Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries/CUL-NUL Corporate Names

Application profile: Corporate names

• Suggestions for populating items for corporate names, focused on Columbia/Northwestern University-related bodies
• Corporate body name changes: there's no strong consensus in Wikidata on linking related corporate bodies. Practice varies across institutions, and there's no set PCC practice.
• A minor name change or variant can be added as an alias (Northwestern University Library, Northwestern University Libraries)
• Otherwise, use:
  • follows (P155) / followed by (P156) : "if the previous item was not replaced or predecessor and successor are identical"
  • replaces (P1365) / replaced by (P1365) : linear name change, merger or split
  • when possible, use official name (P1448) with starting and end dates

Core

Property	P	Value	Qualifiers	Usage/Examples
label	Len	generally give in the form "Columbia University..."		Columbia University Biostatistics Department
description	Den	generally give in the form "...at Northwestern University"		examples: research institute at Northwestern University school of Columbia University college at Northwestern University academic department at Columbia University academic committee at Northwestern University research center at Northwestern University also: research institute at..., continuing education center at..., interdisciplinary program at...
aliases	Aen			include acronyms, such as: NUIT
instance of	P31			Examples: medical school (Q494230), academic department (Q2467461), research institute (Q31855), research center (Q7315155), laboratory (Q483242), interdisciplinary program (Q84771819), alumni organization (Q447877), student organization (Q1685451), university organization (Q7896796), committee (Q865588), academic administration (Q4671162). Also add: organization (Q43229)
country	P17			Jordan (Q810), Qatar (Q846), United States (Q30)
located in admin. territorial entity	P131			For cross-campus units: add both names. Evanston (Q462799), Chicago (Q1297), Doha (Q3861), New York City (Q60)
inception	P571		For approximate dates: sourcing circumstances (P1480). Values can include: circa (Q5727902), near (Q21818619), presumably (Q18122778), etc.	1988
dissolved, abolished or demolished	P576		For approximate dates: sourcing circumstances (P1480). Values can include: circa (Q5727902), near (Q21818619), presumably (Q18122778), etc.
part of	P361	object of which the subject is a part--inverse: has part		Do not confuse with parent organization P749. Example of correct usage: Columbia University Film Department <part of> Columbia University School of the Arts
has part	P527	Inverse: part of P361		Do not confuse with subsidiary P355
parent organization	P749	parent organization--inverse: subsidiary		Northwestern University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs<parent organization>Northwestern University (Q309350)
subsidiary	P355	subsidiary/subordinate of--inverse: parent organization		Note: no need to include every department etc. as a subsidiary of the university
affiliation	P1416	affiliated with -- organization		Note: use for student organizations, etc. at university
field of work	P101	academic or scientific area, discipline, activity
LC Authority ID	P244
VIAF ID	P214
archives held at
on focus list of Wikimedia Project	P5008

Linking corporate bodies

Property	P	Value	Qualifiers	Usage/Examples
follows	P155	immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part [if the subject has replaced the preceding item, e.g. political offices, use "replaces" (P1365)]. Inverse: "followed by" (P156)
followed by	P156	immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part. Inverse: "follows" (P155)
replaces	P1365	person, state or item replaced. Use "structure replaces" (P1398) for structures. Use "follows" (P155) if the previous item was not replaced or predecessor and successor are identical. Inverse: "replaced by" (P1366)
replaced by	P1366	other person or item which continues the item by replacing it in its role. Use P156 (followed by) if the item is not replaced (e.g. books in a series), nor identical, but adds to the series without dropping the role of this item in that series. Inverse: "replaces" (P1365)

Extended

Property	P	Value	Qualifiers	Usage/Examples
official name	P1448	official name of organization in its official language(s); can be same as Len	qualified by language (en)	Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary<official name>Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
short name	P1813	acronym, abbreviation, shortened name		Northwestern University in Qatar<short name>NU-Q
street address	P6375	full address minus country	qualified by language (en)	535 West 114th St. New York, NY 10027
located on street	P669	name of street	qualified by P670 street number	Northwestern University Library<located on street>Q105305742<street number>1970
postal code	P281			10027
official website	P856	website of organization	qualified by language (en)
location	P276	located in building	inverse: occupant (P466) to the item for the building(s); can be qualified by start time/end time	Northwestern University Dept. of Economics<location>Kellogg Global Hub (Kellogg Global Hub)
founded by	P112
named after	P138			C. V. Starr East Asian Library<named after>Cornelius Vander Starr
affiliate	P1416			Use for Columbia affiliates, like Teacher's College, Barnard College