build a base
DESCRIPTION
How to build a base -- a social database of structured information about things you know and love -- using Freebase.comTRANSCRIPT
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Build a Base
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What is a base?
• Structured data
• Constrained subject
• Attractive presentation
• Community
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Structured data
• 5 million topics
• topics have types
• types provide properties
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Topics
Single entities
Concrete or abstract
Non-transitory
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Types: Arnie is a...
• Politician
• Film actor
• Body-builder
• Film producer
• Award winner
• Celebrity
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• City
• Filming location
• Travel destination
• Book subject
• Governmental jurisdiction
San Francisco is a...
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Types have properties
• Properties of Person
• date of birth, place of birth, profession...
• Properties of Country
• capital, form of government, currency...
• Properties of Film
• release date, director, performances...
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Common Types
• Freebase Commons
• Commonly-used types
• Broad areas of interest
• Too big to handle!
• 900k People, 60k Companies...
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Bases are constrained
• Constrained subject of interest
• Small enough to collect everything
• Something you love!
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Structured data about something you love
Type = written workAuthor = Edgar Allen Poe
Type = film, adaptationAuthor of adapted work = Poe
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Making a base
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Name your base
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Your new base
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Customize appearance
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Add data
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Add data
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Related topics
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Data added!
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Also on your homepage
Base newsfeed
Invite friends to join your base
Web links and help topics
Community discussion board
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Featured views
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Add more views
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Rename views
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Customize your views
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Edit view
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Edit view
• Add/remove columns
• Sort by any column
• Choose table, gallery, timeline, or map
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Gallery view
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Map view
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Timeline view
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Incomplete data
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Incomplete data
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Incomplete data
Click edit to add datafor any property
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Missing topics
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Importing a list
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Reconciling your list
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When you add topics...
• Match with existing Freebase topic
• or create new Freebase topic
• make assertions
• type = Film
• subject = Vietnam War
• Data becomes part of Freebase Commons
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New views from scratch
• Start on Explore page
• Find relevant types in Freebase
• Edit view
• Save it to your base
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Start exploring
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Freebase Commons
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Start with a type
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Edit view
• Add column: Participated in conflicts
• Limit to: Vietnam War
• Remove extraneous columns
• Display as: Gallery
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Save the view to your base
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Advanced filtering
• Combine multiple filters
• Drill down deep
• Connect across types
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Non-US People
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Characters from Vietnam War movies
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Recipients of the Medal of Honor
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Adding more
Look how manyassertions we get when someone adds a topic to
this view!
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Making your own types• When there is no
Commons type
• When you need extra properties
• When you are building something that’s never been done before
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Name your type• Singular noun
• “X is a Y”
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Edit your schema
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Include Commons types
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Add properties
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Expected types
Select a type to connect to
Choose“Link toTopic”
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Your new type
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Fill in more data
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Linked topics are auto-typed
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Other things to do
• Add images and descriptions
• Create “data mob” views
• Invite your friends
• Share your views
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Adding images
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Data mobs
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Data mobs
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Invite friends
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Share your views
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Share via social bookmarking
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Now, build your base
• Choose a subject
• Click “Make a base” on Freebase.com
• Add data, create views, customize...
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Stay in touch!
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @fbase
• blog.freebase.com
Let us know how your base-building is going!