Category:B-Templates for semantically categorizing Items: Difference between revisions

A "B-Template" is a template which simultaneously includes a Hue-format Item and a Category. Although some particularly central ones may be named more simply so that they are easier to remember, they are generally named by taking the identifier of any Item and prefixing it with "B" — in reference to the English phrase "to be an instance of", or concept of "being part of a category". B-Templates can be created for any Item which would go in the slots for "Item dimension", "instance of" or "subset of", such that the Items being put into these higher categories might be found on the B-Template Item's corresponding Category page. (There may also be more Properties that apply.) However, it is not always advisable to create them immediately; sometimes it is a good idea to put Categories into B-Templates to keep them more maintainable in the event a Category gets renamed, etc., and sometimes it is better to carefully observe the organic patterns that emerge on Ontology pages before choosing one particular pattern to bake into B-Templates.

A template which displays a Category but does not display a Hue-format Item, such as a stylesheet, is not considered a B-template; these templates are simply part of the larger category of "semantic MediaWiki" templates.