THE WIKIDATA MEDIA LIBRARY

This page gathers our entire media library around the learning and use of Wikidata for the performing arts. The videos were produced as part of a series of training workshops organized by CAPACOA and its partners (the Conseil québécois du Théâtre and the Regroupement Québécois du Théâtre) between 2020 and 2022. In addition to these videos, several other training contents and practical tools have been developed in 2022 and 2023. The online presentations are likely to be updated on a regular basis and therefore, may occasionally contain more advanced elements than the videos.

All resources are freely available to view and download. Unless otherwise noted, all written materials are published under a CC BY International 4.0 license.

Understanding Wikidata

The main principles that support the functioning of Wikidata

The main concepts

A complete portrait of the Wikidata ecosystem. Presentation of the main principles that govern and define this international and collaborative knowledge base.

The world of Wikidata

What is the difference between Wikidata and Wikipedia? The principles of free and open databases (copyright and copyleft). The Wikimedia foundation

The concept of a knowledge base

About the community

The main concepts in presentation format

These general presentations on Wikidata are complements to the videos presented.

The Basics of Wikidata (EN)
- Wikidata: the basics (Wikimedia universe, language, contribution, editing, etc.) [EN, Nov. 2021]
- Key concepts [EN, Sept. 2020]
Contribute to Wikidata (EN)
- The means and functions of contributing to Wikidata [EN, Nov. 2021]
A Hands-On Introduction to Wikidata (EN)
- A hands-on step-by-step introduction [EN, Dec. 2022]

Getting started in Wikidata

Handling of a simple and powerful tool

Create a user account

How to create a user account and why

Create, edit and add information

Create a new item

Create a new item in Wikidata (2021)

More about creating a new item (2020)

Edit an item

Edit a statement

RECAP’

The presentation

Wikidata and the performing arts

A set of regularly updated online resources

Create an item related to an artist or organization.

The presentations available here may be updated at any time.

Create an item related to a cultural venue.

The presentations available here may be updated at any time.

Performing arts: Geolocation and provenance (EN)
- Describing Rurality in Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons [EN, Oct. 2022].
Cultural venues (EN)
- Toolkit for creating and editing data related to cultural venues [EN, Apr. 2022]

Create an item related to a work in theatre or dance.

The presentations available here may be updated at any time.

Schema.org, Wikidata and Artsdata

Data model, interoperability and interconnection

Demo

Query builder

The slides

Wikidata and other Wikimedia spaces

The Wikimedia family linked to Wikidata

Interwikis

Relationships between Wiki spaces

Relationships between Wiki spaces

The infoboxes

The slides

Wikimedia Commons

Creative Commons licences, categories and other permissions

Understand licence issues when publishing in Wiki Commons

Notes :

This presentation includes additional content about consent. In addition to the consent of the photographer and the performers, it also addresses the consent of the designers. A strategy for obtaining consent prior to shooting is also provided.
The “Overview and Tools” section provides templates for obtaining and documenting consent.

Importing an image

Consent

Structured data

RECAP’

Overview and tools

Searching in Wikidata

Recovery of published data

The SparQL query service

Searching service

Search and history means in Wikidata

SPARQL language and query service

RECAP

The slides

Demonstrations

Queries and PetScan (FR)

SparQL and PetScan queries (query wizard) in French

Query and Retrieval Exercises

Wikidata: WikiProject Performing arts

[See more] (very regular updates)

This WikiProject is a collaborative space for the international community of contributors who hope to make Wikidata the world’s most complete high-quality database for the performing arts. This is the focus of our activities and you are invited to participate at any time.

It is here where we detail the best practices for documenting all aspects of the performing arts in Wikidata: artists, organizations, artistic practices, works, productions, etc. This includes sample items and recommended properties and values, as well as instructions for their use.

The WikiProject Performing Arts, as well as complementary WikiProjects dedicated to cultural venues and cultural events, are maintained and moderated by CAPACOA, with the support of a large international community. The contents are frequently updated and improved.

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Acknowledgements

The Linked Digital Future Initiative’s activities around Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects began in 2020. These activities benefited from funding by the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Wikimedia Foundation and the Government of Québec. They have been led by CAPACOA and LaCogency, in partnership with Conseil québécois du théâtre, Regroupement Québécois de la danse, Orchestras Canada, the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance and many other arts service organizations.

THE WIKIDATA MEDIA LIBRARY

Understanding Wikidata

The main concepts

The main concepts in presentation format

Getting started in Wikidata

Create a user account

Create, edit and add information

Wikidata and the performing arts

Create an item related to an artist or organization.

Create an item related to a cultural venue.

Create an item related to a work in theatre or dance.

Wikidata and other Wikimedia spaces

Interwikis

Wikimedia Commons

Searching in Wikidata

The SparQL query service

Demonstrations

Archives

Activities since 2020

Wikidata: WikiProject Performing arts

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