Freebase is an open, Creative Commons licensed repository of structured data of more than 12 million entities.
An entity is a single person, place, or thing. Freebase connects entities together as a graph.
Ways to use Freebase:
* Use Freebase's Ids to uniquely identify entities anywhere on the web
* Query Freebase's data using MQL
* Build applications using our API or Acre, our hosted development platform
Freebase is also a community of thousands of data-lovers, working together to improve Freebase's data. Learn how to contribute, join our mailing list, or find out more on our community page.
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