Wikidata:WikiProject NZThesisProject/Data model and exemplars

Data schema and exemplar items

The data schema is detailed in three tables showing the properties we use on the thesis item, the author item and the advisor item.

Schema for a thesis item

Note that on Wikidata a thesis is entered as a work level item (rather than an edition) which means that if there are multiple copies of a thesis in different university libraries, there may be multiple values for some properties e.g. Handle ID or DOI. See Wikidata:WikiProject Books#Bibliographic properties for general differences between work level and edition level items on Wikidata.

Label: the title of the thesis (shortened to 249 characters if necessary, with an ellipse to show it has been shortened)

Alias: if the title contained a spelling or keying mistake, put the incorrect one(s) here, or can also use for alternative titles if the author added more than one

Description: "Year thesis type by Author at Institution" e.g. "1998 doctoral thesis by Jane Smith at the University of Otago"

Where an item is its own reference, a source is not needed for every statement (see Help:Sources#When to source a statement) but there should be some reference or identifier somewhere on the item that links to a place where the information can be checked (in most cases that is the metadata in an institution repository, but it may sometimes be a catalogue record instead).


Property label and ID	Value(s)	Example use	Notes
instance of (P31)	doctoral thesis (Q187685)	The value of hypnotism in the general practice of medicine (Q111991156)
title (P1476)	text string	In what ways and to what extent is the global oil and gas industry able to deliver enduring empowerment outcomes for women in Asia-Pacific? : a case study exploring the employment and skills development of Timorese women on Timor Sea... (Q112954596)	The full title is entered here, even if it had to be shortened for use as the label. If the original title contained a spelling mistake, enter the corrected version as an alias for the Wikidata item of the thesis.
author (P50)	Wikidata item for author	The value of hypnotism in the general practice of medicine (Q111991156) has author Percival Fenwick (Q111361935)	If (rarely) there is more than one author, use qualifier series ordinal (P1545) to show order. Use qualifier of object named as (P1932)} on the author/author name string statement to show how the name was represented in the original metadata from the repository (which may be different to the name on the front of the digitised thesis)
author name string (P2093)	Contains author name string.	The Fishing Industry of Otago (Q112835799) has author name string 'Raymond A Connolly'	Qualifier of object named as (P1932)} shows how name appeared in original source if different. Replace with author (P50) when author item created (items should not have both a author (P50) and a author name string (P2093) for the same person)
main subject (P921)	Wikidata item for primary topic(s) of work	The value of hypnotism in the general practice of medicine (Q111991156) has main subject hypnosis (Q8609)
publisher (P123)	Wikidata item for repository that published the thesis metadata	Possible values are: Massey Research Online (Q111174480) Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington (Q111174567) OUR Archive (Q111174468) Research Bank (Q111173606) ResearchSpace@Auckland (Q111173358) Research@Lincoln (Q111174471) Tuwhera Open Access Publisher (Q52662240) UC Research Repository (Q111174485) Waikato Research Commons (Q111174556)	Publisher of metadata is included as sometimes that is at a different institution than the thesis was submitted to, e.g. Boundaries in architecture (Q112899643).
thesis submitted to (P4101)	Wikidata item for university or polytechnic the thesis was submitted to	The value of hypnotism in the general practice of medicine (Q111991156) was submitted to University of Otago (Q1201513)	Some theses may be submitted to more than institution (e.g. see Boundaries in architecture (Q112899643)). If the name of the institution has changed since the thesis was submitted, an object named as (P1932) qualifier is useful although raises a constraint violation.
place of publication (P291)	Wikidata item for geographical place of publication	The impact of the Papua New Guinea Free Education Policy on the School Executive's Decision Making in the management of Class Size (Q112907878) was published in Hamilton (Q200028)
country of origin (P495)	Wikidata item for country of origin	Designing wilderness as a phenomenological landscape: design-directed research within the context of the New Zealand conservation estate (Q112876888) was published in New Zealand (Q664)	For the vast majority of our theses, this is New Zealand (Q664)
language of work or name (P407)	Wikidata item for language associated with the work	Kāore te aroha... : Te Hua o te Wānanga (Q111965271) has language Māori (Q36451)	Can have more than one value if a thesis is written in more than one language
publication date (P577)	Point in time a thesis was published (not publication date of the metadata)	Kāore te aroha... : Te Hua o te Wānanga (Q111965271) was published in 2000	Precision may be day/month/year if known, month/year or most commonly just year
work available at URL (P953)	URL for the full work, if available	Kāore te aroha... : Te Hua o te Wānanga (Q111965271) full work available at https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/1117	For embargoed works, add qualifier embargoed until (P11140) if a date for the end of the embargo is known
copyright status (P6216)	Wikidata item for the copyright status of the thesis	Kāore te aroha... : Te Hua o te Wānanga (Q111965271) has copyright status copyrighted (Q50423863)
copyright holder (P3931)	Wikidata item for the copyright holder	Kāore te aroha... : Te Hua o te Wānanga (Q111965271) has copyright holder Taiarahia Black (Q66310530)	Because this property requires a Wikidata item, it can only be entered when the author has been disambiguated.
copyright license (P275)	Wikidata item for the copyright license applied to the work	Investigation of variation in genes influencing fertility in New Zealand sheep (Q112183077) has Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (Q24082749)
online access status (P6954)	Property indicating whether linked content is directly readable online	Beyond consensus : social learning in urban planning (Q111965692) has online access status open access (Q232932)
access restriction status (P7228)	Status of any access restrictions on the object, collection, or materials. Indicates whether the material is available to the general public or not.	What is the place of nature in the urban regeneration of central Christchurch? (Q112933293) has fully restricted access (Q66739729)
on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008)	Wikiprojects interested in this item	Decolonising Māori tourism : representation and identity (Q112465060) is on the focus list of NZThesisProject (Q111645234)	All authors, advisors and theses in the project have this statement. Note some Wikiprojects also use maintained by WikiProject (P6104) but we have not used that property in this project
thesis committee member (P9161)	The advisors or supervisory committee on the thesis, if known (if roles are known, qualifiers can be added)	From phylum to population: Environmental DNA for New Zealand biodiversity (Q112692889) has thesis committee member Gert-Jan Jeunen (Q90697092)	This property is useful for linking advisors to the thesis, until such time as the thesis author is disambiguated and can be linked to the advisors directly.
Handle ID (P1184)	Handle identifier for the thesis	A Whakapapa of Tradition : Iwirakau Carving 1830 to 1930 (Q111963382) has Handle ID (P1184) 2292/19447
DOI (P356)	DOI identifier for the thesis	Measuring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in a National School Property Portfolio (Q112574722) has DOI (P356) 10.26686/wgtn.14050715

Schema for thesis author item

The properties below are those that can be specifically added to an author item once they are linked to a thesis. They are in addition to such other properties you normally find on items for humans, e.g. instance of (P31)


Property label and ID	Value(s)	Example use	Notes
academic thesis (P1026)	Wikidata item for the thesis written by the person, with object of statement has role (P3831) qualifier to show type of thesis, can also include qualifier thesis submitted to (P4101)	Taiarahia Black (Q66310530) has academic thesis (P1026) Kāore te aroha... : Te Hua o te Wānanga (Q111965271) with object of statement has role (P3831) doctoral thesis (Q187685)
educated at (P69)	The Wikidata item for the institution the thesis was submitted to, with qualifiers: academic degree (P512) for the qualification the thesis was for and end time (P582) using the publication date of the thesis	Sue Bradford (Q7634025) was educated at (P69) Auckland University of Technology (Q758659) with academic degree (P512) Doctor of Philosophy (Q752297) and end time (P582) 2014
academic degree (P512)	Wikidata item for the degree for which the thesis was submitted	Beatrice Tinsley (Q451660) has academic degree (P512) Master of Science (Q950900)	Can use qualifiers point in time (P585) & thesis submitted to (P4101) (can also add academic thesis (P1026))
student of (P1066)	Wikidata item for the advisor of a student, when the degree is not a doctoral degree	Atholl Anderson (Q755690) was the student of (P1066) Foss Leach (Q16887716) i.e. Leach supervised Anderson's master's thesis
doctoral advisor (P184)	Wikidata item for the advisor of a student, when the thesis was for a doctoral degree	Sue Bradford (Q7634025) had doctoral advisor (P184) Marilyn Waring (Q268510) i.e. Waring supervised Bradford's doctoral thesis
on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008)	Wikiprojects interested in this item	Patricia Bergquist (Q3897695) is on the focus list of NZThesisProject (Q111645234)	All authors, advisors and theses in the project have this statement.

Schema for thesis advisor item


Property label and ID	Value(s)	Example use	Notes
student (P802)	Wikidata item for the student of this person, when the degree was not a doctoral degree	Foss Leach (Q16887716) had student (P802) Atholl Anderson (Q755690) i.e. Foss Leach supervised Atholl Anderson's thesis
doctoral student (P185)	Wikidata item for the student of this person, when the degree was doctoral	Margaret Brimble (Q15848279) has doctoral student (P185) Daniel Furkert (Q49376552)
on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008)			as above