[Developers] write grammar questions: question 1 -- user-defined types

Will Moffat willmoffat at metaweb.com
Tue Jun 3 10:42:30 UTC 2008


Hi Will,

Have you worked through the MqlWrite tutorial here?
http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000544e111

Generally I create types using the Freebase.com UI and then create  
_topics_ programatically. Do you really want to create types using  
MqlWrite? (If so then somebody else will need to detail the steps  
involved)

> I created a new type '/test/note'. It appears that the actual name for
> my type is 'user/wf/default_domain/x_test_note'. (This is on the
> sandbox)

Users can't create objects like /test/....  because you don't have  
permissions in the root domain. Maybe you wanted to create "test" or  
"note" inside /user/wf/default_domain ?
Here is some documentation on Namespaces: http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000544e111#id2625941

By the way, if you include links with your questions it helps us to  
investigate:
http://sandbox.freebase.com/tools/explore/user/wf/default_domain/x_test_note
http://tinyurl.com/5acw72 (Using TinyUrl to link to a problematic query)

(I'll pass on questions 2 and 3)

Hope this helps,
--Will (Moffat)
Freebase hacker at large



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