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Help:Design

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[[Help:Main|Help index]]
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=== Introduction ===
A design is a

=== Header ===
====Label*====
*

==== Description====
* You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the design
* This will (not always) be translated

====Also known as====
* Add alternative spelling
* Add nicknames

=== Basic information ===
====[[Property:P19|Field (P19)*]]====
* This is used to define in what field the person was active and makes it possible to find all designs in a specific field of interest.
* Multiple entries are possible, but avoid to use to many fields.

[[item:Q37|Field Value list (Q37)]]

====[[property:P11|Type of information (P11)*]]====
* The [type of information] is always "creative work"
* Add qualifier [type of creative work] to specify the type of creative work.
** This is an obligatory qualifier.

[[item:Q39695|Type of creative work value list (Q39695)]]

====[[property:p20|Importance (P20)]]====
* defines how important this design was for the history of technical theatre, it is used to select items for large visualisations.

[[item:Q8|Importance value list (Q8)]]

====[[property:P47|Context (P47)]]====
* Can be used to give more information about the design, the importance, etc.
* Text length is limited, if needed add a second value.
* Language is mandatory (fill the language of the text.)
* If the information is retrieved from an existing source, add a qualifier [[property:P63|source (P63)]] or [[property:P64|source URL (P64)]]

====[[property:P23|Link to internal Wikipage (P23)]]====
* This is a link to a wiki-page that will appear on top of the page, with more detailed information about the person.
* '''[[property:P35|Language (P35)]]'''
** Language of the wiki-page.
** This is a obligatory qualifier

[[item:Q14|Language value list (Q14)]]

=== Dates ===

====[[property:P237|Significant date (P237)]]====
* A date that is significant for the design, and is not captured in the standard set of date properties available.
* Needs a qualifier [[property:P234|timeline label]] (this is shown on the timeline and in lists to make the date visible.)
* Describe the event in a [[property:P47|context]] qualifier

=== Relations ===

====[[Property:P383|Designer (P383)]]====
* refers to the designer of the design.

====[[Property:P356|Production (P356)]]====
*refers to the production that is related to the design.

==== [[Property:P89|Significant equipment (P89)]] ====

* equipment used that was significant for the design (refers to unique equipment description)

{{Media}}

=== Sources ===

====[[property:P221|Archive is kept at (P221)]]====
* The place or organisation where (parts of) the design's archive is kept.
* Only use it when the archive of the design is kept at a different location then the archive of the designer.
* can be multiple values, in this case describe with a [[property:P47|context]] qualifier the exact situation.

====[[property:P182|Web (P182)]]====
* A web resource that is dedicated to this design only

====[[property:p64|Source URL (P64)]]====
* A web resource that is used a information source for this item.
* If specific information is retrieved from a source, add this property as qualifier

====''[[property:P78|is mentioned in (inverse property label of '''mentions''', P78)]]====
* describes the source a design is mentioned in.
* the input is done on the source side.

=== References ===

=== Visualisations ===

Help:Production

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[[Help:Main|Help index]]
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=== Introduction ===
Productions are not the core business of Canonbase, we only add them in function of the other content. Other databases are specialised in this matter. Therefore we minimise the amount of information and link to other specialised sources, preferably through Wikidata.

We do add productions when they are
* relevant to the history of a building
* document the use of specific equipment
* document the work of a designer

===Header===
====Label*====

The name of the production in it's original language
* We do not translate this
* Use the most frequent name as label, note alternative names in the 'also known as' field.
* Copy the original name in your language

==== Description====
You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the production.
* Syntax: type of production by who for what season/during what period.
Example: theatre production of Schauspielhaus Zurich during the season 1938-1939
* This will (not always) be translated

====Also known as====
* This field is used to facilitate searching.
* Add alternative spelling
* Add nicknames

=== Basic information ===

====[[Property:P19|Field (P19)*]]====
The [Field] is always '''"artistic production (Q23054)"'''

====[[property:P11|Type of information (P11)*]]====
The [type of information] is always '''"production (Q75)"'''

====[[property:p20|Importance (P20)]]====
Defines how important this production was for the history of technical theatre, it is used to select items for large visualisations.

[[item:Q8|Importance value list (Q8)]]

====[[property:P47|Context (P47)]]====
This property can be used to give more information about the production, the importance, etc.
* Text length is limited, if needed add a second value.
* Language is mandatory (fill the language of the text.)
* If the information is retrieved from an existing source, add a qualifier [[property:P63|source (P63)]] or [[property:P64|source URL (P64)]]

====[[property:P23|Link to internal Wikipage (P23)]]====
This is a link to a wiki-page that will appear on top of the page, with more detailed information about the production.
* '''[[property:P35|Language (P35)]]'''
** Language of the wiki-page.
** This is a obligatory qualifier

[[item:Q14|Language value list (Q14)]]

=== Dates ===

====[[property:P237|Significant date (P237)]]====
A date that is significant for the production, and is not captured in the standard set of date properties available.
* Needs a qualifier [[property:P234|timeline label]] (this is shown on the timeline and in lists to make the date visible.)
* Describe the event in a [[property:P47|context]] qualifier

====[[property:P114|Date of first performance (P114)]]====
The date of the first public performance, i.e. the opening night.
* Use the property [[property:P384|venue of first performance (P384)]] to add the location of the first performance.

=== Relations ===

====[[property:P386|Producer (P386)]]====
The producer of the production.

====[[property:P385|based on (P385)]]====
The play a production was based on.

====[[property:P387|version of (P387)]]====
A version of a production, for example where the production was revived (restaged) after several years. We use this property when there is a clear link between two productions but there is also a rethinking, with some major changes to for example the design.

We advise against the use of this property to document a production that was a tour, so that changed venues. When a production has changed between venues, it is possible to use the [has performance(s)]-property. However, it is only interesting to add a certain performanc in specific cases, for more information, see the [[Help:Performance|help page about performances]].

====''[[property:P387|has version(s) (inverse property label of '''version of''' (P387))]]''====
Refers to the versions of this production.
* Add a statement with the property [production] to the item-page of the version. When done, [has version(s)] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the production.

====''[[property:P356|has design (inverse property label of '''production''' (P356))]]''====
Refers to a design that was created for this production.
* Add a statement with the property [production] to the item-page of the design. When done, [has design] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the production.

====[[Property:P89|Significant equipment (P89)]]====
Refers to equipment that was significant for the production.
* This can include fly bar systems, revolves, trap systems, …

====[[property:P87|Significant person (P87)]]====
Refers to a person that was significant for the production.
* Describe the significance in a [[property:P47|context (P47)]] qualifier.

====''[[property:P227|worked here (inverse property label of '''Has worked in''' (P227))]]''====
A person that worked for the production.

====''[[property:P388|has performance(s) (inverse property label of '''is performance of''' (P388)]])''====
Specific performance(s) of the production.
* Add a statement with the property [is performance of] to the item-page of the performance, link there to the production. When done, [has performance(s)] will appear as a statement on the item-page of the production.
* For more information, also about when to create a new item for a performance, see the [[Help:Performance|help page about performances]].

Tags (P22)

=== Geographic information ===
====[[property:P384|venue of first performance (P384)]]====
The performance venue where a production was first performed i.e. the opening night.
* Use the property [[property:P114|date of first performance (P114)]] to add the date of the first performance.

====[[property:P125|venue of other performances (P125)]]====
A location where a production was performed (but not on the opening night).
* Use the qualifier [[property:P45|point in time (P45)]] to add a specific time.
* Mostly this will be a theatre space, but can also be a city or a country.

{{Media}}

=== Sources ===
====[[property:P182|Web (P182)]]====
A web resource that is dedicated to this production only

====[[property:p64|Source URL (P64)]]====
A web resource that is used as an information source for this item.
* If specific information is retrieved from a source, add this property as qualifier

====''[[property:P78|is mentioned in (inverse property label of '''mentions''', P78)]]====
Describes the source a production is mentioned in.
* The input is done on the source side.

=== References ===

====[[property:P16|Wikidata source (P16)]]====
* Refers to an entry in Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org )
* If the business exists in Wikidata, add Q-number from Wikidata
* The information from wikidata will partly be displayed at the bottom of the page.

Help:Main

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== New Help Pages ==
The new help pages are under construction, the old Help pages are listed below under the header old. (This header will be removed at the end)
==Introduction==
Text result of Canon II
is guideline for ...

===Goals===
Safeguarding for the future

Developing a knowledge base for research, education and professionals

Improving comparability by creating a standardised language

===Doing it right===
This chapter deals with general issues for an ethical, sustainable and inclusive way to research and gather historical information.

* Introduction

* Copyrights (aspects and limitations of copyright restrictions in historic research)

* Agreements (GDPR and the use of personal data and images)

* Research ethics (

* Accessibility, how to improve accessibility for data, pictures, video, maps, timelines and schematics

===Using the database===
!! These pages are alo used in the end user Help pages. !!
* Introduction
* [[Help:structure|Structure]] (basic principles behind the data concept) (Existing)
* [[Help:finding_your_way|Finding your way]] (how to navigate the database) (Existing)

== Documenting ==
===The concept of collaborative research===

=== Researching information===

* Introduction
* use of theme pages
* [[Help:Research sources|Research sources]] (a list of useful sources) ('''In progress''')
* [[Help:Using AI for research|Using AI for research]] (tools and methods to research using AI) ('''In progress''')

===The structure of the database===
===Adding information in the database===
* [[Help:adding_and_editing_information|Adding and editing information]] (Existing)
* [[Help:uploading_files|Uploading documents, audio, video, ...]] '''(New, using the repository)'''
** preparing files
** Uploading files
** Editing metadata
** Accessibility
** Captions
** [[Help:document_types|Preferred and allowed document types]] '''(new, in progress)'''
** [[Help:naming_conventions|Naming conventions for documents]] '''(new, in progress)'''
* [[Help:adding_wikipages|Adding and editing wikipages]]
* [[Help:Preparing_Bulk_import|Preparing Bulk import]]
* [[Help:editor_tools|Editor tools]]
* [[Help:Reconcioliation|Reconcioliation of mass information]] ('''in progress''')

===Documenting different types of information===
* [[Help:Building_description_manual|Performance venue]] (Existing In progress)
* [[Help:Business|Business]] (Existing Checked)
* [[Help:Collection|Collection]] (Existing Checked)
* [[Help:Design|Design]] (Existing in construction)
* [[Help:Document|Document]] (Existing To Do)(do we remove it?)
* [[Help:Equipment|Equipment]] (Existing Checked)
** [[Help:Spotlights|Spotlights]]
** [[Help:Dimmers|Dimmers]]
** ...
* [[Help:Event|Event]] (Existing Checked)
* [[Help:Geographic_area|Geographic area]] (Existing Checked)
* [[Help:Method|Method]] (Existing In progress)
* [[Help:Organisation|Organisation]] (Existing Checked)
* [[Help:Production|Production]] (Existing in construction)
** [[Help:Performance|Performance]] (Existing In progress)
* [[Help:Person|Person]] (Existing Checked) '''(Updated)'''
* [[Help:Source|Source]] (Existing Checked)
* pictures, audio and video
* [[Help:Term|Term]] (Existing Checked)
* [[Help:Time_frame|Time frame]] (Existing Checked)

=== Special pages ===
* theme pages

=== Service pages ===
These are pages that need specific information for the good functioning of the system.
* value lists
* overview pages

===Storing files in the repository===
(Moved to Adding information in the database)
===Background about documenting===

* Documenting
** [https://www.projectcest.be/wiki/Publicatie:Invulboek_objecten Invulboek objecten] een handboek met beschrijvingsregels voor het documenteren van erfgoedobjecten in een collectiebeheersysteem.
** [https://www.projectcest.be/wiki/Hoofdpagina CEST] standaarden bij het creëren, beheren en toegankelijk maken van digitale erfgoedcollecties
** [https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/index.html GETTY Art & Architecture Thesaurus® Online ]

** Visualising
*** https://www.visualthesaurus.com

* Ontologies
** Hyper stage (ontology for Italian theatrical cultural heritage on wikibase.cloud)
***https://openreview.net/forum?id=rqmdxlzHpD
*** https://hyperstage.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page#propriet%C3%A0_e_elementi_creati

* Metadata

==Techniques==

===Scanning (2D)===
* scanning documents
* scanning photgraphic prints
* scanning slides
* types of scanners

=== image correction ===

=== [[help:OCR|OCR (optical character recognition)]] ===
(in progres)

=== Photographing ===
* photo booth setup
* in situ photographs
* special cases

=== Files ===

making and editing pdf

https://online2pdf.com/cut-pdf-pages-a3-to-a4

=== 3D scanning ===

===Measuring ===

* Measuring theatres
* Measuring equipment

=== Identifying parts ===

=== Audio recording ===

=== Video recording ===

** [https://www.toolboxfocusvakmanschap.be/en/?lang=en recording livingheritage]

=== File formats and quality ===

=== Tagging documents ===

== Methods ==
=== Interviews ===

=== Demonstrations ===

=== Geomapping ===
** Geomapping
*** https://maps.nls.uk/

=== Bulk documenting actions ===
* Large series of equipment
* Searching information

== Collecting==
about the creation of a safe and sustainable collection and the treatment of artifacts.

=== Collection policies ===
** https://www.ne-mo.org/news/article/nemo/toolkit-on-ethical-transfer-reuse-and-disposal-of-museum-collections.html

=== safeguarding artifacts ===
* Cleaning and safeguarding
** [[Help:Vinyl_Records|Vinyl Records]]
** [https://obsoletemedia.org/media-preservation Media Preservation (from Museum of Obsolate media)] including a method to define risk on Obsolescence Ratings and Media Stability Ratings.

== Developer pages==

These deveolopers pages are meant only for the team that maintains the structure, makes mass inports, etc.

[[Help:developers_pages|Developpers pages]]

== Old Help pages ==

== Major updates ==

* 31/7/2023 - we are working on / importing / checking the manual for users. Feel free to give some feedback.
* 30/7/2023 - The manuafacturer type of information has been moved as a subclass under an new type of information [[item:Q47|Business]]. This gives us the possibility to use different types of businesses like "architectoral firms", "publishers", "rental companies", ...
* 27/7/2023 - we added a new feature: [[item:Q31712|Themes]] that can be used by researchers or people working on an article or paper to bring all their information together.

[[Update_archive|Update archive]] - [[Minor_updates|Minor updates]]

== Introduction for readers==
* Introduction
* [[Help:structure|Structure]]
* [[Help:finding_your_way|Finding your way]]

== Information for content creators ==
An important message before you start:

Don’t read this manual

Most chapters are meant for reference when you are working. But it is good to read the pages about the '''Structure''' and '''Finding your way'''. If you want to add and edit information, if you want to contribute, it is good to read the pages below and make yourself familiar with the structures of the pages.

* [[Help:adding_and_editing_information|Adding and editing information]]
* [[Help:uploading_files|Uploading documents, audio, video, ...]]
* [[Help:adding_wikipages|Adding and editing wikipages]]
* [[Help:Preparing_Bulk_import|Preparing Bulk import]]
* [[Help:editor_tools|Editor tools]]

=== Pages based on type of information ===

* [[Help:Building_description_manual|Building]] (In progress)
* [[Help:Business|Business]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Collection|Collection]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Design|Design]] (in construction)
* [[Help:Document|Document]] (To Do)
* [[Help:Equipment|Equipment]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Event|Event]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Geographic_area|Geographic area]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Method|Method]] (In progress)
* [[Help:Organisation|Organisation]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Performance|Performance]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Person|Person]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Source|Source]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Term|Term]] (Checked)
* [[Help:Time_frame|Time frame]] (Checked)

=== Standardised pages ===
These are pages that need specific information for the good functioning of the system.

Language pages

Value lists

=== Overview pages ===

* Field pages

* [[Help:Person overview page|Person overview page]]

=== Canon pages ===

=== Projects ===
This page contains a lot of "things to do" about developping content. It is meant for content creators that get out of inspiration ;-)

=== Reconcialiation service ===

OpenRefine’s reconciliation endpoint is available at

https://reconcile.purkertlab.cz/en/api

Detailed instructions are avaiable at [[Help:OpenRefine’s_reconciliation_endpoint|OpenRefine’s reconciliation endpoint]]

[[Help:ToDo_content|To Do Content]]

== Collection pages ==
These pages contain information about documenting, safeguarding and restoring sources, equipment and other artefacts in collections.

* Collection policies
** https://www.ne-mo.org/news/article/nemo/toolkit-on-ethical-transfer-reuse-and-disposal-of-museum-collections.html

* Documenting
** [https://www.projectcest.be/wiki/Publicatie:Invulboek_objecten Invulboek objecten] een handboek met beschrijvingsregels voor het documenteren van erfgoedobjecten in een collectiebeheersysteem.
** [https://www.projectcest.be/wiki/Hoofdpagina CEST] standaarden bij het creëren, beheren en toegankelijk maken van digitale erfgoedcollecties
** [https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/index.html GETTY Art & Architecture Thesaurus® Online ]

** [[3D_Scanning|3D Scanning]]
** [https://www.toolboxfocusvakmanschap.be/en/?lang=en recording livingheritage]

** Geomapping
*** https://maps.nls.uk/

** Visualising
*** https://www.visualthesaurus.com

* Cleaning and safeguarding
** [[Help:Vinyl_Records|Vinyl Records]]
** [https://obsoletemedia.org/media-preservation Media Preservation (from Museum of Obsolate media)] including a method to define risk on Obsolescence Ratings and Media Stability Ratings.

* Ontologies
** Hyper stage (ontology for Italian theatrical cultural heritage on wikibase.cloud)
***https://openreview.net/forum?id=rqmdxlzHpD
*** https://hyperstage.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page#propriet%C3%A0_e_elementi_creati

== Software ==

=== OCR software ===

* Adobe Acrobat Pro
** provides standard OCR functionality
** works fine for well scanned, easy readable documents

* Transkribus
** for handwriting and difficult readable documents
** includes using existing and creating new text recognition models
** includes form recognition
** includes tagging (with wikidata connection)
** [https://www.youtube.com/@transkribus tutorials, webinars and information on youtube]
** [https://www.transkribus.org/ Transkribus]

* ABBYY FineReader
** for scanning and document quality enhancement
** includes OCR correction
** includes export to tables
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kof1dSceV1U tutorial]
** [https://pdf.abbyy.com/ ABBYY FineReader]

=== Analysing documents (AI) ===

* NotebookLM
** possibility to upload documents
** results have to be checked
** [https://notebooklm.google.com/ NotebookLM]

== Developer pages ==
These pages are meant for the team that maintains the structure, makes mass inports, etc.

* [[help:Item_properties_for_developpers|Item properties for developpers]]
* [[Help:property_pages|property pages]]
* [[Help:maintenance_procedures|maintenance procedures]]
* [[Help:Tools|Tools]]
* [[Help:Interoperability|Interoperability]] (In progress)
* [[Help:Taxonomies|Taxonomies and standardised language]]
* [[Help:templates|using templates]]

* usefull queries (To Do)
https://tinyurl.com/232njj7q adaptable query of the properties and their properties

* service properties (To Do)
* obsolate properties (To Do)

=== software applications ===

IIIF (Triple IF)
* application to retrieve images from other collections
* https://iiif.io

== Projects ==
These pages contain short and long time projects to improve the quality or the richness of the database.

* [[Help:To_Do|To do]]
* [[Help:Issues|Issues to solve]] (You can add here issues you encounter in the database)

== Previous versions ==

[[file:Manual_CanonBase_v3.pdf|manual]]

== Old content Help pages ==
see [[help:old pages|old Help pages]]

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== Overview of existing template pages ==
''sorted alphabetically''

[[template:Canon image|Canon image (P74)]] Canon_image

[[template:Canon video|Canon video (P76)]] Canon_video

[[template:Link to internal Wikipage|Link to internal Wikipage (P23)]] Link_to_internal_Wikipage

[[template:Media|Media]] Media

[[template:Vimeo video|Vimeo video (P351)]] Vimeo_video

[[template:Wikicommons gallery|Wikicommons gallery (P181)]] Wikicommons_gallery

[[template:Wikicommons image| Wikicommons image (P2)]] Wikicommons_image

[[template:Wikicommons video|Wikicommons video (P8)]] Wikicommons_video

[[template:Youtube video|Youtube video (P116)]] Youtube_video

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=====[[property:P76|Canon video (P76) ]]=====
A video about this item, stored in the Canon repository.
* Upload the video first to the repository (you have to be sure that the video is open source). For more information about uploading media to the repository, visit the help page about [[Help:Uploading_files|uploading media]].
* Copy Media ID and paste it in the value for the [Canon video] property.
* Large videos are preferably stored outside of the platform due the limitations of file size.
* If the video mentions multiple items, make a separate source for it and use the [mentions] property to refer to the items.

Template:Youtube video

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Template:Wikicommons video

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Template:Canon video

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