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This topic contains information on how to set up a personal domain, add types and topics to it, and then publish your domain and types.
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Overview
A personal domain is an area where you can develop types and topics around your own interests, and then invite others to help you. Other Freebase users who have an interest in your domain can also join it as members and participate in discussions and the creation of topics. Your personal domains can be put in Draft mode, meaning thier topics and types won't be visible to other users through the autocomplete feature, or you can Publish them so others can make use of your types and topics. One exception to this is your home domain, the domain that is automatically created when you register with Freebase. In this domain, which usually has a name like [your username]'s types , all the types and topics are in permanent draft mode. If you want types and topics created in this domain to be visible to other users, you will need to move them into a new domain.
Creating a Personal Domain
You need to be a registered user to create personal domains, so if you haven't already done so, register with Freebase.
- Sign in to Freebase.
- Click Create Domain next to Your Domains in the left navigation bar on the Freebase homepage.
- Enter a name for your domain, then click Save .
- Click the name of your new domain to view its homepage.
Setting Up and Using Your Domain
After you've created your personal domain you'll be taken to a page similar to the one shown below. There are several things you can now do.
Add Types, Properties, and Topics
- Click Edit next to Browse types .
- Enter the name for your new type, then click Save .
- Click on the name of your new type. This will take you to the Filter View for that type.
- In the Filter View click View Properties .
- Click Add a New Property to create properties for your new type.
- When you've finished creating your type's properties you can begin creating new topics for that type. Click the name of the type in the navigation to return to the Filter View, then click Add New [Type Name] .
For more information about creating types, properties, and topics, see the topics Using the Filter View , Creating New Types , and Adding Properties to types .
Change the Settings for Your Domain
There are three major settings that you control for your domain. Under Domain Settings you'll find:
- Name - change the name of your domain. Note, however, that if you change the name of your domain, this will not change the key by which your domain is identified for other users to access it using the Metaweb Query Language (MQL) or the Metaweb API services.
- Appearance - change the font and color palette for your domain, and add a header image
- Visibility - there are two options for your domain's visibility, Draft and Published . In the Draft state your types and topics will not show up in autocomplete for other users. In addition, if you add your type to a topic that exists outside your domain, other users will only be able to see your new type if they have navigated to that topic from your personal domain where the type was created (it will appear as a User created type at the bottom of the topic page). If your domain is in the Published state, then other users will see your topics and types when they use the autocomplete function, and any of your types that you have added to other topics will always be visible to other users. For more information about the Draft and Published states see the About User Domains and Type Visibility topic.
Note that you can also Delete your domain at any time.
Add a Description, Web Links, Help Topics, News, Featured Topic, and Start a Discussion
There are several areas to add information for users and contributors to your domain. For example, you might want to create Help topics that are specific to your domain content, or add web links to external information sources. You can feature a topic that serves as an example for contributors, or that you just especially like. You can also start discussions to get further ideas or solve problems, and add News topics about things going on in your domain.
Add Other Administrators or Experts
You can add other users to contribute to your domain's development.
- Administrators have the same rights that you do to add other users, create types, and edit the schema for types.
- Experts can't add other users, but can edit and document schemas.
Other users can become Members of your published domain by clicking Join Domain when viewing it. This adds a direct link to your domain on their personal homepage.
For more information about user roles see the topic User Groups and Roles in Freebase
