Property talk:P7937

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form of creative work
structure of a creative work

Represents	form of art (Q1437361), album type (Q81947509), musical form (Q862597), type of musical work/composition (Q107487333), form of creative work (Q110452794)
Data type	Item
Domain	work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659) or fictional creative work (Q15306849)
Example	Anna Karenina (Q147787) → novel (Q8261) Romeo and Juliet (Q83186) → play (Q25379) Fringe (Q3815) → drama (Q25372) Abbey Road (Q173643) → studio album (Q208569) The Magic Flute (Q5064) → opera (Q1344) Misty (Q1939352) → thirty-two-bar form (Q4346887) Ode to a Nightingale (Q3349126) → poem (Q5185279)
Tracking: usage	Category:Pages using Wikidata property P7937 (Q126372548)
See also	genre (P136)
Lists	Items with the most statements of this property Count of items by number of statements (chart) Items with the most statements Items with the fewest statements Count of items by number of sitelinks (chart) Items with the most sitelinks Items with the most sitelinks, but no link to one Wikipedia (sample: Welsh Wikipedia, cywiki) Items with the fewest sitelinks Most linked wikis Items with the most identifier properties By value of property Most statements Fewest statements Most sitelinks Most linked wikis Total of sitelinks on items Most identifiers Fewest identifiers Items with no other statements Most recently created items Items with novalue claims Items with unknown value claims Usage history (total) Usage history (main statement) Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937 Map Random list
Proposal discussion	Proposal discussion
Current uses	Total 539,116 Main statement 535,349 99.3% of uses Qualifier 3,754 0.7% of uses Reference 13 <0.1% of uses
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Allowed entity types are Wikibase item (Q29934200): the property may only be used on a certain entity type (Help)

List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#Entity types, hourly updated report

Scope is as main value (Q54828448), as qualifier (Q54828449): the property must be used by specified way only (Help)

List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#Scope, hourly updated report, SPARQL

Type “work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659), fictional creative work (Q15306849)”: item must contain property “instance of (P31), subclass of (P279)” with classes “work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659), fictional creative work (Q15306849)” or their subclasses (defined using subclass of (P279)). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#Type Q386724, Q17489659, Q15306849, SPARQL

Value type “form of art (Q1437361), music release type (Q106043376), book form (Q104624828), musical style (Q11921029), cover art (Q624903), song structure (Q7561199), musical form (Q862597), type of musical work/composition (Q107487333), audio track attribute as printed on media (Q108224320), form of creative work (Q110452794), form of television program (Q110562117), song type (Q107356781), book (Q571), dictionary (Q23622)”: This property should use items as value that contain property “instance of (P31), subclass of (P279)”. On these, the value for instance of (P31), subclass of (P279) should be an item that uses subclass of (P279) with value form of art (Q1437361), music release type (Q106043376), book form (Q104624828), musical style (Q11921029), cover art (Q624903), song structure (Q7561199), musical form (Q862597), type of musical work/composition (Q107487333), audio track attribute as printed on media (Q108224320), form of creative work (Q110452794), form of television program (Q110562117), song type (Q107356781), book (Q571), dictionary (Q23622) (or a subclass thereof). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#Value type Q1437361, Q106043376, Q104624828, Q11921029, Q624903, Q7561199, Q862597, Q107487333, Q108224320, Q110452794, Q110562117, Q107356781, Q571, Q23622, SPARQL

None of ode (Q178985): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: genre (P136)
Replacement values: (Help)

List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, hourly updated report, SPARQL

None of soundtrack (Q217199): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property:
Replacement values: (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of single (Q134556), album (Q482994), extended play (Q169930): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: instance of (P31)
Replacement values: (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of microgroove record (Q86816874), compact disc (Q34467), vinyl record (Q178588), digital download (Q54820071), music download (Q6473564), digital distribution (Q269415), music streaming (Q15982450), LP record (Q841983): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: distribution format (P437)
Replacement values: (Help)

List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, hourly updated report, SPARQL

None of narrative (Q1318295): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property:
Replacement values: narration (Q3328821) (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of theme music (Q1193470): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: has use (P366)
Replacement values: (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of animated feature film (Q29168811), anime feature film (Q117717390): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property:
Replacement values: feature film (Q24869) (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of poetry (Q482): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property:
Replacement values: poetry collection (Q12106333), poem (Q5185279) (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of autobiography (Q4184), biography (Q36279): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: genre (P136)
Replacement values: (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of film song (Q93540236): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: has characteristic (P1552)
Replacement values: (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

None of debut album (Q3303814), debut EP (Q70866825): value must not be any of the specified items.
Replacement property: has characteristic (P1552)
Replacement values: (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P7937#none of, SPARQL

This property is being used by: ca:template:Infotaula d'àlbum ru:Шаблон:Музыкальный альбом, ru:Шаблон:Песня, ru:Шаблон:Музыкальная драма az:Şablon:Musiqi albomu jv:Cithakan:Infobox manuscript s:ban:Mal:Infobox manuscript ar:قالب:فحص صندوق معلومات hy:Կաղապար:Տեղեկաքարտ Գրական ստեղծագործություն ce:Кеп:Музыкин альбом ku:Şablon:Agahîdank pirtûk/wîkîdane cv:Шаблон:Юрă uk:Шаблон:Літературний твір diq:Şablon:Albumi tt:Калып:Төркемнәр өчен навигация/комлык, tt:Калып:Музыкаль альбом nn:Mal:Infoboks klassisk verk Please notify projects that use this property before big changes (renaming, deletion, merge with another property, etc.)

Value ode (Q178985) will be automatically replaced to value ode (Q178985) and moved to genre (P136) property. Testing: TODO list

Value music download (Q6473564) will be automatically replaced to value music download (Q6473564) and moved to distribution format (P437) property. Testing: TODO list

Example

In Special:Diff/1134019422, @Arbnos: added the example Fringe (Q3815)form of creative work (P7937)drama (Q25372) ; is that conflating with drama (Q25372) is already in -genre (P136)drama fiction (Q21010853)? (or am I misunderstanding the whole thing?)

Jean-Fred (talk) 14:14, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

form vs distribution format

I was having a look at the most common values for this property:

SELECT ?value ?valueLabel (COUNT(?item) AS ?count) (SAMPLE(?item) as ?sample) WHERE {
  ?item wdt:P7937 ?value.
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
GROUP BY ?value ?valueLabel
ORDER BY DESC(?count)

Try it!

The third most-used value is compact disc (Q34467), fifth most-used value is music download (Q6473564) − however, doesn’t these rather belong to distribution format (P437)? (talk) 11:23, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Jean-Fred (talk) 14:46, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Tentatively pinging @Moebeus:? Jean-Fred (talk) 08:01, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

You are absolutely right, both of those are distribution formats and should be moved accordingly. Moebeus (talk) 11:26, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

English label

The current English label is format of creative work ; however I think that leads to confusion with distribution format (P437) − would it be fine to change it to form of creative work?

Jean-Fred (talk) 14:46, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Went ahead with this in Special:Diff/1292152307. Jean-Fred (talk) 16:30, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Constraint

I have added a value-type constraint (Q21510865) based on my reading of the rest of the property, ie accepting form of art (Q1437361) and album type (Q81947509). This will probably create lots of violations, but hey, we have to start somewhere :) Jean-Fred (talk) 15:15, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Non-fiction texts

What value of this property could be used for works like Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Q12411055) or A People's History of the American Revolution (Q59318277), if they are not formal academic works like textbooks or treatises, but longer than an essay? The could be potentially used as textbooks, I suppose, but I'm not sure I'd put them in that category. Ghouston (talk) 01:19, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Why does this property exist? Why not use P31 instead?

If it’s particularly important to denote the type of class this is an instance of, why not relate all valid _targets of this property via P279 to something like "Form of creative work"? Theanswertolifetheuniverseandeverything (talk) 21:55, 9 September 2024 (UTC)