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An item with two types of information?

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 * both a organisation/business and a collection
-===Exception===
+===Exceptions===
 There are two exceptions on this rule:
 * In case of organisations and businesses (or vice versa). CanonBase defines an organisation as an entity undertaking non-profit activitits, and a business as an enitity undertaking commercial, industrial and/or professional activities. In some cases however an entity can undertake both non-profit and commercial/industrial/professional activities. The recommendation is to keep them as one item, because properties as the field, address, people who worked here, etc. will be the same.
 ** This is mainly in cases where an organisation also publishes something. A publisher is a type of business.
-  See for example [[item:Q13001| RITCS]] which is a educational organisation that also puslished some works, so it has two types of information, i.e. organisation and business.
+  See for example [[item:Q13001| RITCS]] which is a educational organisation that also puslished some works. So it has two types of information, i.e. organisation and business.
-* In case of digital collections and webpages (as a type of source). In this case the webpage (source) refers to the samen digitale collection, so there is no need to create a different item.
+* In case of digital collections and webpages (as a type of source). In this case the webpage (source) refers to the actual digital collection, so there is no need to create a different item.
   See for example [[item:Q14837|Kunstenpunt]].

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 ** This item will have properties sush as: the type of business (= manufacturer), the address where the manufacturer was based, a link to the item that is the projector stand he manufactured.
-  In case of Hugo Bahr, there exist now two items in CanonBase: [[item:Q403|Hugo Bahr]] and [[[[item:Q39675|Hugo Bahr (manufacturer)]].
+  In case of Hugo Bahr, there exist now two items in CanonBase: [[item:Q403|Hugo Bahr (the person)]] and [[item:Q39675|Hugo Bahr (the manufacturer)]].
 It is recommended to create two different items, in case they refer to:
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 * both a organisation/business and a collection
-'''Exception'''. There are two exceptions on this rule:
+===Exception===
-* In case of organisations and businesses (or vice versa). This is mainly in cases where there is an organisation that also publishes something. Publisher is a type of business.
+There are two exceptions on this rule:
   See for example [[item:Q13001| RITCS]] which is a educational organisation that also puslished some works, so it has two types of information, i.e. organisation and business.
 * In case of digital collections and webpages (as a type of source). In this case the webpage (source) refers to the samen digitale collection, so there is no need to create a different item.
-  See for example [[item:Q14837|Kunstenpunt]]
+  See for example [[item:Q14837|Kunstenpunt]].

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	* one with [type of information] = business		* one with [type of information] = business
	** This item will have properties sush as: the type of business (= manufacturer), the address where the manufacturer was based, a link to the item that is the projector stand he manufactured.		** This item will have properties sush as: the type of business (= manufacturer), the address where the manufacturer was based, a link to the item that is the projector stand he manufactured.
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		+	In case of Hugo Bahr, there exist now two items in CanonBase: [[item:Q403\|Hugo Bahr]] and [[[[item:Q39675\|Hugo Bahr (manufacturer)]].
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		+	It is recommended to create two different items, in case they refer to:
		+	* both a person and a business
		+	* both an organisation/business and a building
		+	* both a organisation/business and a collection
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		+	'''Exception'''. There are two exceptions on this rule:
		+	* In case of organisations and businesses (or vice versa). This is mainly in cases where there is an organisation that also publishes something. Publisher is a type of business.
		+	See for example [[item:Q13001\| RITCS]] which is a educational organisation that also puslished some works, so it has two types of information, i.e. organisation and business.
		+	* In case of digital collections and webpages (as a type of source). In this case the webpage (source) refers to the samen digitale collection, so there is no need to create a different item.
		+	See for example [[item:Q14837\|Kunstenpunt]]

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 On this page you'll find some information about some special cases when creating items.
-== Adding pictures and videos: source or item? ==
+== Adding pictures and videos: as a property or as an item? ==
 When pictures are uploaded, they can be added to an item in several ways. How they are added, depends on the number of items the picture will be linked to.
-* If pictures are documenting only on specific item and will be linked to only one item (the item itself): they can be added to the item itself.
+* If pictures are documenting only on specific item and will be linked to only one item (the item itself): they can be added to the item itself, using the correct property.
   For example: pictures of a piece of equipment, a portret of a person, a picture of a theatre, … will be added directly to the item itself.
 * If pictures will be linked to multiple items, a separate source is created. Pictures of the same series can be grouped in the same source (item). To link the pictures to an item, use the [[Property:P78|mentions]]-property.

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 On this page you'll find some information about some special cases when creating items.
-== Using pictures: source or item? ==
+== Adding pictures and videos: source or item? ==
 When pictures are uploaded, they can be added to an item in several ways. How they are added, depends on the number of items the picture will be linked to.

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 On this page you'll find some information about some special cases when creating items.
 == Using pictures: source or item? ==
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 *Use mentions to link to the separate items
-== An item with two [types of information]? ==
+== An item with two types of information? ==
 Generally speaking, we avoid to add two [types of information] to one item.

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 On this page you'll find some information about some special cases when creating items.

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 Let's look at the following case:
-  ''Hugo Bahr was a German glass painter, lighting designer and manufacturer of lights.'' We want to add ''Hugo Bahr'' to CanonBase and register following information about him: his date of birth, his occupation, his country of citizenship. We also want to link him to a projector stand that he manufactured. This projector stand is an
+  ''Hugo Bahr was a German glass painter, lighting designer and manufacturer of lights.'' We want to add ''Hugo Bahr'' to CanonBase and register following information about him: his date of birth, his occupation, his country of citizenship. We also want to link him to a projector stand that he manufactured.
 Looking at the information above, Hugo Bahr has two [types of information]: person and business. This is because a manufacturer is a type of business.
 Recommendation: create two different items:
 * one with [type of information] = person,
-**
+** This item will have properties such as: his date of birth, occupation, country of citizenship.
 * one with [type of information] = business
-** type of business = manufacturer
+** This item will have properties sush as: the type of business (= manufacturer), the address where the manufacturer was based, a link to the item that is the projector stand he manufactured.