I've been searching on how to do this as well as experimenting in the sandbox but it's still not obvious to me how to do this. For example, I want to add a user created property Penciler to the type comic_book_issue. Any hints on how to do this?
Thanks
You can't add a property to a type unless you are an administrator of that type.
It looks like interior artwork is attributed through the issue's Contents property, which links to the comic_story_printing CVT, which links to comic_book_story, which already has properties for penciler and other artists. This was probably done because a single issue might have multiple stories illustrated by multiple artists.
So, it is already possible to add the penciler of interior artwork but you must do that through comic book story instead of issue. It would be nice though if you also linked story to issue through printing by attributing all those properties too.
Thanks for the reply. It makes sense now, although it would be more discoverable if the comic_book_issue itself also had the Penciler property which could contain all the values from individual stories contained in the issue.
Is it possible to become a type administrator or can only the freebase employees do this? What's the best way to contact an admin with a suggestion?
I'm pretty sure anyone can become an admin for a type with the permission of another admin for that type, although there are different levels of admin now. Your best bet is to start a discussion in the domain or type of interest. You can also add a discussion to one or more of the domain administrator's user name(s) making the request. Otherwise they might not know you are interested. This here is a very general discussion area that may not be watched by the comic book domain administrators.
