Freebase

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Freebase

Summary

Freebase is an online database[1]. Freebase draws 882 Wikipedia views per month (online_database category, ranking #22 of 111).[2]

Key Facts

  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as online database[3].
  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as semantic wiki[4].
  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as knowledge graph[5].
  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as data library[6].
  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[7].
  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as field of study[8].
  • Freebase's instance of is recorded as field of study[9].
  • Freebase is owned by Metaweb[10].
  • Freebase is owned by Google[11].
  • Freebase's manufacturer is recorded as Metaweb[12].
  • Freebase's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[13].
  • Freebase's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[14].
  • Freebase's copyright license is recorded as Apache License[15].
  • Freebase's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic[16].
  • Freebase is used for collaboration[17].
  • Freebase is used for scientific modeling[18].
  • Freebase is used for annotation[19].
  • Freebase's Commons category is recorded as Freebase[20].
  • Freebase's language of work or name is recorded as English[21].
  • Freebase comprises Freebase Data Dumps[22].
  • March 2007 marks the founding of Freebase[23].
  • Freebase was dissolved in May 2, 2016[24].
  • Freebase's official website is recorded as http://www.freebase.com[25].
  • Freebase's described at URL is recorded as https://tapor.ca/tools/1302[26].
  • Freebase's described at URL is recorded as https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/FmChcn[27].

Body

Founding

March 2007 marks the founding of Freebase[23].

Ownership

Owners include Metaweb[10], a business[28], in United States[29], founded in 2005[30], headquartered in San Francisco[31] and Google[11], a business[32], in United States[33], founded in 1998[34], headquartered in Mountain View[35].

Dissolution

Freebase was dissolved in May 2, 2016[24].

Why It Matters

Freebase draws 882 Wikipedia views per month (online_database category, ranking #22 of 111).[2] Freebase has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Freebase is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . freebase.com. freebase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Knowledge Graph and Text Jointly Embedding. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Access Directory. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . developers.google.com. Retrieved . developers.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Lemoncheddar · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright license → Apache License, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'k
    Merged into → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Sourced metadata correction; https://github.com/SteveHedden/open-knowledge-graphs/issues/114"
  2. 4w ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Freebase
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Has part(s) of the class → Freebase identifier
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7888]]: [[Q95]]"
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