Wikidata:WikiProject COVID-19/Data models/Outbreaks

Natural language description

This data model aims at standardizing Wikidata items that refer to instances of outbreaks in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The model can be generalized to other pandemics.

More specifically, for now, it refers to instance of (P31) disease outbreak (Q3241045) of (P642) COVID-19 (Q84263196).

Example itemsː

• COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil (Q86597695)
• pandemic in France (Q83873593)
• 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Q87144034)

EntitySchemas about this model

• Outbreak: EntitySchema:E173
  • Pandemic: EntitySchema:E184
    • 2020 Coronavirus pandemic: EntitySchema:E188

Tools to check the completeness of items

• ProWD profile
  

Properties

Basic Properties

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) Requires qualifier as below	COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil <instance of> disease outbreak	-
instance of with qualifier of	P642	Item	(This property is being deprecated, see details at WD:P642) qualifier stating that a statement applies within the scope of a particular item	COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil <instance of> disease outbreak <of> COVID-19	-
instance of with qualifier valid in place	P3005	Item	place where a statement is valid Properties for countries (P17) and locations (P276) have varied uses. This is where we should get the precise information for the main place that this item refers to. See discussion here	COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil <instance of> disease outbreak <valid in place> Brazil	-
start time	P580	Point in time	start time: time an entity begins to exist or a statement starts being valid Date of first case detection.	COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil <start time> 25 fevereiro 2020	-
number of medical tests	P8011	Quantity	medical test type: cumulative number of medical tests Time stamped by the qualifier point in time (P585). Each value should only have one point in time (P585)	→ Property talk:P8011	-
number of cases	P1603	Quantity	number of infected: cumulative number of confirmed, probable and suspected occurrences Time stamped by the qualifier point in time (P585). Each value should only have one point in time (P585). Creating multiple values with the same number is fine. Please add refine date (P4241) and UTC timezone offset (P2907) if you can. Must be referenced. Most recent number should be marked as a preferred statement.	COVID-19 pandemic in Europe <number of cases> 221	-
number of hospitalized cases	P8049	Quantity	hospitalization: number of cases that are hospitalized Time stamped by the qualifier point in time (P585). Each value should only have one point in time (P585)	→ Property talk:P8049	-
number of recoveries	P8010	Quantity	number of cases that recovered from disease Time stamped by the qualifier point in time (P585). Each value should only have one point in time (P585)	→ Property talk:P8010	-
number of deaths	P1120	Quantity	death toll: total (cumulative) number of people who died since start as a direct result of an event or cause Time stamped by the qualifier point in time (P585). Each value should only have one point in time (P585). Creating multiple values with the same number is fine. Please add refine date (P4241) and UTC timezone offset (P2907) if you can. Must be referenced. Most recent number should be marked as a preferred statement.	COVID-19 pandemic in Europe <number of deaths> 0	-
organized response related to outbreak	P8045	Item	weapon countermeasures: specific action taken or system used as a reaction to an outbreak qualify with point in time (P585), start time (P580), end time (P582) etc.	COVID-19 pandemic in Poland <organized response related to outbreak> border control	-

Optional Properties

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
country	P17	Item	country: sovereign state that this item is in (not to be used for human beings) Only applies to country-wide instances of outbreaks.	COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil <country> Brazil	-
location	P276	Item	physical location: location of the object, structure or event. In the case of an administrative entity as containing item use P131. For statistical entities use P8138. In the case of a geographic entity use P706. Use P7153 for locations associated with the object country (P17) is a subproperty of this one. The use of country (P17) already fills the need for location (P276).	2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté <location> Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	-
has part(s)	P527	Item	has part, consist of and meronymy: part of this subject; inverse property of "part of" (P361). See also "has parts of the class" (P2670).	pandemic in France <has part(s)> 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	part of
part of	P361	Item	part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670))	pandemic in France <part of> COVID-19 pandemic in Europe	has part(s)
Commons category	P373	String	Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:") Used for outbreaks that occur in parts of the main place. Ex: Regions of France for the French outbreak page.	pandemic in France <Commons category> Q87143769	-
distribution map	P1846	Commons media file	distribution map: distribution of item on a mapped area (for range map of taxa, use (P181).) Time stamped by the qualifier point in time (P585).	pandemic in France <distribution map> COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in France 13 Regions & DomTom.svg	-
topic's main category	P910	Item	Wikimedia category and category's main topic: main Wikimedia category	pandemic in France <topic's main category> Category:COVID-19 pandemic in France	category's main topic
described at URL	P973	URL	Internet research: item is described at the following URL Should be used only with official sources, such as government websites.	pandemic in France <described at URL> https://www.gouvernement.fr/info-coronavirus	-
subreddit	P3984	External identifier	name of the Reddit forum associated to this subject	COVID-19 pandemic in Australia <subreddit> CoronavirusDownunder	-
hashtag	P2572	String	hashtag: reference keyword associated with this item for online communities (do not include the "#" symbol which is often used as a prefixed indicator)	COVID-19 pandemic in Australia <hashtag> COVID19Aus	-
has index case	P1660	Item	index case: initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation	Ebola virus disease in the United States <has index case> Thomas Eric Duncan	index case of

See also

• Wikimedia medical cases chart template (Q95691391)