How can I participate?

There are five primary things you can do with Freebase:

1) Browse and read information. If you’re looking for something specific, use the search and filter features. If you’re just exploring, start on the Domains & Types page (clicking the Data link at the top of any page takes you there, too). You can also just navigate around the site.

2) Edit existing data. Many topics need additional info, and you can add details to your heart’s content. Or, if you see a mistake, you can dive in and correct it. 

3) Upload new data sets. While we’re endlessly interested in more data, we’re better equipped to handle conceptual rather than statistical information on topics, and we have some guidelines on the kinds of data that best fit the system. If you have a data set you want to share, contact us for help with a bulk upload. 

4) Build applications that use Freebase data. For ideas, check out these featured apps. When you’re ready to build your own, the developer center gives you all the tools to get started, including an API and mjt, the Metaweb JavaScript Templating language.

5) Suggest and create schemas for new data. Schemas are the frameworks that hold data and help determine the relationships between separate pieces of information. Schema building is commonly known as data modeling, and we’ve written up some guidelines for tackling it in Freebase.