The fundamental unit of graph storage, a primitive represents a single object (without its properties) or a single property (a link, possibly with an associated text string or number). A primitive generally corresponds to a basic fact stored in the database, such as the name of a topic or a person's date of birth. The developer's toolbar provides an "Explore View" that can be used to browse the primitive structure of the database. Freebase currently enforces a default write limit of 10,000 primitives per day per user.
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Getting Started with Freebase
- An Introduction to Freebase
- What Are Bases, Types, Properties, and Topics?
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Freebase Terms
- Bases Definition
- Blob Definition
- Blurbs Definition
- Commons Definition
- Co-type Definition
- Compound Value Type (CVT) Definition
- Delegated Property Definition
- Disambiguator Definition
- Domain Definition
- Enumerated Type Definition
- Enumeration Definition
- Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) Definition
- Graph (or The Graph) Definition
- Phylogeny Pattern Definition
- Primitive Definition
- Primitive Type Definition
- Property Definition
- Reciprocal Property Definition
- Schema Definition
- Topic Definition
- Transaction ID (TID or Txn ID) Definition
- Types Definition
- Contributing to Freebase
- Web Browser Support
- How to Disable Firebug
- Your Account
- Getting and Contributing Information
- Content Guidelines and Policies
