Help:Statements

In the Wikibase data model, a statement is the main way Bendata and other Wikibase-using sites store information and data. If an entity doesn't have any statements yet, all you have to do is click the "add statement" button to add one. If the entity already has, you can always add more with the same button that will appear after the last set statement. A statement is how the information we know about an item (the data we have about it) gets recorded in Bendata. The following sections explain how statements work and its parts.

The property
Every statement need to have at least one property-value pair. Through this property, a value can be assigned according to the data-type that the property supports. This completes a basic statement that any entity must have.

However, a statement can have more than one property. Using a qualifier, we can add another property below an already set one. Qualifiers work exactly like normal properties, each with their own data-types and constraints.

The references
References primarily add URLs to other pages from which the statement information was extracted. This is done through the reference URL (P27) property, clicking the "add reference" botton in the statement you want to change.

Multiple values
The number of values or data that a statement can have is not restricted to one. More values can be added to a property, but all of them must also adhere to the data-type that property supports.

To add a second or third value to a statement, just hit the "add value" button on the statement you want to edit.