Help:How do I present a research project on FactGrid?: Difference between revisions

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FactGrid has been created with the specific aim to function as a research database between the Gemwan National Library's GND and Wikidata. We do explicitly encourage projects of "original research" on FactGrid and we do not impose any "criteria of notability" on our participants. Data you publish with us can be presented with original document references, i.e. without references to published articles, we actually prefer the original document reference; and if a research project should want the database to keep track on infant mortality we would not object the creation of thousands of items on children who all died before adulthood — no matter how much detail you can give to the entries.

In FactGrid, relevance means relevance in the specific research project that collects these data. It is at the same moment important that individual research projects act with the required transparency. Neighbouring projects should know why we are collecting and presenting these data. Researchers should stand with their names for the potentially weird astonishing collections of data.

Make your own research project visible in the FactGrid project area

The project area has its link in the left hand menu:

FactGrid:Projects

If you are running a bigger project on FactGrid, a project with more than one or two hundred Database Items organised around a specific question you should briefly advertise your project in the section so that other participants can understand what is going on. We will eventually add a menue on this area, but the present number of projects can still be handled on a single page.

Run your own project pages in the FactGrid project namespace

You are free to run your own project pages in the "project name space" on FactGrid. All these pages should have "FactGrid:" as the initialising string sequence in their page titles. The common header is needed to run specific searches on FactGrid that can separate project pages from Item pages for instance if that is of interest in a specific database search.

The "Gotha Illuminati Research Base" provides examples how a project can use the namespace to present sample searches, pages on the participants or on specific projects within the bigger scope.

Link your own "FactGrid Research Item" of your project to data objects

Wikibase instances are designed to meticulously keep track on all the edits made on the installation. All Items, Properties and text pages come with version histories (see the tab above) that that list the entire respective editing process chronologically with the names of the accounts — an important feature that allows you to say precisely when you published a specific statement on an object, but insufficient, when it comes to presenting your work in a publication or a report that addresses the funding institution.

We are therefore encouraging the creation of specific "FactGrid research statements" Item:Q11295 which participants can now use to present on database objects such as Item:Q2080 Letter Ernst II. Ludwig von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg to Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, Gotha, 1783-07-18" We are using Property:P131 "research projects that contributed to this data set" to link to these "FactGrid research statements" — in this case to:

Item:Q11305: "Hermann Schüttler / Reinhard Markner, research on the correspondence of the Illuminati order (1998-2007)."

The data set for this item is, as you can see, complex: It names the two authors, their project supervisor, the funding institution and articles and books published in the course of the project.

It is now possible to run a database query that will list all the data records to which the project has contributed — useful if you want to present this work to a funding institution or if you wonder how to quote the data set properly.

It is common practice on FactGrid that numerous projects contribute to a specific Item; simply add your "FactGrid Research Item" if you have added to a data set and want this to be known.

How to claim personal responsibility on a specific statement

You can make controversial statements on FactGrid and link your views to these statements without having published anything anywhere else on the specific question.

To do so use Property:P196 "reasoning" in the Reference section to link to an Item you create for the specific statement which you want to personally authorise.

You create this statement using Special:NewItem and give it a succinct title in which you will function as the author as in:

Item:Q24 Your Name, "The correct birth date of Geoffrey Chaucer" (FactGrid, 2020-04-06).

Having created the Item you substantiate it with the following statements:

Property:P2 "is a" " Item: Q22848 "FactGrid Thesis"
Property:P21 "author" — link here to the personal data record (or records if you are publishing this as a team) on FactGrid.
Property:P106 "date" — note here the current date with which you are creating the item.
Property:P99 "Thesis" — give here a short version of the thesis.

Once this is done, you can use the discussion page of the Ttem which you have just created to go into details. The page should give you space to explain your thesis in detail. You should in addition open a "discussion" section that can be used by others to share their views on the subject matter.

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-The FactGrid primarily wants to be a research body. The attraction in the structure between the GND and Wikidata to run such an instance lies primarily in the fact that the "no original research" clause falls on its "relevance criteria". We allow data to be published for the first time in the resource and are more interested in the listing of primary sources such as archival material than in providing information from an already published source.
-If a research project is to record infant mortality in a historical location, there is nothing in our instance against biograms about people, of whom no more than ages, surnames and locations as well as dates have been handed down.
+FactGrid has been created with the specific aim to function as a research database between the Gemwan National Library's GND and Wikidata. We do explicitly encourage projects of "original research" on FactGrid and we do not impose any "criteria of notability" on our participants. Data you publish with us can be presented with original document references, i.e. without references to published articles, we actually prefer the original document reference; and if a research project should want the database to keep track on infant mortality we would not object the creation of thousands of items on children who all died before adulthood &mdash; no matter how much detail you can give to the entries.
-In the FactGrid, relevance means relevance for the research project that collects the data. At the same time, it is important that the research projects that generate the data gain contours on the platform and that - as is customary in the scientific field - named persons represent their own research interests.
+In FactGrid, relevance means relevance in the specific research project that collects these data. It is at the same moment important that individual research projects act with the required transparency. Neighbouring projects should know why we are collecting and presenting these data. Researchers should stand with their names for the potentially weird astonishing collections of data.
-== Make your own research project visible in the Directory of Properties" ==
+== Make your own research project visible in the FactGrid project area ==
-The project area identified for this can be found in the menu under:
+The project area has its link in the left hand menu:
 * [[FactGrid:Projects]]
-Here you should write down larger projects in order to provide clarity about incoming data - we will generate individual project areas for a larger number of projects to ensure clarity.
+If you are running a bigger project on FactGrid, a project with more than one or two hundred Database Items organised around a specific question you should briefly advertise your project in the section so that other participants can understand what is going on. We will eventually add a menue on this area, but the present number of projects can still be handled on a single page.
-== Run your own project pages in the factGrid project namespace==
+== Run your own project pages in the FactGrid project namespace ==
-Set up your own project area for your own research project and subdivide it as required
+You are free to run your own project pages in the "project name space" on FactGrid. All these pages should have "FactGrid:" as the initialising string sequence in their page titles. The common header is needed to run specific searches on FactGrid that can separate project pages from Item pages for instance if that is of interest in a specific database search.
-To briefly present your project in the project directory, you can open sub-pages at any time, in which you present your project as you wish, and on which you can present search results or coordinate work steps of an staff. The " Gotha Illuminati Research Base " provides the first sample with individual such pages - on search offers, on those involved , on projects .
-It is important that pages that you open for your project begin with FactGrid and colon ("FactGrid: My project"). Without the specific assignment, the reference to the "namespace", which can be searched separately, is lost.
+The "[[FactGrid:The Gotha Illuminati Research Base|Gotha Illuminati Research Base]]" provides examples how a project can use the namespace to present [[FactGrid:The Gotha Illuminati Research Base|sample searches]], pages on [[FactGrid:Gotha Illuminati Research Base Team|the participants]] or on [[FactGrid:Illuminatenaufsätze im Kontext der Spätaufklärung: Ein unbekanntes Quellenkorpus|specific projects]] within the bigger scope.
 == Link your own "FactGrid Research Item" of your project to data objects ==
-Each editing process is versioned in detail in the Wikibase instance with date and editor link. For each item, property and page there is a version history (under the tabs on the right) that lists the editing processes chronologically - an important feature that allows you to say precisely when they published a finding in the FactGrid, but an insufficient, when it comes to showing your own work in the database.
+Wikibase instances are designed to meticulously keep track on all the edits made on the installation. All Items, Properties and text pages come with version histories (see the tab above) that that list the entire respective editing process chronologically with the names of the accounts &mdash; an important feature that allows you to say precisely when you published a specific statement on an object, but insufficient, when it comes to presenting your work in a publication or a report that addresses the funding institution.
-Datasets are also assigned to research projects in the FactGrid. Item: Q2080 is a typical database object . With property: P131 "this FactGrid data set was enriched by", the research contribution is assigned to the data set on a project-specific basis:
+We are therefore encouraging the creation of specific "FactGrid research statements" [[Item:Q11295]] which participants can now use to present on database objects such as [[Item:Q2080]] Letter Ernst II. Ludwig von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg to Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, Gotha, 1783-07-18" We are using [[Property:P131]] "research projects that contributed to this data set" to link to these "FactGrid research statements" &mdash; in this case to:
-  Item: Q11305 : "Hermann Schüttler / Reinhard Markner, research on the correspondence of the Illuminati order (1998-2007)."
+ [[Item:Q11305|Item:Q11305]]: "Hermann Schüttler / Reinhard Markner, research on the correspondence of the Illuminati order (1998-2007)."
-The data set for this item is complex: It names the authors, the project supervisor, the science funding involved and the publications that were created in this project.
-A database query can now be used to record the individual data records to which the project contributed - the option with which the project participants can present this part of their work to the sponsor.
+The data set for this item is, as you can see, complex: It names the two authors, their project supervisor, the funding institution and articles and books published in the course of the project.
-If you contribute to a research data object in which another project is already claiming research work, simply add your own "research item".
+It is now possible to run a database query that will list all the data records to which the project has contributed &mdash; useful if you want to present this work to a funding institution or if you wonder how to quote the data set properly.
-== Position a specific thesis in the FactGrid ==
+It is common practice on FactGrid that numerous projects contribute to a specific Item; simply add your "FactGrid Research Item" if you have added to a data set and want this to be known.
-If you make a controversial change in the state of research with a statement that you make a database object in the FactGrid, but have not published your question independently, you can open a database object for your thesis.
-In this case, refer to Property: P196 "Recital" to a separate item that you generate for your thesis and for which you specifically claim authorship. Assign statements to this item as follows:
+== How to claim personal responsibility on a specific statement ==
+You can make controversial statements on FactGrid and link your views to these statements without having published anything anywhere else on the specific question.
-Property: P2 "is a" " Item: Q22848 " FactGrid Thesis "
+To do so use [[Property:P196]] "reasoning" in the Reference section to link to an Item you create for the specific statement which you want to personally authorise.
-Property: P21 "Author" - link here to the personal data record (or, if you work in a team, to the authors.
-Property: P106 "Date" - write down the current date with which you have just made the thesis public.
+You create this statement using [[Special:NewItem]] and give it a succinct title in which you will function as the author as in:
-Property: P99 "Thesis" - give a brief summary of your thesis here
-After this preparation, use the discussion page of the item to go into detail. The page should offer you space to explain your thesis in more detail. Secondly, you should put a "Discussion" heading under which others in the database can comment on your claim if you are interested.
+ [[Item:Q24|Item:Q24]] Your Name, "The correct birth date of Geoffrey Chaucer" (FactGrid, 2020-04-06).
+Having created the Item you substantiate it with the following statements:
+* [[Property:P2]] "is a" " Item: Q22848 "FactGrid Thesis"
+* [[Property:P21]] "author" &mdash; link here to the personal data record (or records if you are publishing this as a team) on FactGrid.
+* [[Property:P106]] "date" &mdash; note here the current date with which you are creating the item.
+* [[Property:P99]] "Thesis" &mdash; give here a short version of the thesis.
+Once this is done, you can use the discussion page of the Ttem which you have just created to go into details. The page should give you space to explain your thesis in detail. You should in addition open a "discussion" section that can be used by others to share their views on the subject matter.
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