Guidelines

Dataset

Exemplary example of dataset entry: West Yorkshire Queer Stories Bradford oral histories

Title	ID	Data type	Requirement	Description	Instructions
Label	-	String	Required	Name of the dataset.	Make sure that abbreviations are expanded and that the name does not include versions or creation dates or any project-specific details that might be difficult to understand/decipher for general users.
Description	-	String	Required	Description of the dataset i.e. what the dataset is of.	Be as descriptive as you can, including (where available) which region or historical period the dataset covers, what type of data it includes e.g. text, images, videos, etc.
Alias	-	String	Optional	Other names by which the dataset is known.
instance of	P1	Item	Required	Always Dataset (Q1).
keywords	P3	String	Preferred	Words or phrases that relate to or describes the dataset.	Add each keyword as individual/separate value.
date created	P4	EDTF Date/Time1	Optional	Date on which the dataset was created/published/released.	The date can be entered as full date (YYYY-MM-DD), year and month (YYYY-MM), year only (YYYY) or as a range e.g. YYYY/YYYY or YYYY-MM/YYYY.
held by	P5	String	Preferred	Dataset holder's name, qualified with described at URL property.	For the value of described at URL property, try finding/creating a Wikidata item first, and fallback to a equivalent webpage elsewhere e.g. about page on the dataset holder's website.
available at URL	P6	URL	Preferred	URL at or from which the dataset can be accessed or downloaded.
copyright status	P7	String	Optional	Copyright status e.g. public domain, copyrighted, qualified with described at URL property.	For the value of described at URL property, find a Wikidata item that defines the status e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19652
copyright license	P8	String	Optional	License terms e.g. CC0, qualified with described at URL property.	For the value of described at URL property, find a Wikidata item that defines the license e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6938433
Digital and Cultural Heritage Datasheet URL	P9	URL	Preferred	URL at or from which the datasheet can be accessed.
used by	P10	String	Preferred	Name of project(s) using or known to have used the dataset, qualified with described at URL property.	Add each project as individual/separate value. For the value of described at URL property, use the URL where further information about the project(s) can be found.

¹ What is EDTF Date/Time? (video)