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Properties in use at Commons

 For discussion and consensus on how to use these properties, see Commons talk:Structured data/Modeling

The following table provides on overview of properties already in use on Commons (used more than 1'000 times as of 21st of June 2023) with reference to the corresponding modelling description, where possible.

Note: The table gives the number of claims, not the number of files with claims (as returned in the search result).

Usage Count	Property	Data type	Qualifiers	Remarks	Examples
83056237	copyright license (P275)	Item		Copyright	[1]
80149509	copyright status (P6216)	Item		Copyright	[2]
70807306	inception (P571)	Date		Date	[3]
65331703	source of file (P7482)	Item		Source	[4]
59365178	creator (P170)	Item		Author	[5]
37985716	media type (P1163)	String		Meta	[6]
35171972	captured with (P4082)	Item		Captured with	[7]
26115781	instance of (P31)	Item		Meta	[8]
25446050	coordinates of the point of view (P1259)	Coordinate		Location	[9]
24844899	depicts (P180)	Item		Depiction	[10]
24016057	exposure time (P6757)	Quantity		Meta	[11]
23919307	focal length (P2151)	Quantity		Meta	[12]
23899490	f-number (P6790)	Quantity		Meta	[13]
22894531	ISO speed (P6789)	Quantity		Meta	[14]
10911528	Commons media contributed by (P9126)	Item		DPLA	[15]
10098739	DPLA subject term (P4272)	Item		DPLA	[16]
9076918	location of creation (P1071)	Item		Location	[17]
8794678	main subject (P921)	Item		Depiction	[18]
8444342	checksum (P4092)	String		Meta	[19]
8440879	data size (P3575)	Quantity		Meta	[20]
8440051	height (P2048)	Quantity		Meta	[21]
8440017	width (P2049)	Quantity		Meta	[22]
7055259	coordinates of depicted place (P9149)	Coordinate		Location	[23]
6628503	inventory number (P217)	String		DPLA	[24]
5173520	participant in (P1344)	Item		Participant	[25]
5107774	collection (P195)	Item		DPLA	[26]
3659203	DPLA ID (P760)	String		DPLA	[27]
3640974	title (P1476)	String		DPLA	[28]
3590326	RightsStatements.org statement according to source website (P6426)	Item		DPLA	[29]
3538649	significant event (P793)	Item		Event	[30]
3237563	original catalog description (P10358)	String		DPLA	[31]
2814340	location of the point of view (P7108)	Coordinate		Location	[32]
2810314	catalog code (P528)	String		DPLA	[33]
2804098	elevation above sea level (P2044)	Quantity		Location	[34]
1562363	sponsor (P859)	Item		Participant	[35]
1405044	U.S. National Archives Identifier (P1225)	String		DPLA	[36]
1404911	level of description (P6224)	Item		DPLA	[37]
1404907	access restriction status (P7228)	Item		DPLA	[38]
1384300	Wikimedia VRTS ticket number (P6305)	String		Quality	[39]
877273	language of work or name (P407)	Item		Pronunciation	[40]
852733	audio transcription (P9533)	String		Pronunciation	[41]
802681	spoken by (P10894)	Item		Pronunciation	[42]
802652	recording date (P10135)	Date		Pronunciation	[43]
794340	recordist (P10893)	Item		Pronunciation	[44]
792439	Lingua Libre ID (P10369)	String		Pronunciation	[45]
549575	digital representation of (P6243)	Item		Depiction	[46]
388471	Commons quality assessment (P6731)	Item		Quality	[47]
386772	The Met object ID (P3634)	String		GLMA	[48]
248343	number of pages (P1104)	Quantity		Meta	[49]
247640	part of the series (P179)	Item		Works	[50]
216911	coordinate location (P625)	Should use coordinates of depicted place (P9149) or location of creation (P1071) instead		Location	[51]
141363	genre (P136)	Item		Works	[52]
103305	located in protected area (P3018)	Item		Location	[53]
81478	published in (P1433)	Item		Works	[54]
60217	publication date (P577)	Item		Works	[55]
48768	iNaturalist observation ID (P5683)	String		GLMA	[56]
36564	duration (P2047)	Quantity		Meta	[57]
34798	Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI (P1260)	String		GLMA	[58]
23700	contributor to the creative work or subject (P767)	Item		Works	[59]
23581	Commons category (P373)	Should use depicts (P180), location of creation (P1071) or others instead		Meta	[60]
23161	named place on map (P9664)	Item		Maps	[61]
20534	publisher (P123)	Item		Works	[62]
19660	aspect ratio (W:H) (P2061)				[63]
17436	pHash checksum (P9310)				[64]
15549	fabrication method (P2079)				[65]
15065	part of (P361)				[66]
14812	point in time (P585)				[67]
14225	made from material (P186)				[68]
14123	located on street (P669)				[69]
12141	Swedish Portrait Archive ID (P4819)				[70]
11986	reference URL (P854)				[71]
10881	heritage designation (P1435)				[72]
9417	location (P276)	Should use location of creation (P1071) or depicts (P180) instead		Location	[73]
8774	SMB-digital ID (P8923)				[74]
7458	created during (P10408)				[75]
6957	date depicted (P2913)				[76]
6838	copyright holder (P3931)				[77]
6615	place of publication (P291)				[78]
6428	volume (P478)				[79]
6305	scale (P1752)				[80]
6054	wavelength (P2808)				[81]
5727	author (P50)				[82]
5614	recording location (P8546)	Should use location of creation (P1071) instead		Location	[83]
5350	located in the administrative territorial entity (P131)	Should use location of creation (P1071) instead		Location	[84]
4699	country (P17)	Should use location of creation (P1071) instead		Location	[85]
3838	illustrator (P110)				[86]
3572	performer (P175)				[87]
3508	on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008)				[88]
3011	DigitaltMuseum ID (P7847)				[89]
2797	inscription mentions (P6568)				[90]
2664	media legend (P2096)				[91]
2636	country of origin (P495)				[92]
2095	URN-NBN (P4109)				[93]
1860	has cause (P828)				[94]
1859	based on (P144)				[95]
1618	symbol of (P8058)				[96]
1554	digitised by (P8791)				[97]
1338	significant person (P3342)				[98]
1164	file format (P2701)	Should use media type (P1163) instead		Meta	[99]
1091	color (P462)				[100]
1033	has list (P2354)				[101]

Further properties discussed

Generic properties

The properties below are potentially applicable to all types of files.

Property / Aliases	Currently exists on Wikidata as	Data type	Qualifiers	Remarks
Published in	published in (P1433)	Item		many images are uploaded from old scientific publications available online, many of those publications, or many articles available in those publications have available items. Example File:The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology (1849) (14756346086).jpg → published in (P1433) → XXXI.—Notice of the occurrence on the British coast of a burrowing barnacle belonging to a new order of the class Cirripedia (Q56146622)
Derivative work / Extracted file	derivative work (P4969)	Commons file
Derived from file / Extracted from file	based on (P144)	Commons file		Or possible qualifier fabrication method (P2079) → cropping (Q785116)
Part of series/whole	part of the series (P179)	Item
Follows	follows (P155)	Commons file		To indicate the previous file in a series
Followed by	followed by (P156)	Commons file		To indicate the next file in a series
Language	language of work or name (P407)	Item	Applies to part
Inscription mentions	inscription mentions (P6568)	Item
symbol of	symbol of (P8058)	item

Qualifiers for things depicted in a file

'Depicts' also applies to works represented in non-visual media - for instance a composition or song that is performed in an audio file.

Qualifiers	Remarks
title (P1476)
subtitle (P1680)
contributor to the creative work or subject (P767)
commissioned by (P88)	Item
Printed by (Item)	publisher (P123) or printed by (P872)
Credit line (String)
folio(s) (P7416)
page number page(s) (P304)
column number column (P3903)
line(s) (P7421)
Height
Width
Depth
Language language of work or name (P407)
identified in image by (P7380)

Two-dimensional maps

Property / Aliases	Currently exists on Wikidata as	Data type	Qualifiers	Remarks
Spatial reference system	spatial reference system (P3037)
Bounding box	coordinates of northernmost point (P1332), coordinates of southernmost point (P1333), coordinates of easternmost point (P1334), coordinates of westernmost point (P1335)

Three-dimensional files

Property / Aliases	Currently exists on Wikidata as	Data type	Qualifiers	Remarks
Geometry		Quantity	unit of geometry (e.g. triangle)	not geometry as in volume as quantity (P2234) but geometry in amount of triangles
Vertices		Quantity		total amount of vertices, used to describe complexity of a model
Instrument used				The tool used to create the model
Pivot point coordinates	coordinates of the point of view (P1259)	Coordinates		For 3D objects depicting some real-world features so they can be properly georeferenced.

Document, article and book files

Either as a single DJVU/PDF file or as a series of singe page scans.

Property / Aliases	Currently exists on Wikidata as	Data type	Qualifiers	Remarks
File page number of title page	title page number (P4714)
Name of publication	published in (P1433)		see samples, discussion
Series ordinal	series ordinal (P1545)	String (number)		To indicate the file is in the nth position of a series
Difference in numbering of pdf and scanned text	file page offset (P8330)