Help:Source

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Introduction

Sources are documents that contain useful information about an item in the database. A source can be all types of documents, from a book in the library to a website. The sources are linked to the item in order to create a unique source list for each item.

Header

Label*

• The name of the source in it's original language, including the subtitle
• We do not translate this. (just copy in your language)

Description

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

Also known as

• This field is used to facilitate searching.
• In exceptional cases, when a source is known under a nickname, you can add an alias
• Example "Sabbattini book" or "the method"

Basic information

Field (P19)*

• This is used to define what field the source is describing and makes it possible to find all sources in a specific field of interest.
• Multiple entries are possible.
• Possible values can be found in Field (Q37)

Type of information (P11)*

• The [type of information] is always "source"
• Always add Type of document (P36) as qualifier.
  • Type of document, acceptable values can be found in the Type of document value list (Q30785).
  • This is a obligatory qualifier

Type of document value list (Q30785)

Importance (P20)

• Defines how important this document was 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 source, 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)

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

Language value list (Q14)

Author (P41) or author (txt) (P93)

• Use [author] only when the author has further importance for the history or has published multiple works. (you need to make an item of the author)
• Use [author (txt)] when the person has no further influence to the history.

Publisher (P62) or publisher (txt) (P100)

• Use [publisher] only when the publisher has probably a significant amount of publications about the history. (you need to make an item of the publisher)
• Use [publisher (txt)] when the publisher has probably no further publications about the history.

Published in (txt) (P266)

• The city and/or country the work is published in.

Language* (P35)

• Fill language of the document
• Multiple entries are possible
• If language does not exist in the database, make new item.

Language value list (Q14)

Edition or translation of (P66)

• Refers to the original work this item is an edition or translation of
• Use [context] as qualifier to give specific information about this edition or translation

has edition or translation (inverse property label of Edition or translation of, P66)

• Refers to existing editions or translation

ISBN (P28)

• Refers toe international standard book number
• Can also be used to enter other numbers

Number of pages(P136)

• The number of pages of the book

Citation (P250)

@ Jan, can you explain?

Copyright (P72)

• Refers to the copyright status of the original document
• Acceptable values can be found in the copyright expected value list

WorldCat Identities ID (P180)

Dates

Publication date (P40)

• Date as referred to in the document.
• Multiple entries possible in case of multiple prints
• Use Edition (P53) as qualifier
  • Describe edition in case of multiple publication dates

Relations

Part of collection (P67)

• Refers to acollection where this document can be found

Courtesy of (P148)

• Refers to a person or organisation that granted the use of the document

Media

In the case of sources, the subject of the item is the source-medium, that is (if possible) included and described..

Internal document (P71)

• An original document that is not available elsewhere online and has no copyright restrictions.
• Uploaded on the Canon server and copy-paste link

Copy available online (P37)

• Link to online version of the document
• Multiple entries are possible
• Try to copy the IRL and test the link first
• For documents in for example archive.com set the document on a significant page (title page or index) because they link to this page when copying the link.

Backup document (P74)

• Only visible when logged in
• We use this to ensure that documents don't get lost in cyberspace.
• Upload the document first and copy the link here.
• Documents with copyright restrictions van only be used for research, within the restraints of your countries legislation.

Non registered Backup document (P153)

• Bulk uploaded document that is not registered as a media file.
• Used for example for magazines.

Image (P2) or Internal image (P24)

• A reference picture of a document, to help users remember or find. Often this is the cover of a book.
• 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.)

Youtube video (P116)

• A video on youtube as a source.
• Copy the string after ?v= in the Youtube url and paste it in the [Youtube video] property.

Internal video or Wikicommons media

• A video s a source.
• 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.)

Sources

Web (P182)

• A web resource that is dedicated to this document only, for example on the authors or publisher's website.

Source URL (P64)

• Link to online information about the document, for example the publishers page or a page of a research group.

References from the source

Mentions (P78)

• The mentions field links the document to the different entries in the database. By linking the source, it will appear also as a source in the entry.
• If an entry does not exist, you have to make it first.
• Try to be as specific as possible by choosing the items/entries. (If a book describes a specific type of oil lamp, link to that one and not to a general item "oil lamps")
• Use Page in source (P25) as a qualifier. Pages are written as follows:
  • p… refers to a page
  • ch… refers to a chapter
  • P… , P… means mentions on several pages
  • P… - P… means the whole text between pages has mentions
• Use Context (P47) as a qualifier
  • Use to give extra information about the content.
  • Keep text short, it has to fit in the lists.

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

• describes another source this source is mentioned in.
• the input is done on the other side.

Quote (P91)

• use to note usefull quotes in the source.
• Use Page in source (P25) as a qualifier.

References

Wikidata source (P16)

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

WorldCat Identities ID (P180)

• referentienummer van het WorldCat (https://worldcat.org) referentiesysteem

Magazines, specific properties

A magazine is a periodical publication that contains articles. To avoid an overload of articles in the source page, especially for magazines that are imported as a whole, we divide the magazine in issues and the issues in articles. We define them as follows:

• The magazine is the whole series of issues of a magazine.
• The issue is one number, publication with a specific date
• The article is a part of the magazine.

(For a single magazine article as a source use [type of document] = "magazine article)

Magazine (as a whole)

(Magazines have no [Field] property)

Type of information* (P11)

• The [type of information] is always "source"
• Use Type of document (P36) ** is "magazine" als qualifier in case of the whole of the magazine, with all issues

Publisher (P62)

• The organisation or person that publishes tha magazine.

Language (P35)

• The language of the magazine as a whole.
• If an article has a different language, add language to the article.

Language value list (Q14)

Issue

(Issues have no [Field] property)

Type of information* (P11)

• The [type of information] is always "source"
• Use Type of document (P36) is “issue” in case of one issue of a magazine

Is issue of (P130)

• Refers to the magazine

Issue number (P134)

• Refers to the number given by the publisher
• This can be continuous numbering, independent from the volume or a number within the volume.

Volume (P135)

• Refers to the volume number given by the publisher
• This can be a number per year, the year itself, a group of issues within a specific amount of time (for example an academic year), …

Copy available online (P37)

• In case the issue is stored as a whole

Backup copy (P74) or Non registered backup document (P153)

• In case the issue is stored as a whole

Publication date (P40)

Language* (P35)

• in case this is different from the magazine

Language value list (Q14)

Publicity about

(to make)

• Mentions publicity about specific equipment or manufacturer that can be used to date the equipment

Article

(Articles have no [Type of information] or [Field])

article in issue (P132)

• verwijst naar het issue

Author (P41) or author (txt) (P93)

Backup copy (P74) or Non registered backup document (P153)

• In case the articles are stored or referenced separately

Language* (P35)

• in case this is different from the issue

Mentions (P78)

Patents specific properties

• for patents we use the publication date of the patent as publication date (not the application date)
• we assume that the aplicant is the author
• id possible, we add a representative picture of the invention