Commons:Structured data/Modeling/Maps

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This page is a work in progress page, not an article or policy, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable.
Please offer suggestions on the talk page.

This page collects and refines best practices for describing maps on Wikimedia Commons.

Are images of maps described in Wikidata or Wikimedia Commons?

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See proposal on Talk page

What are the properties used for maps?

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See the inventory of properties created at Wikidata:WikiProject Maps/Historical map properties. Let's copy them over and evaluate for each property how they should be used.

Best practices

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Maps with Wikidata item

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This section describes some SDC best practices for maps that are notable enough to have their own Wikidata item in addition to having image files in Commons. These will often be maps in GLAM collections.

Maps without Wikidata item

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This section describes some best practices for maps that are not notable enough to have their own Wikidata item.

Examples

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(list files below that provide best practices on how to model various situations)

Futured desired state

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  • {{Map}} should import Wikidata metadata as {{Artwork}} does. (Planned, volunteer on board).