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Freebase is an open database of the over 22 million real world entities like people, places, organizations and much more. It's built by the community and for the community free for anyone to query, contribute to, build applications on top of, or integrate into their websites.

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Freebase: Highlights

Summary: Community driven open database

Category: Database

Tags: database reference

Protocols: REST

Data Formats: JSON, JSONP

API home: http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Freebase_API

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Freebase: Specifications

Functionality

Client Install Required: No

Service Endpoint: http://www.freebase.com/api/

Signup and Licensing

Signup Requirements: Account with service

Developer Key Required

Account Required: Yes

Commercial Licensing

Provider: freebase.com

Company: Google

Non-Commercial Lic.

Data Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution License

Usage Fees

Program Fees

Certification Program

Usage Limits: No read limits

Terms of Service: www.freebase.com/policies/tos

Security

Authentication Model: Cookie based auth

SSL Support: No

Read-only Without Login: Yes

Support

Vendor API Kits: Python, JavaScript

Community API Kits

API Blog: General Freebase blog

Site Blog

API Forum: Freebase forum

Developer Support: Mailing list

Console URL

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