{"id":74,"date":"2018-02-21T02:22:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/?p=74"},"modified":"2018-02-21T14:13:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:13:51","slug":"faq-and-further-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/faq-and-further-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ and Further Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FAQ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is the difference between Wikidata and DBpedia?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/Slide96.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/Slide96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/Slide96.png 960w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/Slide96-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wikidata-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/02\/Slide96-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><strong>How do you find which properties to use on Wikidata?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can go to a high profile example to see the properties used on their item page. e.g. RMS Titanic if you are interested in properties for ships. Alternatively, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/hay\/propbrowse\/\">PropBrowse tool<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:List_of_properties\/all\">List of Properties page<\/a> to check up on properties. Finally, if you think the way a concept is modelled is wrong then feel free to discuss on the Talk pages e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ships\">WikiProject Ships<\/a> if you are wanting to discuss shipping data modelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you propose NEW properties be created?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To create a new predicate (&#8220;property&#8221; in Wikidata), you have to add a request here &#8211;\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Property_proposal\">https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Property_proposal<\/a><\/u> &#8211; select the type of property from the list of options (e.g &#8220;Authority control&#8221; for adding an ID property). Once on one of the category pages, there&#8217;s a box with button just after the contents).<\/li>\n<li>Once proposed, other community members will either support or oppose, and some questions may be asked\/discussed. After around 2 weeks to a month, if there&#8217;s been no unresolved objections then the property will be created by an admin.<\/li>\n<li>The notability of the data is still best discussed initially by posting a message into <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Project_chat\">Project Chat<\/a><\/u> &#8211; notability of a <i>proposed property<\/i> is also discussed on the property proposal page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the schema for Wikidata?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The hierarchy of Wikidata is being created by the community (using &#8220;instance of&#8221; and &#8220;subclass of&#8221; properties to create a tree of &#8220;what things are&#8221;). It&#8217;s generally not very consistent at the moment, and is not fixed to any existing method of classifying things.<\/li>\n<li>There are tools for examining the class tree though &#8211; e.g. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/sqid\/\">https<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/sqid\/\">:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/sqid\/#\/<\/a><\/u> \u00a0and<u> <a href=\"https:\/\/angryloki.github.io\/wikidata-graph-builder\/?property=P279&amp;item=Q35120&amp;limit=2&amp;mode=reverse\">https<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/angryloki.github.io\/wikidata-graph-builder\/?property=P279&amp;item=Q35120&amp;limit=2&amp;mode=reverse\">:\/\/angryloki.github.io\/wikidata-graph-builder\/?property=P279&amp;item=Q35120&amp;limit=2&amp;mode=reverse<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links and Further reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Data_Import_Guide\">https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Data_Import_Guide<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Database_download\">https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Database_download<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>.<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Property:P2966\">https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Property:P2966<\/a><\/u> \u2013 National Library of Wales ID for collection items.<\/li>\n<li>.<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/w\/api.php\">https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/w\/api.php<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>.<u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/reasonator\/\">https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/reasonator\/\">reasonator<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/reasonator\/\">\/<\/a><\/u> &#8211; Wikidata made \u2018pretty\u2019<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/reasonator\/?q=Q42\">https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/reasonator\/?q=Q42<\/a><\/u> \u2013 Reasonator page for Douglas Adams (Q42) by way of example.<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/Extension:ArticlePlaceholder\">https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/Extension:ArticlePlaceholder<\/a><\/u> \u2013 another way of placeholding articles using structured data from wikidata to populate information in the meantime until an article can be created.<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1XX-yzT98fglAfFkHoixOI1XC1uwrS6f0u1xjdZT9TYI\/edit\">Wikidata<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1XX-yzT98fglAfFkHoixOI1XC1uwrS6f0u1xjdZT9TYI\/edit\">: Current trends and priorities<\/a><\/u> (May 2017 presentation with current statistics)<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/tag\/tagid\/wikidata\">Wikidata<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/tag\/tagid\/wikidata\"> video presentations on Media Hopper.<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Developer links<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#wikidata on chat.freenode.net<\/li>\n<li><u>wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org<\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cccb.org\/lab\/en\/article_la-nova-pedra-de-rosetta\/\">Wikidata<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cccb.org\/lab\/en\/article_la-nova-pedra-de-rosetta\/\"> \u2013 The New Rosetta Stone<\/a><\/u> (article).<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-close-freebase-helped-feed-knowledge-graph-211103\">Google closes Freebase<\/a><\/u> (article).<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-intersect\/wp\/2016\/05\/11\/you-probably-havent-even-noticed-googles-sketchy-quest-to-control-the-worlds-knowledge\/\">Google\u2019s sketchy attempt to control the world\u2019s knowledge<\/a><\/u> (article).<\/li>\n<li>api @ <u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/wikidata.org\/w\/api.php\">wikidata.org\/w\/<\/a><\/b><\/u><u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/wikidata.org\/w\/api.php\">api.php<\/a><\/b><\/u><\/li>\n<li>sandbox @ <u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:ApiSandbox\">wikidata.org\/wiki\/<\/a><\/b><\/u><u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:ApiSandbox\">Special:ApiSandbox<\/a><\/b><\/u><\/li>\n<li>The Wikidata Game: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/wikidata-game\/distributed\/\">https:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/wikidata-game\/distributed\/<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>PHP<\/li>\n<li>Wikibase API Library: <u><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/addwiki\/wikibase-api\">github.com\/<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/addwiki\/wikibase-api\">addwiki<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/addwiki\/wikibase-api\">\/<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/addwiki\/wikibase-api\">wikibase-api<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>SPARQL abstraction: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Benestar\/asparagus\">github.com\/<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Benestar\/asparagus\">Benestar<\/a><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Benestar\/asparagus\">\/asparagus<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Python<\/li>\n<li>Wiki bot Framework: <u>mediawiki.org\/wiki\/<\/u><u>Manual:Pywikibot<\/u><u>\/<\/u><u>Wikidata<\/u><\/li>\n<li>C# .NET<\/li>\n<li>Wikibase API Library: <u>github.com\/Benestar\/wikibase.net<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAQ What is the difference between Wikidata and DBpedia? How do you find which properties to use on Wikidata? You can go to a high profile example to see the properties used on their item page. e.g. RMS Titanic if you are interested in properties for ships. 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