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          'Attachment' (or 'file') core property type?

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          5 posts, latest post: skud, May 11, 2009
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          1. Jun 26, 2007
            robertm says:

            Any chance of providing a core property type for attaching arbitrary files? Like you get on most wiki platforms. Are there security issues involved in permitting this? If so, would it be acceptable to limit such a facility to plain-text files?

            Robert

            2. danm Metaweb Staff
              Jun 29, 2007
              danm says:

              Sure. We could definitely store and display other file formats (in fact we kind of do already) - its just a question of exposing new user interface support for it on Freebase.com. This is a good enhancement suggestion - we will have to think through implications a bit if people start storing large documents that they would like to search through - but some support for basic file upload and display seems very reasonable.

            3. May 7, 2009
              robertm says:

              I've just done a search in Help for 'attachment' - and the only thing that came up is this question of mine 2 years ago!   Any further thoughts on this?

            4. danm Metaweb Staff
              May 11, 2009
              danm says:

              I don't think this kind of enhancement is a priority for the folks working on Freebase at this time. Incidentally, I'm no longer one of them (despite the misassigned staff badge). Perhaps Kirrily can comment or put you in touch with someone who can. Cheers.

            5. skud Metaweb Staff
              May 11, 2009
              skud says:

              I asked around internally, and the state of things seems to be that our blob database is able to store binary attachments of any kind on the backend via the API, but there are no immediate plans to make this feature available via the website.

               What is the use case you have in mind?

               And if you just want to attach plain text files, you can currently do so using our API.  That's what descriptions are.  To connect them to your topic you would need to create schema with a property that expected a document.  They would be awkward to view through the website, but accessible via the API.

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          Larger fields than 'Simple Text String'

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          4 posts, latest post: skud, Nov 5, 2008
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          1. Nov 4, 2008
            dminkley says:

            I'm working with a researcher looking to include full genes within freebase (can be thousands of characters).  Is this possible?

            2. gmackenz Metaweb Staff
              Nov 5, 2008
              gmackenz says:

              You should join the data-modeling list...I think you will get better guidance there.

            3. gmackenz Metaweb Staff
              Nov 5, 2008
              gmackenz says:

              Also found here.

            4. skud Metaweb Staff
              Nov 5, 2008
              skud says:

              They're doing something similar for geographic shape data, by attaching a document and linking to it.  You could do that.  Freebase user "jamie" is the expert on the geo stuff.

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          Boolean

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          3 posts, latest post: evening, Aug 4, 2008
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          1. evening Top Contributor Freebase Experts
            Aug 4, 2008
            evening says:

            I can't access the boolean link.  I receive this error:

            The error was: Internal Server Error

            I also do not see boolean as an option in the property data type options.  Is this still available?

            2. jeff Metaweb Staff
              Aug 4, 2008
              jeff says:

              What URL are you trying to go to when you get the server error?

              Boolean still exists, but it's not obvious in the client (there is a bug open to address this); the way to create a boolean property is to select "link to a topic" and type in "boolean".

            3. evening Top Contributor Freebase Experts
              Aug 4, 2008
              evening says:

              The link is this one, which is linked here.

              And thanks for the instructions on how to get it

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