Wikidata:Property proposal/Media modality

media modality

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work

Done: media modality (P12548) (Talk and documentation)

Description	lists which media modalities are present, particularly in multimodal creative works such as electronic literature
Data type	Item
Example 1	A Nervous System (Q109713969)→text (Q234460)
Example 2	A Nervous System (Q109713969)→image (Q478798)
Example 3	A Nervous System (Q109713969)→animation (Q11425)
Example 4	A Nervous System (Q109713969)→interaction (Q52948)
Example 5	ASHES TO ASHES #YOLO (Q124844291)→video (Q98069877)
Example 6	Loss of Grasp (Q109237816)→sound (Q11461)
Planned use	We will import records of electronic literature works to wikidata, including the media modalities in the works whenever this data is available.
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
See also	uses (P2283), has characteristic (P1552), made from material (P186)
Wikidata project	WikiProject Digital Narratives (Q124812815), WikiProject Electronic literature (Q124844364)

Motivation

In semiotics, a modality is a particular way in which information is encoded for presentation to humans. Media modalities are a key aspect of creative practice and especially electronic literature (Q173167). We are at the start of our Digital Narratives WikiProject, which will bring in electronic literature from a variety of electronic literature databases. Many of the records we are about to add to Wikidata will have the "media modality" information available, and many researchers in the field will be searching for works based on their media modalities.

We have considered other options such as uses (P2283), has characteristic (P1552), and made from material (P186) but these properties are so general that it would be unusable as an analytic instrument and made from material (P186) is mainly used for physical materials.

Please note that in example 1-4, I have picked one electronic literature work leading to several different media modalities because this property is most useful when showing the combination of media modalities present in a multimodal work.

Discussion

CommentI'm a colleague of HanAck, so shouldn't vote on this, but I agree that media modality is an important feature for works of electronic literature and that this would be useful. --Lijil (talk) 13:15, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Agree that the already extant properties are insufficient for this purpose. -- asilvering (talk) 14:58, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Though, I do think the description should involve the word "digital", for clarity. The already extant properties are sufficient for physical multimedia art, I believe. -- asilvering (talk) 14:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support in agreement with Asilvering.--Ipigott (talk) 15:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@HanAck, Lijil, Asilvering, Ipigott: Done --Tinker Bell ★ ♥ 19:10, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, @Asilvering, @Ipigott, @Lijil, and @Tinker Bell! HanAck (talk) 07:24, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and added "digital" to the description of the property since no one opposed, but if someone has a good reason to remove or move it, by all means. -- asilvering (talk) 17:46, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]