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
Although the Freebase application makes it a lot easier to create and maintain types, data modeling is still a difficult and nuanced discipline. By following these guidelines, you will make your...
Creating and Publishing Personal Domains
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. A personal domain is an area where you can develop...
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 domains, for example,...
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 their properties, or...
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...
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 for you to do so. Note:...