Wikidata:WikiProject Citizen Science/Model
The data models for the project are the recommended properties for describing citizen science projects in Wikidata.
Help citizen science efforts integrate with the existing work and set a vision for how a collaborative curation can improve the experience and science of citizen science.
Data models
The following data models are incomplete, as other more specialized WikiProjects have more developed data models for concepts in their domain. The emphasis in these data models is interconnecting resources which community partnerships produce by identifying how aspects of community partnerships relate to each other. Take these as suggestions and on a case-by-case basis, customize data models as needed.
Projects
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Our Soil <instance of> citizen science project | - |
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Our Soil <instance of> community project | - |
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Our Soil <instance of> science project | - |
| participant | P710 | Item | participant: person, group of people or organization (object) that actively takes/took part in an event or process (subject). Preferably qualify with "object has role" (P3831). Use P1923 for participants that are teams. | PARSEC <participant> University of São Paulo | participant in |
| participant in | P1344 | Item | event: event in which a person, organization or creative work was/is a participant; inverse of P710 or P1923 | PARSEC <participant in> University of São Paulo | participant and participating team |
| affiliation | P1416 | Item | affiliation: organization that a person or organization is affiliated with (not necessarily member of or employed by) | PARSEC <affiliation> University of São Paulo | - |
| headquarters location | P159 | Item | headquarters, siège social réel, seat, episcopal see and titular see: city or town where an organization's headquarters is or has been situated. Use P276 qualifier for specific building | PARSEC <headquarters location> University of São Paulo | - |
| coordinate location | P625 | Geographic coordinates | geographic coordinate: geocoordinates of the subject. For Earth, please note that only the WGS84 geodetic datum is currently supported | PARSEC <coordinate location> Q835960 | - |
Research publications
Wikidata heavily relies on information from published media sources. When sources feature a citizen science project as their subject, then make a Wikidata item for that source, then tag the source to indicate main subject. This is especially helpful for small projects with only one or a handful of sources documenting them.
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Our Soil <instance of> citizen science project | - |
| main subject | P921 | Item | topic and subject: primary topic of a work or act of communication | PARSEC <main subject> University of São Paulo | - |
| describes a project that uses | P4510 | Item | essential component or tool that was used in this project | Our Soil <describes a project that uses> citizen science project | - |
People
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Our Soil <instance of> citizen science project | - |
| employer | P108 | Item | employer: person or organization for which the subject works or worked | PARSEC <employer> University of São Paulo | - |
| award received | P166 | Item | award, honorary citizenship, title of honor, decoration and award scheme: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work | Our Soil <award received> citizen science project | - |
Research institutes
Events
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Open Hardware Summit 2023 <instance of> convention | - |
| start time | P580 | Point in time | start time: time an entity begins to exist or a statement starts being valid | Open Hardware Summit 2023 <start time> 28 April 2023 | - |
| 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 | Open Hardware Summit 2023 <end time> 29 April 2023 | - |
Research resources
Software
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | HDF5 <instance of> free software | - |
| has use | P366 | Item | use: main use of the subject (includes current and former usage) | HDF5 <has use> free software | - |
| developer | P178 | Item | software developer: organization or person that developed the item | HDF5 <developer> free software | - |
| described by source | P1343 | Item | source of information: work where this item is described, in statistical contexts, a methodological note describing the data | HDF5 <described by source> free software | main subject |
| copyright status | P6216 | Item | copyright status: copyright status for intellectual creations like works of art, publications, software, etc. | HDF5 <copyright status> free software | - |
| copyright license | P275 | Item | copyright license: license under which this copyrighted work is released | HDF5 <copyright license> free software | - |
| funder | P8324 | Item | funder: entity that gives money to a person, organization, or project for a specific purpose | HDF5 <funder> free software | - |
Datasets
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <instance of> data set | - |
| sponsor | P859 | Item | sponsor, Tabula gratulatoria, research sponsor and patron of the arts: organization or individual that sponsors this item | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <sponsor> National Laboratory of the Rockies | - |
| author | P50 | Item | author: main creator(s) of a written work (use on works, not humans); use P2093 (author name string) when Wikidata item is unknown or does not exist | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <author> Galen Maclaurin | - |
| described by source | P1343 | Item | source of information: work where this item is described, in statistical contexts, a methodological note describing the data | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <described by source> Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset toolkit | main subject |
| funder | P8324 | Item | funder: entity that gives money to a person, organization, or project for a specific purpose | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <funder> United States Department of Energy | - |
| funder | P8324 | Item | funder: entity that gives money to a person, organization, or project for a specific purpose | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <funder> United States Department of Energy | - |
| DOI | P356 | External identifier | digital object identifier: serial code used to uniquely identify physical, digital or abstract objects like scientific papers (upper case letters only) | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <DOI> 10.25984/1822195 | - |
| Research Resource Identifier | P9712 | External identifier | Research Resource Identifier: identifier in the SciCrunch database of research resources | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <Research Resource Identifier> RRID:SCR_023782 | - |
Grants
External recommendations
Models for citizen science being proposed are based off the PPSR Core standards as outlined in the Citizen Science Data and Metadata working group repository.: This may not be fully mapped, but a minimum viable item and constraints will be generated.
Further exploration with external data validation will be explored as integration with external platforms are developed. Further scope could include improving Wikidata items used in citizen science projects which would require identifying what properties a citizen science platform uses. For example a citizen science platform may rely on geographic objects then improving those objects fall into scope. Please cite where the statement of use is claimed or how it was identified.
Other considerations
Data modeling, querying, and curation go together. Before applying any of these data models at scale to a Wikidata import and curation process, check in with stakeholders for community opinions.
Other Wikidata examples
Wikidata:WikiProject Zika Corpus is an example and model to consider for modeling citizen science data in Wikidata. The general situation was that for 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic (Q21686043), a virus newly began infecting people globally. The event required community scientists to react. The WikiProject collection of research papers describing the Zika epidemic is well-developed, and is starting point to evaluate and extend a of focused topical approach to Wikidata with explicit considerations on how such efforts benefit the research community and build a shared linked data system which anyone can use.
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