Project:Scope

Entities are eligible for inclusion in Librarybase if they fall into the scope of the project.

Wikidata

Any entity can be created locally on Librarybase that is an exact match of an equivalent Wikidata entity if it is needed locally to express a relationship. The local item should only have statements identifying the entity as having a Wikidata equivalent, and any additional statements that can't be expressed on Wikidata. There is no need to copy additional data from Wikidata, as it is already included in the query service.

Namespaces

Properties

A property can be created locally on Librarybase:

1. For unique persistent identifiers in other databases;
2. To express a relation that cannot be expressed with existing Wikidata or Librarybase properties

Items

An item can be created locally on Librarybase:

1. To describe a work, defined broadly to include print text, digital resources, multimedia, and datasets;
2. To describe each individual edition, translation, etc. of that work, if there is more than a 1:1 relationship between a work and its edition(s);
3. To describe persons, organizations, and all other concepts related to those works and editions

Articles

A page in the main namespace can be created to go into further detail describing an existing Librarybase item. It should not just be a large language model-generated description of the work; if the goal is to do that, there are better ways of doing it than by pre-generating wiki pages in bulk. However, you can use AI tools to help you with what is otherwise your writing.

Files

Files can be uploaded to Librarybase, pending availability of that feature, to supplement existing Librarybase items. You shall only upload files that Librarybase has the permission to distribute, including files available under a Creative Commons license (including non-commercial or non-derivative) or in the public domain.

Usefulness caveats

When something is technically in scope, the next question to ask is if it would be useful to the project.

1. A mass import of data that is subsequently abandoned would not be useful;
2. A 1:1 recreation of a pre-existing, organized database would not be useful, unless this work is in furtherance of something that is useful, such as data annotation or making data available to an app