Wikidata:WikiProject Visual arts/Item structure/Maps/Historical map properties
The initial work is based on the Map template in Wikimedia Commons, and the idea is to add relevant additional properties that Wikidata has to offer, and create missing ones.
Basic properties FRBR: Work
These properties describe the work object. Sometimes it may be useful to separate the work object from the copy object, especially if there are several copies of the same work in various institutions. Not all copies are inherently notable, one should focus on the work object first, and define copies only if they are notable in their own right. Properties for a copy of the work are described in later section. In most cases all properties can be combined in one item.
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of and instance or subclass of: Map template value "type" The type of map is stored as the instance of (P31) value. The current map subtypes in Wikidata are listed in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Maps#Map_types. | Badminton Estate Map Volume 3 <instance of> estate map | - |
| title | P1476 | Monolingual text | original title and title: Map template value "title" | Nature <title> Nature | - |
| subtitle | P1680 | Monolingual text | subtitle and original subtitle: for works, when the title is followed by a subtitle | Les Rougon-Macquart <subtitle> Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire | - |
| inception | P571 | Point in time | date of establishment, founding and date of the first award ceremony: Creation date of a map original, different from the time depicted or print/reprint date. Use publication date (P577) for print date. | Society of Jesus <inception> | - |
| language of work or name | P407 | Item | language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412)) | Autobiografia di Alice Toklas (translation) <language of work or name> Italian | - |
| image | P18 | Commons media file | illustration and image: image of relevant illustration of the subject; if available, also use more specific properties (sample: coat of arms image, locator map, flag image, signature image, logo image, collage image) | Piri Reis map <image> Piri reis harita.jpg | - |
Creator
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| creator | P170 | Item | creator, author, visual artist and software developer: maker of this creative work or other object (where no more specific property exists) Map template value "author" as Wikidata ID. Creator template value "Wikidata". | The Potato Eaters <creator> Vincent van Gogh | notable work and significant person |
| possible creator | P1779 | Item | creator: for a creative work with considerable uncertainty about the author | Rampin Rider <possible creator> Rampin Master | - |
Qualifiers
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| object of statement has role | P3831 | Item | role: Examples: engraver (Q329439) illustrator (Q644687) surveyor (Q294126) | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <creator> C. H. Nummelin <object of statement has role> cartographer | - |
Date depicted
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| date depicted | P2913 | Point in time | depicting object: date represented in a work (for narrative works use P2408) Map template value "map date". | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <date depicted> 1876 | - |
| set in period | P2408 | Item | historical period: historical, contemporary, or future period, year, century or day the work or genre is set in or event featured in the story of the work | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <set in period> Grand Duchy of Finland | - |
Qualifiers to use
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| start time | P580 | Point in time | start time: time an entity begins to exist or a statement starts being valid | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <date depicted> 1876 <start time> 1875 | - |
| end time | P582 | Point in time | end time: moment when an entity ceases to exist and a statement stops being entirely valid or no longer be true | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <date depicted> 1876 <end time> 1878 | - |
| earliest date | P1319 | Point in time | earliest date at which an event could have happened. Use as qualifier for other date properties | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <date depicted> 1876 <earliest date> 1875 | - |
| latest date | P1326 | Point in time | unknown: latest possible time that something could have occurred. Use as qualifier for other date properties | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <date depicted> 1876 <latest date> 1878 | - |
- Further fuzziness can be defined using the date property's precision.
Subject matter
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| based on | P144 | Item | based on: Use to define the work the map is based on | A/a <based on> Α/α | derivative work |
Location
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| depicts | P180 | Item | depicting object: entity visually depicted in an image, literarily described in a work, or otherwise incorporated into an audiovisual or other medium; see also P921, 'main subject' Map template values: "location", first reconciled to Wikidata, "wikidata location". Lists of direct links to Wikidata have also been used. | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <depicts> Helsinki | depicted by |
| valid in period | P1264 | Item | time period when a statement is valid | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <depicts> Helsinki <valid in period> Grand Duchy of Finland | - |
| coordinate location | P625 | Geographic coordinates | geographic coordinate: geocoordinates of the subject. For Earth, please note that only the WGS84 geodetic datum is currently supported Point/centroid. Given or calculated from the bounding box. | Mount Everest <coordinate location> 27° 59′ 17.00″ N 86° 55′ 31.00″ E | - |
| spatial reference system | P3037 | Item | spatial reference system: frame of reference used to produce a map | Basic Map 1961 No 2034 06 <spatial reference system> KKJ3 | - |
| scale | P1752 | Quantity | scale: proportional ratio of a linear dimension of a model, map, etc, to the same feature of the original - 1:n. Use 1 for lifesize Proportional ratio of a linear dimension of a model, map, etc, to the same feature of the original - 1:n. Use 1 for lifesize, positive numbers for smaller than lifesize, negative numbers for larger. Map scale with value-unit pairs (such as 1 verst to an inch) has be converted into ratio to 1. Map template value "scale". | Scale model of Pont-Lévêque-MnM 7 MM 94 <scale> 75 | - |
| OpenStreetMap zoom level | P6592 | String | OpenStreetMap: raster zoom level (or vector zoom +1) that would be requested for a 512×512-pixel OSM map that could contain the boundaries of this item Map template value "zoom" | world map <OpenStreetMap zoom level> 0 | - |
Bounding box
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coordinates of northernmost point | P1332 | Geographic coordinates | coordinate of northernmost point: northernmost point of a location. For an administrative entity this includes offshore islands Map template stores 1, 2 or 4 values for "latitude" and "longitude". These values can be derived from those:
| England <coordinates of northernmost point> 55° 48′ 00.00″ N 2° 00′ 60.00″ W | - |
| coordinates of southernmost point | P1333 | Geographic coordinates | southernmost point of a place. For administrative entities this includes offshore islands | Rhône <coordinates of southernmost point> 45° 27′ 14.40″ N 4° 45′ 37.60″ E | - |
| coordinates of easternmost point | P1334 | Geographic coordinates | easternmost point of a location | Finland <coordinates of easternmost point> 62° 53′ 31.00″ N 31° 35′ 03.00″ E | - |
| coordinates of westernmost point | P1335 | Geographic coordinates | westernmost point of a location | Finland <coordinates of westernmost point> 60° 17′ 13.00″ N 19° 08′ 07.00″ E | - |
Parts
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| has part(s) | P527 | Item | has part, meronymy and part: part of this subject; inverse property of "part of" (P361). See also "has parts of the class" (P2670). Parts, like legend, compass rose etc. Can have location data attached. | United States Congress <has part(s)> United States Senate and United States House of Representatives | part of |
Copyright, licensing and rights (of the work)
Map publication FRBR: Manifestation
A publication requires a separate item with the following properties. The properties can be used also on a published map directly.
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| publisher | P123 | Item | publishing house, publisher, imprint and publishing group: organization or person responsible for publishing a work, such as a book, periodical, printed music, podcast, game or software Map template value "publisher" | Oxford English Dictionary <publisher> Oxford University Press | - |
| place of publication | P291 | Item | place of publication and place of first publication: geographical place of publication of the edition (use 1st edition when referring to works) Map template value "publication place" | Le petit prince <place of publication> New York City | - |
| language of work or name | P407 | Item | language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412)) | Autobiografia di Alice Toklas (translation) <language of work or name> Italian | - |
| printed by | P872 | Item | printing: organization or person who printed the creative work (if different from "publisher") Map template value "printer" | Gutenberg Bible <printed by> Johannes Gutenberg | - |
| edition number | P393 | String | version number: number of an edition (first, second, ... as 1, 2, ...) or event | 10th edition of Systema Naturae <edition number> 10 | - |
| edition or translation of | P629 | Item | version, edition or translation: is an edition or translation of this entity | Pride and Prejudice <edition or translation of> Pride and Prejudice | has edition or translation |
| publication date | P577 | Point in time | publication date: date or point in time when a work or product was first published or released Map template value "print date" | The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals <publication date> | - |
| copyright license | P275 | Item | copyright license: license under which this copyrighted work is released | Inkscape <copyright license> GNU General Public License, version 2.0 | - |
| published in | P1433 | Item | publishing: Use to define the publication the map was published in. | To a Creole Lady <published in> Les Fleurs du mal | - |
| volume | P478 | String | volume: volume of a book or music release in a collection/series or a published collection of journal issues in a serial publication | Principia Mathematica II <volume> 2 | - |
Series / Part of series / Map sheets
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| part of the series | P179 | Item | group of works: series which contains the subject Map template values "set" and "Wikidata set". | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe <part of the series> The Chronicles of Narnia | - |
Qualifiers
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| follows | P155 | Item | follows: immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has replaced the preceding item, e.g. political offices, use "replaces" (P1365)] | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back <follows> Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | followed by |
| followed by | P156 | Item | follows: immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has been replaced, e.g. political offices, use "replaced by" (P1366)] | March <followed by> April | follows |
| series ordinal | P1545 | String | ordinal number: The map sheet number in a map series. An containing publication is defined differently. Map template value "sheet" | A/a <series ordinal> 1 | - |
Map copy, archival object FRBR: Item
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| location | P276 | Item | physical location and location of an event: location of the object, structure or event; use P131 to indicate the containing administrative entity, P8138 for statistical entities, or P706 for geographic entities; use P7153 for locations associated with the object | Mona Lisa <location> Louvre Museum | - |
| collection | P195 | Item | collection and library collection: art, museum, archival, or bibliographic collection of which the subject is part (item is in the collection of X) Map template value "institution" | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <collection> Helsinki City Archives | - |
| inventory number | P217 | String | accession number: identifier for a physical object or a set of physical objects in a collection Map template value "accession number" | Addresses and travel map of Helsinki from 1876 <collection> Helsinki City Archives <inventory number> 865/39 | - |
| exemplar of | P1574 | Item | individual copy of a work: links an individual copy of a work to the item for that work or edition | Isaiah scroll <exemplar of> Isaiah | - |
| inscription | P1684 | Monolingual text | inscription: inscriptions, markings and signatures on an object Map template value "inscriptions" | Shugborough inscription <inscription> O U O S V A V V | - |
| fabrication method | P2079 | Item | manufacturing process, economic production, technical process and building method: method, process or technique used to grow, cook, weave, build, assemble, manufacture the item Map template vale "medium" includes this | silk <fabrication method> sericulture | - |
| made from material | P186 | Item | material: material the subject or the object is made of or derived from (do not confuse with P10672 which is used for processes) Map template value "medium" includes this | chocolate <made from material> cocoa bean | - |
| color | P462 | Item | color: color of subject | charcoal <color> black | - |
| height | P2048 | Quantity | height and human height: vertical length of an entity Map template value "dimensions" includes this | Eiffel Tower <height> 324 metre | - |
| width | P2049 | Quantity | width and road width: width of an object Map template value "dimensions" includes this | Mona Lisa <width> 53 centimetre | - |
Qualifiers
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| applies to part | P518 | Item | part, aspect, or form of the item to which the claim applies | Piri Reis map <made from material> parchment <applies to part> painting support | - |
Object history
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| commissioned by | P88 | Item | commissioner: person or organization that commissioned this work | Arc de Triomphe <commissioned by> Napoleon | - |
| owned by | P127 | Item | proprietor and owned by: owner of the subject | Choupette <owned by> Karl Lagerfeld | owner of |
| location of creation | P1071 | Item | Use place of publication (P291) for place of publication. | Mona Lisa <location of creation> Florence | - |
| significant event | P793 | Item | key event: significant or notable events associated with the subject | Dennewitz <significant event> Battle of Dennewitz | - |
| exhibition history | P608 | Item | exhibition: exhibitions where the item is or was displayed | The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne <exhibition history> Saint Anne, Leonardo da Vinci’s ultimate masterpiece | - |
Catalogues, aggregators, authority control
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| catalog code | P528 | String | catalog code and catalogue: catalog name of an object, use with qualifier P972 | The Night Watch <catalog code> 2016 | - |
| catalog | P972 | Item | catalogue: catalog for the item, or, as a qualifier of P528 – catalog for which the 'catalog code' is valid | The Night Watch <catalog> Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956 | - |
| described at URL | P973 | URL | URL, about webpage and legal notices webpage: item is described at the following URL | Mona Lisa <described at URL> https://www.louvre.fr/decouvrir/le-palais/de-la-joconde-aux-noces-de-cana | - |
| ISBN-13 | P212 | External identifier | International Standard Book Number: identifier for a book (edition), thirteen digit | La Fraternité de l'Anneau <ISBN-13> 978-2-26-702700-6 | - |
| Library of Congress item ID (LCCN bibliographic) | P1144 | External identifier | Library of Congress Online Catalog: record number for entries in the LC bibliographic catalog/OPAC (for authority records use P244) | Treasure Island <Library of Congress item ID (LCCN bibliographic)> 11025047 | - |
Properties related to the digital copy (on Commons)
- IIIF manifest URL (P6108)
- Warper data - json, csv, lod, Commons data?
- Scan resolution
- A map and the containing publication are bundled in the Map template. They should be detached in order to avoid clutter.
Examples
Other related projects
- WikiProject Visual Arts generic artwork properties
- WikiProject Books