Editing Philosophical Research:Data model (section)

== Works and editions ==

In general, this project follows a simplified and incomplete version of the FRBR standards. Works and editions should not be separated, and instead should be regarded as if the characteristics of particular editions are all varying characteristics of the work they originate from. This simplification is for the purposes of making data entry slightly easier, or for those who are willing to take the effort to separate out editions anyway, to allow separate edition identifiers to all be managed by Wikidata. The logic goes that if Wikidata is already a repository detailing almost all "official" published works, there is no real need to duplicate the effort again especially if it would result in a single book having two Items on Wikidata and two Items on Litho<em>graph</em>ica which the same user might have to create all at once.

* A graphic novel which neatly follows the story of a particular prose volume with no deviation should be considered an edition of the same work. ex.: <cite>Silver Eyes</cite> trilogy (FNaF), <cite>Wings of Fire</cite> graphix adaptation
* A film adaptation which neatly maps to a particular prose volume and does not intentionally deviate from it should be considered an edition of the same work. ex.: <cite>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</cite>
* A film adaptation which "adapts" a larger series but <em>does not</em> map to a particular prose or comic volume should be considered a different work. ex.: <cite>Dragon Ball Evolution</cite>
* A dramatized adaptation which neatly maps to a particular comic volume but has its own set of numbered parts should be formally considered an edition of the same work, but is allowed to have a separate Item primarily for the purpose of grouping differing sets of numbered parts. ex.: <cite>Dragon Ball</cite> (books), <cite>Dragon Ball</cite> / <cite>Dragon Ball Z</cite> (shows)

Part of the reason this system was devised was it was too confusing and unintuitive for new Wikidata editors to immediately identify an edition of a comic. Are volumes of a serialized comic considered works? (No. An entire collection of volumes is considered an edition, despite the misleading Wikidata data constraint that Items should not have more than one ISBN.) If several non-serialized comics are collected together, what is this? (An edition of the individual comics.) If a graphix adaptation has hardcover and softcover bindings, does it count as a work, or the line of adapted books count as a separate series? (It shouldn't.) If fans create an abridged series, does this count as an edition? (It should. <cite>Journey to the West</cite> was also abridged.)