Thing has is a 2-search-box interface for finding bits of data listed on Freebase. The first column has a "thing" field, where you write a thing (Mount McKinley, George W. Bush, The New York Times, etc). I used the excellent Freebase Suggest javascript library to autocomplete on fields, so you don't have to know the exact language of the Freebase topics or schema. Selecting a thing prompts two actions: a list of types prints out ...
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Thing has is a 2-search-box interface for finding bits of data listed on Freebase.
The first column has a "thing" field, where you write a thing (Mount McKinley, George W. Bush, The New York Times, etc). I used the excellent Freebase Suggest javascript library to autocomplete on fields, so you don't have to know the exact language of the Freebase topics or schema.
Selecting a thing prompts two actions: a list of types prints out below the thing, and the second column, called "has", lists the properties of the thing - but only the ones filled with data. If the data is a string or number, I print it there. If the data is an array of objects, I show the number of objects. You can write properties into the "has" field, and I unpack the array of objects in the third column. The "has" input field autosuggests only relevant properties, based on the type information in the first column.
For instance, "George W. Bush" has "education" prints out objects like: {end_date : 1968, degree : B.A., student : George W. Bush, institution : Yale University}...
Try "Johnny Depp" has "film",
"Borges" has "cause of death",
"Google" has "board members",
"Nietzsche" has "influenced".
More information can be found at the blog post associated with this listing.
