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Commons media
Link to files stored at Wikimedia Commons. When a value is entered, the "File" namespace on Commons will be searched for matching files.

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Globe coordinate

Literal data for a geographical position given as a latitude-longitude pair in gms or decimal degrees for the given stellar body. Defaults to "Earth" and then "WGS84". It adds a resolution and range.

  • latitude – implicit first part (float, dms, dm, dd) of the coordinate string, direction is either given by prefixed sign or by postfixed N/S
  • longitude – implicit second part (float, dms, dm, dd) of the coordinate string, direction is either given by prefixed sign or by postfixed E/W
  • globe – explicit (?) data value, given as stellar body that defaults to Earth "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2"
  • precision - numeric precision of the coordinate

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Monolingual text

Literal data field for a string that is not translated into other languages. This type of string is defined once and reused across all languages. Typical use is a geographical names written in the local language, an identifier of some kind, a chemical formula or a Latin scientific name.

  • language – explicit value for identifying the language for the text part
  • value – explicit value for the language specific variant string

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Quantity

Literal data field for a quantity that relates to some kind of well-defined unit. The actual unit goes in the data values that is entered.

  • amount – implicit part of the string (mapping of unit prefix is unclear)
  • unit – implicit part of the string that defaults to "1" (mapping to standardizing body is unclear)
  • upperbound - quantity's upper bound
  • lowerbound - quantity's lower bound

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String

Literal data field for a string of glyphs. Typical use are identifiers that have written forms which do not depend on the language of the reader.

  • value – explicit value for the language specific variant string

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Time

Literal data field for a point in time. Given as a date and time with some precision and boundaries. The time is saved internally in the specified calendar model.

  • time – explicit value for point in time, represented as a timestamp resembling ISO 8601, e.g. +2013-01-01T00:00:00Z. The year is always signed and padded to have between 4 and 16 digits.
  • timezone – explicit value as a signed integer. Timezone information as an offset from UTC in minutes.
  • before – explicit integer value for how many units after the given time it could be. The unit is given by the precision.
  • after – explicit integer value for how many units before the given time it could be. The unit is given by the precision.
  • precision – explicit value encoded in a shortint. The numbers have the following meaning: 0 - billion years, 1 - hundred million years, ..., 6 - millennium, 7 - century, 8 - decade, 9 - year, 10 - month, 11 - day, 12 - hour, 13 - minute, 14 - second.
  • calendarmodel – explicit value given as a URI. It identifies the calendar model of the timestamp.

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URL
Literal data field for a URL. URLs are restricted to the protocols also supported for external links in wikitext.

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External identifier
Literal data field for an external identifier. External identifiers may automatically be linked to an authoritative resource for display.

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Item
Link to other items at the project. When a value is entered, the project's "Item" namespace will be searched for matching items.

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Property
Link to properties at the project. When a value is entered, the project's "Property" namespace will be searched for matching properties.

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