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Welcome to '''Librarybase''', the collaborative card catalog of everything.
 
Librarybase is a project to organize, refine, and distribute metadata, as a complement to other projects like [[Item:Q2|Wikidata]] or [[Item:Q253|OpenAlex]]. The motivations behind the project are further described at [[Project:Principles]].
 
==Current projects==
===Classes and roles===
Items are organized by class using [[Property:P19]], with [[Item:Q410]] as the root class item. The current list of classes is available at [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Item:Q410]].
 
This differs from Wikidata's "instance of" and "subclass of" properties in that items are assigned classes according to a controlled vocabulary. This can be used instead of or in conjunction with those properties. One major departure from Wikidata is the concept of the [[Item:Q413|single-edition work]], used to avoid creating separate work and edition items when there is no real reason to.
 
One subclass is "role," which a member of a class can have. The current list of roles is available at [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Item:Q422]].

Revision as of 03:11, 11 July 2023

Welcome to Librarybase, the collaborative card catalog of everything.

Librarybase is a project to organize, refine, and distribute metadata, as a complement to other projects like Wikidata or OpenAlex. The motivations behind the project are further described at Project:Principles.

Current projects

Classes and roles

Items are organized by class using Property:P19, with Item:Q410 as the root class item. The current list of classes is available at Special:WhatLinksHere/Item:Q410.

This differs from Wikidata's "instance of" and "subclass of" properties in that items are assigned classes according to a controlled vocabulary. This can be used instead of or in conjunction with those properties. One major departure from Wikidata is the concept of the single-edition work, used to avoid creating separate work and edition items when there is no real reason to.

One subclass is "role," which a member of a class can have. The current list of roles is available at Special:WhatLinksHere/Item:Q422.