delete, the operation...
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| x Beginner's Guide: Creating Schemas | Beginner | Data Modeler | Properties |
If you've spent any time exploring Freebase you've no doubt seen the types that are associated with every topic, and you've probably seen some interesting bases and types that other users have made. You've probably also started thinking about ways...
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| x Merging musical data | Intermediate | Data Contributor | Music Domain |
There is sometimes confusion when voting on merging musical albums, releases, and tracks, due to the detailed Freebase data model for recorded music. This is an attempt to provide guidance in those situations. Merging between types. This should never...
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