Wikidata:Property proposal/certified as

has certification

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Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

Descriptionstates that an item has a certain certification
Representscertification (Q374814)
Data typeItem
Domainitem
Allowed valuesany instance of certification (Q374814) or its subclasses
Example 1Oppidum de Castel-Coz (Q97716007)Grand site de France (Q1154112)
Example 2Bill Gates (Q5284)Microsoft Certified Professional (Q1072814)
Example 3Klaus Gablenz (Q1744899)Project Management Professional (Q1192593)
Example 4Shelley Kerr (Q7493790)UEFA Pro Licence (Q2760088)
Planned useI plan to assign it to some items, but I am suggesting it primarily because of its general value
Expected completenessno
See also
  • assessment (P5021): subject took the test or exam, or was assessed per test or method
  • relevant qualification (P4968): practitioners of this industry get this degree, licence or certification after specialist education, apprenticeship, or professional review. This includes qualifications that one needs to obtain in order to join the industry or qualifications that one obt
  • approved by (P790): item is approved by other item(s) [qualifier: statement is approved by other item(s)]
  • award received (P166): award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work

Motivation

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I believe this property is missing. There's a number of certifications available on Wikidata, but currently I cannot see how to link any objects that bear this certification. approved by (P790) is the nearest I could find, but I think it's not quite suitable. Suggested English alias: "has certification" If I am overseeing something, please let me know. (Also, I am not quite sure how reference/subject item is meant in this template. Hope I got it right.) -- H005 (talk) 11:42, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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How does this relate to relevant qualification (P4968)? ChristianKl11:06, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't know about this property. However, I do not think it fits the purpose, as its object is restricted to industries/professions/people - a certification can be applied to anything - and its subject is a profession/skill, and not restricted to certifications. Also, it doesn't really state that someone/-thing has this qualification, it merely states that this is relevant to the object. -- H005 (talk) 08:07, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'd appreciate any further comments/votes. -- H005 (talk) 09:15, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

would it not make sense to have a property "has certificaction" and then a link to the certification item? BrokenSegue (talk) 23:37, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that is actually the proposal, just that you are suggesting a different name. Both names would be fine to me. -- H005 (talk) 10:17, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Jura1: From my point of view, it's not a duplicate, but there is a similarity, that has to be admitted. But in my opinion these two properties can coexist. --Gymnicus (talk) 13:01, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If this is created, would the values Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (Q5894355), agrégation de philosophie (Q2827292) and lieutenant's examination (Q108168870) be moved to this property (all three are samples at Property:P5021#P1855)? Or would this property just be used for "certifications" that don't include any exam or assessment? Maybe some of the samples in this proposal would need to be revised. I agree with initial point that approved by (P790) isn't suitable. --- Jura 05:50, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Support There are probably cases where people have a certification but weren't formally tested. For instance the people in the creation of a given certification, or if a university gives a certification to someone for the person achievements in a field. That said, I don't know any real world example as I'm not familiar enough with many of these certification processes. There is probably the situations where a person that has a given certification can apply to get get another equivalent one (for instance one that works in another country) without having to be tested at all due to the similarities of both certifications. GNUtoo (talk) 09:03, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the premature change, apparently there are still unanswered questions. Germartin1 (talk) 14:17, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]