FactGrid:Freemasonry data model
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Wikibase is an extremely flexible software. We can create practically any form of statements on any sort of objects. There are, actually, no "sorts" of objects, just objects of knowledge under Q-Numbers (called "items"). They win qualities through the various statements we make on them. With our statements we state "properties" of the objects.
The open and versatile arrangements allows us to set "labels" and "descriptions" in various languages on both our Q-numbers of items and our P-numbers of properties.
While we can create any statement for any item we should accumulate statements in a wider agreement so that searches get conclusive answers for the whole field of items which we are handling — like our several thousand lodges. This page is there to collect wider agreements on how we make certain statements in the complex sphere of Freemasonry. It is at the same time the page to visit in order to get an idea of searches one can run on our Masonic data.
Lodges
Basic Data
- Instance of (Property:P2) to state Lodge (Freemasonry) (Item:Q11211), Deputationsloge (Item:Q183947) or Minerval Church (Illuminati) (Item:Q11213)
- Field of research (Property:P131) and Freemasonry (Item:Q10678) to integrate the item in wide searches
- Place of home address (Property:P83) to refer to the respective town or city
- Address (Property:P208) to state a specific real estate where meetings took place
- Begin date (Property:P49)
- End date (Property:P50)
- use history (Property:P50) + inactive (Item:Q266809) and qualifiers begin (Property:P49) and (Property:P50) if you want to mark stretches of inactivity. Use Property:P506 as qualifier to state reasons for the suspension.
- Continuation of (Property:P6) to state a precursor
- Continued by (Property:P7) to state a successor
- Merger with (Property:P436) to state state other lodges that went into a merger
- Includes (Property:P9) if a union like United 5 Lodges of Hamburg needs to be specified
Changing names
- Use the alias function in the header to refer directly to the different names like Ernst zum Compass and useful abbreviations
- name history (Property:P34) to give a history with dates and sources of name changes
Integration
- Degrees worked (Property:P361) to state St John's Masonry (Item:Q99800) or Scottish Freemasonry (Item:Q99749)
- Next higher hierarchy level (Property:P428) to state for instance the Prefecture Liguria (Illuminati) (Item:Q11165) in the case of Gotha's Minerval Church (Item:Q10601)
- System adhered to (Property:P521) in order to state the respective ritual system the lodge adopted see our
- FactGrid's list of masonic systems (can be expanded any time)
- Mother Lodge / Grand Lodge (Property:P336) to state the Lodge that founded a particular Lodge. Add P820 qualifiers to state the dependency
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state the beginning of the relationship
- Specific position (Property:P166) to state that a lodge was acting here as deputy lodge/Deputationsloge
- Patent granted by (Property:P322) to state the Lodge that granted the patent. Add qualifiers
- date (Property:P106) to state the date the patent was granted
- primary source to name the Item of the document
- Recognised by (Property:P430)
- Member of (Property:P91) to state organisational memberships
Members
It is possible to state members on the lodge item with (Property:P293), but not recommendable since some organisations will have thousands of members, and since it will also be hard work to make sure that we have the same information on the person's side and on the lodge's side. Give the membership information preferably in the item of the (particular member).
State on the lodge's side:
- founded by (Property:P268) to state the founder(s) of the lodge
- founding members (Property:P338) to state the circle of those who began the congregation
- In leading positions (Property:P14) to state higher functionaries person by person. Qualify their roles with:
- Specific position (Property:P166) to state the specific role like worshipful master, secretary etc.
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state the date when the person came into this position
- End date (Property:P50) to state when the office terminated
- Documented list of members (Property:P327) to state documents and publications that offer lists of members
- FactGrid list of members (Property:P320) to set the link of a FactGrid search that creates a list of members
Masonic Systems / Ritual Systems
- Instance of (Property:P2) with the statements masonic system (Item:Q99758) and/ or ritual system (Item:Q183901)
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state when the construction of the system began
- End date (Property:P50) to state when a system became obsolete
- Organisational context (Property:P267) state Freemasonry (Item:Q10678) if you want the system to be listed under Masonic systems, state more specific contexts as you feel fit
- Institution signing responsible (Property:P66) if there is a particular organisation controlling the system
- Author (Property:P21) to state those who designed the system
- Degree system (Property:P357) to state the different degrees of a system. Useful qualifiers:
- Sequence number (Property:P499) to give the career steps in their sequence
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state when a degree was first brought into circulation
- End date (Property:P50) to state when a degree became obsolete
- Documentation (Property:P352) to reference the authoritative contemporary documentation of a degree (use references to refer to research literature etc.)
- Documentation (Property:P352) to reference the authoritative contemporary documentation of a Masonic system.
- Preceding in stemma (Property:P233) if you want to refer to genetic precursors. Qualify with
- Connection in stemma (Property:P233) how the system is related to precursors. This will require Q-Numbers for specific genetic relationships such as variation, expansion...
Rituals / Degrees
- Instance of (Property:P2) and statements Masonic degree (Item:Q99568) and/ or Ritual (Item:Q77545)
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state the date of composition
- End date (Property:P50) to state when a degree became obsolete
- Organisational context (Property:P267) state Freemasonry (Item:Q10678) if you want the ritual/ degree to be listed under Masonic systems and state more specific contexts as you feel fit
- Institution signing responsible (Property:P66) if there is a particular organisation controlling the ritual
- Component in which system? (Property:P327) to mention the system(s) in which this ritual/degree is working
- Author (Property:P21) to state those who designed the ritual
- Documentation (Property:P352) to reference the authoritative contemporary documentation of the rite/ritual/degree.
- Preceding in stemma (Property:P233) if you want to refer to genetic precursors. Qualify with
- Connection in stemma (Property:P233) how the rite/degree is related to precursors. This will require Q-Numbers for specific genetic relationships such as variation, expansion...
Freemasons
See Christian Georg von Helmolt (Item:Q474) as a example
- Member of (Property:P91) — state Freemsonry (Item:Q10678) to keep all known Freemasons together and state individual lodges in ensuing P91 membership statements. The following qualifiers can be used to be more specific:
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state the entry date
- End date (Property:P50) to state the termination of a membership
- Status of affiliation (Property:P277) if this is critical information as in the case of the Illuminati (Item:Q81288) where we we took signed the Revers as the entry point.
- Where did this happen? (Property:P47) to state where the entry took place
- Proposed by (Property:P269) to state the person who proposed the membership
- Received by (Property:P503) to state the person who mentored the membership process
- Proposed to become a member of (Property:P454) especially useful to state admission processes that did not lead to the membership status.
- Use the qualifiers above to be more specific.
- Masonic degree (Property:P447) to state the degrees a person received. Use qualifiers
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state the date the person entered this rank
- Institution signing responsible (Property:P66) to state the organisation that granted the degree
- Office (Property:P164) to state offices like Orator (Masonic office) (Item:Q146303). Use qualifiers
- Begin date (Property:P49) to state the begin of the office
- End date (Property:P50) to state the termination of the position
- Organisational context (Property:P267) to state the Lodge or organisation in which this office was held.