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Create example work/edition items
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As a conceptual help before embarking on processing the Libris works database, it would be nice to have a couple example items that demonstrate the work/edition distinction.

Have a look at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books to see how it can be done. Select a work from the svwp source dataset.

A difficulty is that the Work layer in Libris XL is still not functional – this looks like manually created example items. Meaning we can't assign Libris URI's to works that don't exist...

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Some illustrative examples:

@Lokal_Profil – here are the example items we talked about today.

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The work item should be P31:Q47461344 right? Q56676033 seems to use P31:book which I believed is reserved for items about individual (physical) books. For non-fiction the correct item is Q27801 (non-fiction literature)

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This is a surprisingly clear and straightforward model. We could deepen it on more step by adding an individual article (can use Q27604016 as a template) to get full model.

There is a scary amount of duplication in the edition item of work specific data but since that is in line with the Wikidata structure I assume we are not to blame (and I can imagine special cases when even author differs).

Re: duplication. Yes, IIRC (from some discussion on project:Books) this is a feature, as it makes it possible to use the data e.g. in {{Cite Q}}. And it makes it usable even if there's no work-level item.