Commons:Structured data/Minimalist Wikitext infobox templates

This page collects those Information templates that describe files with only very minimal Wikitext, and that are (mostly) fully Lua-driven.

Some of these templates are useful for Wikimedia Commons batch upload tools that support structured data.

Example

Before Structured Data (SDC) became available for files on Wikimedia Commons, files were only described with Wikitext, using so-called infobox templates. The {{Information}} template is commonly used and quite simple.

A typical simple file description:

=={{int:filedesc}}==
{{Information
 |description={{en|1=Description of the file in English}}
 |date=2014-03-03 17:13:03
 |source={{own}}
 |author=[[User:Some Wiki User|Some Wiki User]]
 |permission=
 |other_versions=
 }}

=={{int:license-header}}==
{{self|cc-by-3.0}}

[[Category:Some Wikimedia Commons category]]

As files are now also described with structured data, it is often possible to make the Wikitext quite minimal. In many cases, the template will load and display the file's structured data using Lua. This looks like this:

Minimal Wikitext example, with template that displays the file's structured data

The Wikitext of the file	The structured data of the file	How the file page will display
=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information}} =={{int:license-header}}== {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}} [[Category:Name of category here]]	stuff	stuff stuff

This "minimal Wikitext" is not compulsory; it is also OK to use 'old style' extensive Wikitext. That said, it may result in data duplication and even data drift (differences in information) between the Wikitext and the structured data.

See Commons:Structured data/Modeling for data modeling conventions.

Generic, widely used templates

The following infobox templates can be used for a wide variety of files on Wikimedia Commons, covering very frequently occurring types of uploads, relevant for many Wikimedia Commons uploaders. These templates are also supported by some batch upload tools that support SDC.

	Used when?	Example Wikitext	Data modeling guidelines for SDC	Data modeling guidelines for Wikidata item of the creative work	Example files	Supported by batch upload tools
{{Information}}	Default template provided by UploadWizard.	=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information}} =={{int:license-header}}== {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}} [[Category:Name of category here]]		n/a	Search for all files with bare Information template	Minimal Wikitext supported by: OpenRefine
{{Artwork}} (when the depicted creative work has a Wikidata item)	Usually for scans / faithful reproductions or representations of two-dimensional artworks (e.g. digitized paintings)		Commons:Structured data/Modeling/Visual artworks		Search for all files with bare Artwork template	Minimal Wikitext supported by: OpenRefine
{{Art photo}} (when the depicted creative work has a Wikidata item)	Photographs of artworks, usually three-dimensional works (e.g. sculptures)		Commons:Structured data/Modeling/Visual artworks		Search for all files with bare Art photo template	Minimal Wikitext supported by: OpenRefine
{{Book}} (when the scanned work has a Wikidata item)	Full scans of books			See guidelines at	Search for all files with bare Book template	Minimal Wikitext supported by: OpenRefine

Other