Freebase: Discussion about narphorium

Freebase Applications: Metaweb Perl Module

2008-10-13T07:52:51.0012Z

you svn address also dosen't work, would you create free repository in one of these websites like github.com, www.assembla.com, google code or sourceforge?

Freebase Applications: Metaweb Perl Module

2008-10-13T07:44:54.0012Z

hi hds,

I'm interested too, actually there is two other module in cpan and none of them working becasue of latest version of JSON and JSON::XS module.

if you need someone to contribute let me know.

Bug / Feature Request: API Bug?

2008-10-13T06:47:27.0018Z

I wrote a perl script to fetch article and image from freebase but seems API has some bug:

my query is :

http://www.freebase.com/tools/queryeditor?q=%5B%7B%22/common/topic/article%22:%5B%7B%22id%22:null%7D%5D,%22/common/topic/image%22:%5B%7B%22id%22:null%7D%5D,%22guid%22:null,%22name%22:%22blood%20cancer%22,%22type%22:%22/medicine/disease%22%7D%5D&read=1

to retrive result for 'blood cancer' but the result is nothing

same query works for 'cervical cancer' but dosn't work for 'skin cancer' too

both of 'cervical cancer' and 'blood cancer' articles and content exist when is search in website

what's wrong?

actual query :

[
{
    "/common/topic/article" : [
      {
        "id" : null
      }
    ],
    "/common/topic/image" : [
      {
        "id" : null
      }
    ],
    "guid" : null,
    "name" : "blood cancer",
    "type" : "/medicine/disease"
}
]

Bug / Feature Request: API Bug?

2008-10-13T06:47:27.0018Z

I wrote a perl script to fetch article and image from freebase but seems API has some bug:

my query is :

to retrive result for 'blood cancer' but the result is nothing

same query works for 'cervical cancer' but dosn't work for 'skin cancer' too

both of 'cervical cancer' and 'blood cancer' articles and content exist when is search in website

what's wrong?

actual query :

Mobile phone: Camera focus

2008-10-12T11:18:04.0018Z

Auto or fixed focus should be in here!

Also the ability to have more than one camera. This will require some changes to the schema though.

Baseball Manager: Addition to schema

2008-10-11T16:33:16.0012Z

yes would like to use this too.

Thanks

TV: Multiple air dates for first/final episodes???

2008-10-11T15:02:48.0017Z

So why is this the case? It's making life difficult when trying to sort search results for TV programs by air dates. Compare to Film, which has only one value for initial release date. Why is TV different?

Help Center: How to get started

2008-10-11T07:57:43.0012Z

Did you check out the Help page? In the bottom right is a screencast of API & sample apps. The links under "Developing Applications" should also be helpful.

Help Center: How to get started

2008-10-11T05:38:17.0017Z

Hello. I'm a senior Computer Science major and I'd like to use Freebase in my senior project. However, I've never worked with an API like this before and I'm finding it difficult to find examples for basic programs. How do I call the Freebase service in my code? Which languages can I use? What kind of format does the data have to be in before I can upload it, and does uploading it mean it appears on the Metaweb servers as if someone had added something through the website? It doesn't seem well-organized for the novice programmer, and I could really use some help.

Computer Game: Units

2008-10-10T20:27:25.0012Z

This property is specific enough to strategy games that Strategy Game and Strategy Game Unit types are probably in order. If you create these in your own domain for now (on sandbox.freebase.com), then you could add Units as a property of the Strategy Game type. That property would have an expected type of Strategy Game Unit. From there, you could augment both types with any other properties you want, such as a property that specifies whether the game is turn-based or real-time. Hope this helps, and if you need help getting started, I can create the types for you in my domain.

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T17:14:08.0012Z

Hi Hemang.

A recent data update seems to have caused the problem. We are working on resolving that as soon as possible. In the meanwhile if you are running this specific query for wikipedia articles only (i.e. not in a generic library or something of that sort), you can get the same content by using the /api/tran/blurb service with a very hign number for maxlength like so:

http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/blurb/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c?maxlength=3000

This will only work for wikipedia based topics. The reason being that we do not maintain the complete wikipedia article on our backend. However we do allow /api/trans/raw requests for wikipedia based topics, it simply returns the same content as the blurbs without truncating the content.

HTH

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T17:14:08.0012Z

Hi Hemang.

http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/blurb/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c?maxlength=3000

HTH

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T16:56:36.0012Z

Thanks for bringing this up. The data format for blurbs changed, and a piece of the API was overlooked. It should be fixed soon; stay tuned for more information.

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T16:56:36.0012Z

Thanks for bringing this up. The data format for blurbs changed, and a piece of the API was overlooked. It should be fixed soon; stay tuned for more information.

Bug / Feature Request: Deleting First Address

2008-10-10T15:40:34.0018Z

Sometimes a company in Freebase has two cities in the HQ address area when it really doesn't. If the second city is correct, and you delete the first address line, and then try to add information into the remaining line, the autofill fields won't work. You can type things in there, but the auto-suggest won't "open" and you can't link the field to an actual topic. You have to close out and then go back in.

In case that is confusing :) here's hopefully something that will help:

Company XYZ

Company/Headquarters "field"

Line 1 = Paris

Line 2 = London

Go in and delete Paris. Then try to fill in the other address fields for the London line. the fields that link to other topics won't work.

Bug / Feature Request: Deleting First Address

2008-10-10T15:40:34.0018Z

In case that is confusing :) here's hopefully something that will help:

Company XYZ

Company/Headquarters "field"

Line 1 = Paris

Line 2 = London

Go in and delete Paris. Then try to fill in the other address fields for the London line. the fields that link to other topics won't work.

Computer Game: Units

2008-10-10T14:20:30.0018Z

Units available in strategy games...

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T11:21:13.0018Z

Hi,

Please any one help me on following issue.

It is unable to fetch content using following url:

Request:- http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c

it give response like as shown below:

Response:-

{
  "status":"404 Not Found",
  "code":"/api/status/error/blobclient",
  "messages":[
    {
      "info":{
        "hostports":"blob03.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob01.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob02.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120"
      },
      "message":"Could not find or replicate blob: static:mw-render/en/6c/9202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c",
      "code":"/api/status/error/not_found"
    }
  ],
  "transaction_id":"cache;cache01.p01.sjc1:8101;2008-10-10T11:18:03Z;0011"
}

Thanks in advance...

Bug / Feature Request: Urgent Require - Fetching Content - http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw is not working.

2008-10-10T11:21:13.0018Z

Hi,

Please any one help me on following issue.

It is unable to fetch content using following url:

Request:- http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/raw/%239202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c

it give response like as shown below:

Response:-

{
  "status":"404 Not Found",
  "code":"/api/status/error/blobclient",
  "messages":[
    {
      "info":{
        "hostports":"blob03.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob01.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120 blob02.p01.sjc1.metaweb.com:8120"
      },
      "message":"Could not find or replicate blob: static:mw-render/en/6c/9202a8c04000641f8000000000acd66c",
      "code":"/api/status/error/not_found"
    }
  ],
  "transaction_id":"cache;cache01.p01.sjc1:8101;2008-10-10T11:18:03Z;0011"
}

Thanks in advance...

carmenmfenn1: A tip for co-typing

2008-10-10T02:17:40.0012Z

Nice work on "Leda and the Swan," but you did not need to do any cleaning after ME, I did not add any book to that page, the computer did it !! Now back to work for me too...

carmenmfenn1: A tip for co-typing

2008-10-09T23:36:12.0012Z

OK, I'll bite. :)

You can see things that are linked or related together today -- that's the whole point about structured database, that instead of having a single long article describing various related things, we create one topic per entity and link them via types and properties, create browsable hyperlinked pages, and allow sophisticated queries for more involved data manipulation. This works extremely well for our universe where things too often have similar names or labels, like songs or poems titled "Love", or the two dozen adaptations of Jane Austen's works across different media formats (what's with the obsession over Jane Austen?).

If all of the people in the world with the same name share one topic, there would be no way to enter any person's birth date, employment history, or any other data point. Instead of being a one-stop shortcut, it'd be a nightmare to try to figure out which data applies to which entity: obfuscation to the max.

That's why for exmaple, separate artworks (each of which has a different artist, art media, creation date, etc.) are modeled in Freebase as separate topics, and are yet linked together via artist, art media, and subject. I've cleaned up and created the five paintings on the subject of Leda and the Swan and entered all the data I could find on them. So I can see all of the artworks grouped by this subject, or I can also see this artwork among all works by the artist Cezanne, or if I look at the art medium marble, the Leda and the Swan sculpture made of marble shows up there as well. Any written works, no matter how many, can be created and linked via the Book Subject type on this page. If there were a film made on this subject (a Lifetime special?), we would apply the Film Subject type to this page and link the movie here as well.

Pretty neat, huh? I really think Freebase shines in this area: the flexibility and the organization of massive amounts of data which permits users to see what they want, filter data by desired critera, and even pull out the MQL query or run reports. Well, I'm a fan. :) As a reminder, since Freebase is still in Alpha, the UI and other features are still evolving. Among the driving forces behind the constant pace of change is one you have direct influence over: user feedback. OK, back to "real" work for me.

carmenmfenn1: A tip for co-typing

2008-10-09T19:04:15.0012Z

Yes, let us hope so.

carmenmfenn1: A tip for co-typing

2008-10-09T18:51:33.0005Z

I understand what you mean, carmenfenn1, however co-typing isn't the way to do it. Something can't beboth a written work and an artwork - it doesn't make logical sense.

I think there is a need to somehow combine related topics so you can see everything together. Hopefully as Freebase matures someone will come up with that kind of functionality.

carmenmfenn1: A tip for co-typing

2008-10-09T08:26:48.0015Z

Hallo Faye,

I regret that you dislike my cotyping. I am an inclusionist who likes to see EVERYTHING at one glance. I am not resposible for any modelling work, I only provide the "bread and butter" (id est, the ca. 700 articles until now) for the GRM domain. I look at this as a reader and I can tell you that readers have no patience (or knowledge) to find these things separately, in different places on the database.

Thank you for taking an interest in my work

carmenmfenn1: A tip for co-typing

2008-10-09T07:39:40.0042Z

Hello carmenmfenn1 and thanks for continuing to contribute to Freebase.

I'd like to offer a tip about cotyping vs. creating new topics, in case it's not very clear. Topics that cover several things, even if along similar themes or with similar names, should be split into individual topics, instead of cotyped.

For example, I just undid some of your cotyping of "Leda and the Swan", the article about the Greek mythylogical icon, and detyped it as a Poem, Published Work, Written Work, and Artwork. Why? Because this topic is not for the artwork or written work, instead it's an Art Subject and a Book Subject, both of which types I've added. The artworks and books on this subject, along with any other creative works (say if there's a play or song about Leda and the Swan), should be created as separate topics, one each, and linked to this topic via subject. To demonstrate this I've added some data. Take a look at this topic again.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for being part of the Freebase data community.

Freebase: data mob start and end

2008-10-08T22:57:25.0012Z

Good idea, thanks! I can add those properties.

Freebase: data mob start and end

2008-10-08T20:02:06.0005Z

Would it be useful to have a data mob start/end date? It would be cool to plot data mobs like MDOs:

http://instanceplots.vtalwar.user.dev.freebaseapps.com/index