Help:Term

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Introduction

A term is a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study.

We exclude her all terms describing concrete equipment or groups of equipment, these are entered in the equipment type of information. But references to equipment that do not refer to a defined object can be entered here.

For example, a profile spot or an amplifier are equipment, but a balcony spot is a term, because it is not a specific type of spotlight.

We divide terms in a series of categories that refer to the type of term.

• Action (verbs)
• Documentation (all terms referring to the result of a documentation process)
• Expressions (how we call or describe things that do not fit the other categories)
• Material (terms referring to the physical material an object is made of)
• Occupation (all (generic) function descriptions)
• Place (all physical place references and directions toward a specific place)
• Qualifier (a term that qualifies an object)

This makes it possible to structure the information.

Additional notes

Over time the same term sometimes gets a different meaning. When this meaning goes further than a nuance in the description, it becomes a new concept and thus a new term.

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 term, as used today
• Translations in different languages (be aware to translate the concept and not just the name, in other words, give the name used in your language for what the description explains)

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 theatre 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 term is used in
• Multiple values are possible
• For items that are describing a concept that is field independent (for example “material”) no field is added.

Field Value list (Q37)

Type of information (P11)*

• The [type of information] is always "term"
• Only one value is possible
• Type of term (P129)*
  • Describes the typology of a term
• Only one value is possible

Type of term value list (Q30780)

Subclass of (P33)*

• The subclass has to be identical to [type of term]
• This is used to structure the trees.
• The value has to be given, except on the lowest level

Context (P47)

• Can be used to give more information about the term, 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 term.
• Language (P35)
  • Language of the wiki-page.
  • This is a obligatory qualifier

Language value list (Q14)

Terminological properties

Historical term (P170)

• A historic term refers to a term used in earlier days to describe this item. These terms mainly are references to historic sources using the term.
• This is a language dependent entry, add the language when asked.
• Ideally the terms are documented with qualifiers [historic description], [source] and [publication date].
• Add the historical term also as a “Also known as” in the header, to facilitate searching.
• Historical description (P171)
  • Qualifier for [historical term]
  • Shows the historic description if available
• Source (P63)]
  • Qualifier for [historical term]
  • Refers to the source item
• Publication date (P40)
  • Qualifier for [historical term]
  • Shows the publication date of the source (to be able to make a timeline)
• Synonym (P179)
  • Qualifier for [historical term]
  • use only for synonyms as qualifier in historic terms, otherwise use [also known as] in header

Courtesy of (P148)

• Used to thank the provider of the information.

Antonym (P245)

• Sense of a lexeme with the opposite meaning to this sense, in the same language

Homonym (P246)

• Word that has the same spelling and usually sound alike, but has a different meaning

Collocation (P242)

• Example of the use of the term
• A collocation is an example in a dictionary to explain how to use the word. For example if the term is "stage" the collocation would be " "the actor plays on the stage"

Media

Image (P2) or Internal image (P24)

• A picture representing the term.
• 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 term.
• 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 term.
• 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

Sources

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.