= FreeBase

* http://freebase.rubyforge.org/
* Postmodern (postmodern.mod3@gmail.com)

== DESCRIPTION:

A web-scraping interface to freebase.com, the open and shared database of the
world's knowledge.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Can request items from freebase.com using either a URL, an Item GUID or an
Item name.
* Preserves tags and other freebase links.

== EXAMPLES:

require 'free_scrape'

FreeScrape.item('Aphex Twin')
# => #<FreeScrape::Item:0xb73fdba0 ...>

FreeScrape.item('http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000003ac957f')
# => #<FreeScrape::Item:0xb73fe3dc ...>

== REQUIREMENTS:

* Hpricot
* WWW::Mechanize

== INSTALL:

$ sudo gem install free-scrape