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Wiki Data How to upload collection data
adamrmor edited this page Mar 26, 2018
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To bulk upload data into WikiData we use the Quick Statments tool. This uses a simple set of text command to add, edit and remove data. The tool uses the format of "semantic triples" to import data:
subject predicate object
Which means
<this thing> <has some relationship to> <that thing>
For example…
Q33817 P27 Q664
In plain English
Edmund Hillary has a country of citizenship which is New Zealand.
Quick Statements (no longer supported)
Each statement must consist of an item, a property, and a value. A value can be another item, a string, a time, a location, or a quantity, depending on the property type.
- Items are always in the form Qxx.
- Properties in the form Pxx.
- Strings (including URLs, and numerical values of text fields, for example external-ID property values) must be in "double quotes".
- Time values must be in format eg +1967-01-17T00:00:00Z/11, where /11 designates the precision. The precision is: 0 - billion years, 1 - hundred million years, ..., 6 - millennium, 7 - century, 8 - decade, 9 - year (default), 10 - month, 11 - day, 12 - hour, 13 - minute, 14 - second.
- Different parts of the statement are separated by a TAB character, or in QuickStatements version 2 may also by "|". Each command is on a new line, or in QuickStatements version 2 may also be separated by "||". Hint: You can also use a spreadsheet software such as Excel or LibreOffice Calc; copying/pasting the cells should automatically insert TABs.
- The first row is a header describing how the columns are interpreted.
- You can create new items by inserting a line consisting only of the word "CREATE". To add statements to the newly created item, use the word "LAST" instead of the Q number, and the statement will be added to the last created item.
- An uppercase "S" followed by a property number (without "P") begins a new source for the current statement.
- A lowercase "s" followed by a property number (without "P") adds another property-value pair to the current source.
- A lowercase "qal" followed by a property number (without "P") adds a qualifier to the current statement.
Property | Subject/Value |
---|---|
Title (P1476) |
View in the Valley of the River Nairne, Chatham Islands, June 1840 |
inventory number (P217) |
Print H43(5) |
collection (P195) |
Auckland War Memorial Museum (Q758657) |
location (P276) |
Auckland War Memorial Museum (Q758657) |
described at URL (P973) |
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-paintinganddrawings-1124` |
creator (P170) |
Charles Heaphy (Q1064767) |
instance of (P31) |
sketchbook (Q60520) |
Len (Label in English) |
Heaphy sketchbook no. 3 |
Den (Description in English) |
Artwork by Charles Heaphy (Auckland War Memorial Museum, PD-1952-2-3 ) |
height (P2048) |
255 millimetre |
width (P2049) |
360 millimetre |