Ontology

This is where we define what is and what isn't, i.e. the semantic relations that we want to use. This is necessary or useful because it avoids duplications that would really mess things up. For example, if we call the game worlds "islands" in some cases and "continents" in others, that will make a lot of queries faulty, as their results will only show those instances that were annotated one way or the other.

Below are the terms that are set and fixed. Please do not modify this list - put new suggestions on the talk page.

In addition to these terms, we use Categories to indicate what kind of thing the subject is. So every region should be in Category:Regions(*) and every realm in Category:Realms(*) and every person in - well, a category we still have to create. (also note, it would be cleaner to rename these to singular, we'll do that sometime in the future)

(*) Actually, an appropriate sub-category, such as Category: Atamara Regions

Property	Meaning	Type	Example Uses / Notes
Generic Properties
located on	game-world the subject can be found on	page	[[located on::Atamara]] tells us this realm, region, religion or whatever can be found on the island/continent Atamara
part of	general parent/child relations between items and places	page	Mostly used to note on region pages which realm and duchy they belong to, for example: [[part of::Sirion]]. This should be used in all the region infobox templates.
member of	general parent/child relations of characters and persons	page	Denotes which realms, but also which family a character belongs to, e.g. [[member of::Hawk Family]] or [[member of::Outer Tilog]]
Properties for Regions
population	population count of the region - population of realms is calculated automatically from its regions	number
is regiontype	region type as given by the game	string
has feature	describes relevant details of a place	string	Use on the region page. Values can be things like "mountains", "river", "coast", "forest", "desert", "road", "bridge", etc. You can use this feature multiple times if appropriate. Do not concatenate - use [[has feature::mountains]] [[has feature::river]] and not ~~[[has feature::mountains,river]]~~
capital of	specific property to indicate that a region is capital of a realm	page	Use on the region page. The realm should use semantics to automatically find its capital.
has lord has knight	Denotes the position(s) of the regions and the people filling them	string	see below under ruler, etc. for more notes
Properties for Persons
father of son of brother of etc.	general parent/child relations of characters and persons	page	detail family relationships, expand as needed but please use this syntax
death date	day of death of this person	date
Properties for Realms, Guilds, Religions (i.e. abstract entities)
founding date	the day the subject was created or founded	date
founded by	Denotes guilds or religions that the character has founded	string	As the positions below, a string type.
has ruler has judge has general has banker	Denotes the position(s) and the people filling them	string	This could also be implemented the other way around, e.g. "ruler of" on the character page. However, many characters do not have a wiki page at all, or not their own page (i.e. all characters are described on the family page). In templates using this property, it is suggested to include an optional link to the character page.
has state religion	Denotes that a realm has a state/official religion, and which one	page
government type is	Denotes the government type of a realm	string	We're using a string because while there is a page on government systems, the individual systems do not have their own pages
Properties for Unique Items
is itemtype	item type as given by the game	string
discovery date	the day the item was found or created	date
discovered by	the character who found or discovered the item	string	see above under positions for why this is a string value
prestige	the prestige bonus this item grants	number
abilities	other skill boni or abilities that the item posesses	string

Further terms will be added as we discuss and agree on them.

General Notes on Types

page: These are types where the property is a page itself, e.g. a realm or region (which have their own pages), etc.
numbers: These types must contain a valid number, even if that is a guess or approximation. Terms like "ca. 1 mio" are invalid, use "1000000" instead, and if you want a different display, the pipe trick. Example: [[population::5200|ca. 5000]]
date: See Semantic MediaWiki Manual for details and syntax.