Project:New Items and Properties

Overview

An item represents a real world entity, concept, or topic (eg. person, place, publication, event, formula, or abstract concepts). Wikidata items and items in the MaRDI knowledge graph are identified with Q-numbers (i.e, IDs that begin with a Q).

For example, the article "A majorization-minimization algorithm for neuroimage registration" (Item:Q6541915) is an item in the MaRDI knowledge graph.

A property defined a relationship between two items or links items to values such as dates or numbers. Wikiddata properties and properties in the knowledge graph are identified with P-numbers (i.e, IDs that begin with a P).

For example, the property "instance of" (Property:P31) connects an item to the class it belongs to.

Items and properties are tied together using statements, which consist of an item, a property, and a value (which could also be an item)

For example:

"A majorization-minimization algorithm for neuroimage registration" (Item:Q6541915) -> is an instance of (Property:P31) -> a scholarly article (Item:Q56887)

Manual Approach

If you are logged into the MaRDI portal, you can manually create items and properties using the following links/interfaces:

• Create new item
• Create new property

Automated Approach

To create properties and items from within an importer script (if they are not or can not be imported from Wikidata), you can define them in a json file similar to the one below:

{
    "properties": [
        {
            "label": "community",
            "description": "The community this item is connected to, e.g. some science framework such as SFB1234 or MATH+",
            "datatype": "wikibase-item"
        },
        {
            "label": "MaRDI profile type",
            "description": "defines the types of MaRDI profiles expected to work for this item",
            "datatype": "wikibase-item"
        },
        {
            "label": "Internal Project ID",
            "description": "An identifier for a project, e.g. from a community such as MATH+ or SFB1234",
            "datatype": "wikibase-item"
        }
    ],
    "items": [
        {
            "label": "MaRDI community profile",
            "description": "type of MaRDI profile"
        },
        {
            "label": "MaRDI dataset profile",
            "description": "type of MaRDI profile"
        }
    ]
}

the function create_local_entities() is a template for how to use the json file to create new entities and properties inside your script.

Additional notes

• Q-IDs for items that exist in both the MaRDI knowledge graph and Wikidata an be different. For example, the MaRDI Q-ID for "scholarly article" (Item:Q56887) is different from its Wikidata Q-ID (Q13442814), which is listed as a property on the item's page.