Help:Collection

Help index

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Introduction

Below you find all the properties, explained in the context of this page. If you click on the title, you get more information from the Property page.

Header

Label*

• The name of the collection, as used today
• Names are only translated if the collection itself uses their translated name, if not copy the original name in your language.

Description

• You can give a short (max 30 words) description of the term.
• This will be translated

Also known as

• This field is used to facilitate searching.
• When a collection is known under a nickname, or if it was called differently in earlier time periods, you can add an alias

General information

Field (P19)*

• The [field] for an item describing the field the collection is about
• Multiple values are possible

Field Value list (Q37)

Type of information (P11)*

• The [type of information] is always "collection"
• If a collection is also a theatre, an organisation or a person, multiple values are possible

type of collection (P84)*

• Defines the type of collection
• Possible values are in list Q30781

Type of collection value list (Q30781)

Importance (P20)

• Defines how important this collection is for the history of technical theatre, it is used to select items for large visualisations.

Importance value list (Q8)

Context (P47)

• Can be used to give more information about the collection, 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 source (P63) or source URL (P64)
• Context can also be used as a qualifier to give detail about a specific entry in a property.

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.
• Language (P35)
  • Language of the wiki-page.
  • This is a obligatory qualifier

Language value list (Q14)

Collection

has in collection (inverse property label of Part of collection P67)

• Refers to items in the collection

Displayed in collection (inverse property label of represented in collection P158)

• Refers to items that are displayed in the collection
• Refers to references or part of an item that is kept in the collection?
• CHECK

Dates

Founding date (P115)

• The date the collection is founded, the date it starts to exist.
• If needed, add context qualifier.

Significant date (P237)

• A date that is significant for the collection, and is not captured in the standard set of date properties available.
• For example the acquirement of an important collection
• Needs a qualifier timeline label (this is shown on the timeline and in lists to make the date visible.)
• Describe the event in a context qualifier

Relations

Founded by (P54)

• Persons (or organisations or businesses) that founded the collection.

Significant person (P56)

• Refers to a person that was significant for the collection.
• Describe the significance in a context (P47) qualifier.

Member of (P46)

• Refers to an organisation or business the item is member of.

Is part of (P138)

• Collections are often part of a larger organisation or business. This property can be used to note these relations.
• Add start date (P38) and end date (P39 as qualifiers if apropriate

has part (inverse property label of is part of (P138))

• Refers to other collection that are part of this one.

Tags (P22)

Media

Image (P2) or Internal image (P24)

• A picture representing the collection, for example a logo.
• Use only pictures about the collection, not the artifacts kept.
• An [image] refers to a picture in the wiki repository of images (commons.wikimedia.org) You can link by copying the name of the file from wikipedia or from the repository.
• An [Internal image] refers to a picture in our own repository. Upload the document first and copy the link here. (You have to be sure that the picture is open source.)
• Wikicommons images are preferable
• If you add a qualifier Instance of (P1) with value “featured image" (Q105), the picture will show automatically on top of the page.

Youtube video (P116)

• A video on youtube about this collection.
• Use only video about the collection, not the artifacts kept
• If the video mentions multiple persons, organisations or subjects, make a separate source for it and use the mentions property to refer to the organisation.
• Copy the string after ?v= in the Youtube url and paste it in the [Youtube video] property.

Internal video or Wikicommons media

• A video on about this collection.
• Use only video about the collection, not the artifacts kept.
• If the video mentions multiple persons, organisations or subjects, make a separate source item for it and use the mentions property to refer to the person.
• An Wikicommons media refers to a picture in the wiki repository of videos (commons.wikimedia.org) You can link by copying the name of the file from wikipedia or from the repository.
• An Internal video refers to a video in our own repository. Upload the video first and copy the link here. (You have to be sure that the picture is open source.)

Commons galery (P181)

• A link to the commons galery
• Copy the last part of the domain name into the property

Geographic

Country (P29)

• The country of the seat of the collection.
• Possible values can be found in Country (Q440)

City (P68)

• The city of the seat of the collection
• Add start date (P38) and end date (P39 as qualifiers if apropriate

Adress(P164)

• The adress of the seat of the collection
• add start date (P38) and end date (P39 as qualifiers if apropriate

Sources

keeps archive of (inverse property label of Archive is kept at, P221)

• Describes the the archive of another organisation kept in this collection.
• The input is done on the source side.

Web (P182)

• A web resource that is dedicated to this collection only

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

is mentioned in (inverse property label of mentions, P78)

• Describes the source a collection is mentioned in.
• The input is done on the source side.

References

Wikidata source (P16)

• Refers to an entry in Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org )
• If the collection exists in Wikidata, add Q-number from Wikidata
• The information from wikidata will partly be displayed at the bottom of the page.

Visualisations

7.7.2 Inverse properties These properties can be expected to become visible in this item, but should be added on the subject site of the equation keeps archive of (P222) • Refers to a archive that is in the collection has in collection: (P81) • refers to items in the collection Displayed in collection (P159) • refers to references or part of an item that is kept in the collection

is mentioned in (P79) • refers to a source about the collection.

Additional fields for collection items

> put link in equipment

Part of collection (P67)

collection number (P190)

collection date (P189)

provenance (P187)

Provenance item (to do)

Condition (P186)

safety hazards (P188)

treatments (P201)

date inventory (P203)

storage (P204)

represented in collection (P158)

Materials (todo)

7.7.4 Overview page 7.7.5 Item page