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Creating Types and Properties

  • Beginner's Guide: Creating Schemas
    So you want to design a data schema on Freebase?  Perhaps you have a topic you're passionate about and want it to be included here, or perhaps you have come up with some improvements to our...
  • Data Modeling Guide
    This document is intended for Freebase users who would like to develop new data models by creating new types and properties. Although the Freebase application makes...
  • Creating and Publishing Personal Domains
  • About Personal Domains and Type Visibility
    Domains are collections of types. When viewing a topic in Freebase, the properties (or facts) are organized by types on the page. For example, see Justin Timberlake or Wait! Wait! Don't Tell me....
  • How to Add Other Administrators to a Domain
    Let's say you want to collaborate with another Freebase user on designing a domain/type in your user area.  If you go to the domain's page, click F8 to view the developer tools, then use the...
  • Creating Help Topics for Your Domain
    After you've created a new domain and others have begun contributing to it, you might want to create some Help topics that are specific to your domain. The Music and Publishing...
  • Guide to Freebase 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...
  • Adding Properties to 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...
  • Creating New Types with the Schema Editor
    The Schema Editor provides an easy interface for creating and editing the properties, known collectively as the schema, for a type. This topic covers the basic process of creating a new...
  • Reporting Tools for Freebase Experts
    Are you an admin or an expert in a Freebase domain? Looking for some good ways to keep on top of what's going on? Look no further. The tools listed below should make it easier...

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