Commons:Statements
Statements are a feature part of structured data. A statement is a structured way of recording information about a file. A statement consists of a claim, zero or more references, and a rank; a claim in turn consists of a property and either a value or one of the special cases "no value" and "unknown value", and zero or more qualifiers.
One of the most commonly-used properties in statements is depicts. Many other properties can be used; the following table lists some of the most common on Wikimedia Commons:
| Property | Property description | Example values | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| location of creation (P1071) | place where the item was conceived or made; where applicable, location of final assembly | Jaipur (Q66485), Sítio Arqueológico Duna Grande (Q63800976), Damascus (Q3766), Peru (Q419) | |
| instance of (P31) | type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcanoes form a subclass of mountains, and the volcano is a type (instance) of volcanic landform | page of a work (Q130506010), line art (Q365552), photograph (Q125191), painting (Q3305213) | |
| main subject (P921) | primary topic of a work | De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (Q948923), Solidarity (Q1003), The Gambia (Q1005), basketball (Q5372) | Should not be confused with genre (P136) |
| genre (P136) | creative work's genre or an artist's field of work (P101). Use main subject (P921) to relate creative works to their topic | folk music (Q43343), abstract art (Q128115), documentary photography (Q615498), street art (Q17516) | |
| creator (P170) | maker of this creative work or other object (where no more specific property exists) | Scott Foresman (Q7436348), Vincent van Gogh (Q5582), B. Sirven (Q91070657), George Herriman (Q453440) | |
| inception (P571) | time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use P1619 | 1500s, 1827, 28 September 2005 | Data modeling guidelines |
| source of file (P7482) | broad nature of the origin of the file | file available on the internet (Q74228490), original creation by uploader (Q66458942), own work by the original uploader (Q87402110) | |
| color (P462) | color of subject | color (Q22006653), black-and-white (Q838368) |
You can see a more comprehensive listing at Properties table. There is further discussion about the use of properties and qualifiers at Commons:Structured data/Modeling.
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