Wikidata:WikiProject Citizen Science/Model
The data models for the project are the recommended properties for describing citizen science projects in Wikidata.
Help citizen science efforts integrate with the existing work and set a vision for how a collaborative curation can improve the experience and science of citizen science.
Data models[edit]
The following data models are incomplete, as other more specialized WikiProjects have more developed data models for concepts in their domain. The emphasis in these data models is interconnecting resources which community partnerships produce by identifying how aspects of community partnerships relate to each other. Take these as suggestions and on a case-by-case basis, customize data models as needed.
Projects[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Our Soil <instance of> citizen science project | - |
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Our Soil <instance of> community project | - |
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Our Soil <instance of> research project | - |
| participant | P710 | Item | participant: person, group of people or organization (object) that actively takes/took part in an event or process (subject). Preferably qualify with "object has role" (P3831). Use P1923 for participants that are teams. | PARSEC <participant> University of São Paulo | participant in |
| participant in | P1344 | Item | event: event in which a person or organization was/is a participant; inverse of P710 or P1923 | PARSEC <participant in> University of São Paulo | participant |
| affiliation | P1416 | Item | affiliation: organization that a person or organization is affiliated with (not necessarily member of or employed by) | PARSEC <affiliation> University of São Paulo | - |
| headquarters location | P159 | Item | headquarters, siège social, seat, episcopal see and titular see: city or town, where an organization's headquarters is or has been situated. Use P276 qualifier for specific building | PARSEC <headquarters location> University of São Paulo | - |
| coordinate location | P625 | Geographic coordinates | geographic coordinate: geocoordinates of the subject. For Earth, please note that only WGS84 coordinating system is supported at the moment | PARSEC <coordinate location> Q835960 | - |
Research publications[edit]
Wikidata heavily relies on information from published media sources. When sources feature a citizen science project as their subject, then make a Wikidata item for that source, then tag the source to indicate main subject. This is especially helpful for small projects with only one or a handful of sources documenting them.
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Our Soil <instance of> citizen science project | - |
| main subject | P921 | Item | topic, matter and subject: primary topic of a work (see also P180: depicts) | PARSEC <main subject> University of São Paulo | statement is subject of |
| describes a project that uses | P4510 | Item | essential component or tool that was used in this project | Our Soil <describes a project that uses> citizen science project | - |
People[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Our Soil <instance of> citizen science project | - |
| employer | P108 | Item | employer: person or organization for which the subject works or worked | PARSEC <employer> University of São Paulo | - |
| award received | P166 | Item | award, honorary citizenship, title of honor and decoration: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work | Our Soil <award received> citizen science project | - |
Research institutes[edit]
Events[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Open Hardware Summit 2023 <instance of> convention | - |
| start time | P580 | Point in time | start time: time an entity begins to exist or a statement starts being valid | Open Hardware Summit 2023 <start time> 28 April 2023 | - |
| end time | P582 | Point in time | end time: moment when an entity ceases to exist or a statement stops being valid | Open Hardware Summit 2023 <end time> 29 April 2023 | - |
Research resources[edit]
Software[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | HDF5 <instance of> free software | - |
| has use | P366 | Item | use: main use of the subject (includes current and former usage) | HDF5 <has use> free software | - |
| developer | P178 | Item | video game developer and software developer: organization or person that developed the item | HDF5 <developer> free software | - |
| described by source | P1343 | Item | source of information: work where this item is described | HDF5 <described by source> free software | - |
| copyright status | P6216 | Item | copyright status: copyright status for intellectual creations like works of art, publications, software, etc. | HDF5 <copyright status> free software | - |
| copyright license | P275 | Item | license: license under which this copyrighted work is released | HDF5 <copyright license> free software | - |
| funder | P8324 | Item | funder: entity that gives money to a person, organization, or project for a specific purpose | HDF5 <funder> free software | - |
Datasets[edit]
| Title | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instance of | P31 | Item | instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <instance of> data set | - |
| sponsor | P859 | Item | sponsor, Tabula gratulatoria, research sponsor and patron of the arts: organization or individual that sponsors this item | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <sponsor> National Renewable Energy Laboratory | - |
| author | P50 | Item | author, writer and creator: main creator(s) of a written work (use on works, not humans); use P2093 (author name string) when Wikidata item is unknown or does not exist | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <author> Galen Maclaurin | - |
| described by source | P1343 | Item | source of information: work where this item is described | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <described by source> Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset toolkit | - |
| funder | P8324 | Item | funder: entity that gives money to a person, organization, or project for a specific purpose | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <funder> United States Department of Energy | - |
| funder | P8324 | Item | funder: entity that gives money to a person, organization, or project for a specific purpose | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <funder> United States Department of Energy | - |
| DOI | P356 | External identifier | serial code used to uniquely identify digital objects like academic papers (use upper case letters only) | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <DOI> 10.25984/1822195 | - |
| Research Resource Identifier | P9712 | External identifier | identifier by SciCrunch | Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit <Research Resource Identifier> RRID:SCR_023782 | - |
Grants[edit]
External recommendations[edit]
Models for citizen science being proposed are based off the PPSR Core standards as outlined in the Citizen Science Data and Metadata working group repository.: This may not be fully mapped, but a minimum viable item and constraints will be generated.
Further exploration with external data validation will be explored as integration with external platforms are developed. Further scope could include improving Wikidata items used in citizen science projects which would require identifying what properties a citizen science platform uses. For example a citizen science platform may rely on geographic objects then improving those objects fall into scope. Please cite where the statement of use is claimed or how it was identified.
Other considerations[edit]
Data modeling, querying, and curation go together. Before applying any of these data models at scale to a Wikidata import and curation process, check in with stakeholders for community opinions.
Other Wikidata examples[edit]
Wikidata:WikiProject Zika Corpus is an example and model to consider for modeling citizen science data in Wikidata. The general situation was that for 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic (Q21686043), a virus newly began infecting people globally. The event required community scientists to react. The WikiProject collection of research papers describing the Zika epidemic is well-developed, and is starting point to evaluate and extend a of focused topical approach to Wikidata with explicit considerations on how such efforts benefit the research community and build a shared linked data system which anyone can use.