Introduction

Modeling theatrical staging characteristics in Wikidata using the example of Ferdinand von Schirach's "Terror"

This Wikibase was designed as part of a master's thesis in Digital Humanities at the University of Trier. Its purpose is to model theatre productions and their characteristics on a Wikibase. This approach should make it possible to query and compare the staging characteristics of productions.

Data model

To get a quick overview of the data model designed for this Wikibase, a visualisation can be seen on the following subpage:

• Data Model (english)

This model is intended to illustrate how the data objects modelled here are connected to each other and to serve as a basis for better understanding SPARQL queries or writing your own.

SPARQL queries

The SPARQL endpoint for this Wikibase can be accessed on the following page:

• SPARQL-Endpoint

SPARQL endpoint.

In addition, sample queries have already been written that can provide some answers to possible questions. An overview of the questions can be found on the following subpage:

Modeled productions

• Terror staging Frankfurt, O. Reese
• Terror staging Berlin, H. Weber
• Terror staging Trier, K. M. Sibelius

Modeled written plays

• Terror (play written by Ferdinand von Schirach)

Sorting propoerties within data objects

• MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties

Used colour vocabulary

• colour vocabulary

Publications related to this project

• Masterarbeit: Vivien Wolter (2025). Theaterwissenschaft trifft auf Digital Humanities. Modellierung theaterinszenatorischer Merkmale in Wikidata am Beispiel von Ferdinand von Schirachs „Terror”. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16744774
• Konferenzbeitrag: Vivien Wolter (2025). Modellierung theaterinszenatorischer Merkmale in Wikidata. FORGE 2025 - Daten neu denken (FORGE2025). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17178230

RDF data dump

• Vivien Wolter, Matthias Bremm. MtM-Wikibase RDF Dump (2025). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17446967

Contact

My name is Vivien Wolter and I designed this Wikibase as part of my master's thesis in Digital Humanities at the University of Trier. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time by email at woltert@uni-trier.de.