Wikidata · Schema

Item

Item schema from Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API

Knowledge GraphLinked DataOpen DataSemantic WebSPARQLWikipedia

Properties

Name Type Description
id string Wikidata item ID
type string
labels object Labels keyed by language code
descriptions object Descriptions keyed by language code
aliases object Aliases keyed by language code
statements object Statements keyed by property ID
sitelinks object Sitelinks to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects
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JSON Schema

wikidata-item-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-item-schema.json",
  "title": "Item",
  "description": "Item schema from Wikidata REST API & MediaWiki API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^Q\\d+$",
      "description": "Wikidata item ID",
      "example": "Q42"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "item"
      ]
    },
    "labels": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Labels keyed by language code",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": {
        "en": "Douglas Adams",
        "fr": "Douglas Adams"
      }
    },
    "descriptions": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Descriptions keyed by language code",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "aliases": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Aliases keyed by language code",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "statements": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Statements keyed by property ID",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Statement"
        }
      }
    },
    "sitelinks": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Sitelinks to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Sitelink"
      }
    }
  }
}