Template:Term attestation

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A row in a table of recorded terms. Each row records one term as one source gives it: the word, its language, what it meant, the place and year it was recorded for, and where in the source it is found. The row is shown in the table and stored as a subobject, so a term can be found by word, language, meaning, place, year or source across the wiki.

It is used on pages that already exist, on the page whose text discusses the term: a preparation (its names), the page about a word, an appellation (the local names of its plants), a trade route. There is no page per term. Each row is stored once, on one page: the page of a source does not repeat the rows, it lists the terms it records with a query (below).

A term is stored only with its source, the citation that cites it and the place in the source. A row that lacks one of them, or gives a wrong id or language code, is shown with an error and stored as nothing.

Usage

== Recorded terms ==
{{Term attestation/start}}
{{Term attestation
|id            = pathar-holmes
|term          = pathar
|transliteration =
|system        = As spelled in the source
|language      = Not stated in the source
|language_code = und
|denotes       = Preparation
|gloss         = flat ganja
|concept       = Pathar (cannabis)
|place         = Lucknow
|coordinates   = 26.85, 80.95
|year          = 1894
|circa         =
|source        = Indian Hemp Drugs Commission
|ref           = IHDC1894-V-Holmes
|locator       = Vol. V, p. 116, Ans. 2: "Flat ganja is termed pathar in Lucknow"
}}
{{Term attestation/end}}

{{Term attestation/start}} opens the table and {{Term attestation/end}} closes it; every row goes between them. The table can be sorted by any column.

Fields

Field	Required	What to give
`id`	yes	A short name for the row, unique on the page: lower-case letters, digits and hyphens (`pathar-holmes`). It names the row's anchor (`#term-pathar-holmes`) and its subobject, so a link or a later row can point to it.
`term`	yes	The word as the source writes it: in its own script where the source prints it (গাঁজা, विजया), in Latin letters where the source gives only a romanised spelling. A script form the source does not print is not added.
`transliteration`	no	The word in Latin letters, when `term` is in another script.
`system`	with a transliteration	How the romanised form is spelled. One of: As spelled in the source, IAST, ISO 15919, Hunterian, ALA-LC, BGN/PCGN, Wylie, RTGS (Property:Has transliteration system). Give As spelled in the source when the source itself prints the word in Latin letters.
`language`	yes	The language by name. When the source does not say, write Not stated in the source.
`language_code`	yes	The ISO 639-3 code: three lower-case letters (`ben`, `san`, `hin`, `pbu`). `und` when the source does not say, or names a language with no code of its own.
`denotes`	yes	What the term refers to, from: Preparation, Grade, Plant part, Male plant, Female plant, Barren or intersex plant, Sex-sorting practice, Processing step, Crop or plant name, Trade name, Package or measure (Property:Has term denotes). Several are separated by semicolons.
`gloss`	no	What the term meant, in a few English words from the source (flat ganja).
`concept`	no	The bare title of the page about the thing the term refers to, or about the word (`Ganja`, `Pathar (cannabis)`).
`place`	no	The bare title of the place the source records the term for. Several are separated by semicolons.
`coordinates`	no	A point for the place, in decimal degrees (`26.85, 80.95`). Rounded to two decimal places and not shown.
`year`	no	The year the source records the term for: a single year, negative before the Common Era. A range or a century is refused.
`circa`	no	`yes` when the year is approximate; the row then shows c..
`source`	yes	The bare title of the page of the source. The Source column shows the title stored on that page (the title of a research item), else the page name.
`source_label`	no	Other words for the Source column, when the stored title is not the one to show. Display only: the stored value is the page.
`ref`	yes	The name of the source's citation on this page, as in `<ref name="…"/>`. The row cites it, so the full citation must be on the page.
`locator`	yes	Where in the source: volume, page, question or answer, verse, with the words quoted.
`cite`	no	`no` when the row should not cite the source.
`derived_from`	no	The earlier term this one comes from, as a published etymology states it: `Page#id`, the page and the `id` of that term's row (`#id` for a row on the same page).
`etymon`	no	The earlier term as the row should show it (bhaṅgā).
`etymology_source`, `etymology_ref`, `etymology_locator`	with `derived_from`	The page of the source that states the derivation, the name of its citation on this page, and where in it. Without all three the derivation is shown with an error and not stored.

Page titles are given bare: the template makes the links, and a link or other markup in a title field is refused. Bold and italic marks are shown but not stored.

What the table records, and what it does not

One row per source. When two sources give the same word different meanings, each has its own row and neither replaces the other, even when the meanings contradict each other.
No families of words. A row says it derives from another term only when a published etymology says so, and it names that source. Terms are not grouped by resemblance.
A term recorded is not a term confirmed. The row reports what the source says, attributed to it.

Stored values

Each row stores a subobject linked back to its page by Property:Has term page, with Property:Has term, Property:Has term transliteration, Property:Has transliteration system, Property:Has term language, Property:Has term language code, Property:Has term denotes, Property:Has term gloss, Property:Has term concept, Property:Has term place, Property:Has coordinates, Property:Has term year, Property:Has term year circa, Property:Has term source, Property:Has term ref name, Property:Has term locator and, for a derivation, Property:Has term derived from, Property:Has etymology source, Property:Has etymology ref name and Property:Has etymology locator. The fields are read by Module:Term attestation.

Every recorded term for a concept:

{{#ask: [[Has term concept::Ganja]]
 |?Has term |?Has term language |?Has term gloss |?Has term place |?Has term year |?Has term source
 |sort=Has term year
 |limit=200
}}

On the page of a source, the terms it records (the rows themselves are on the pages that discuss the terms):

{{#ask: [[Has term source::Indian Hemp Drugs Commission]]
 |?Has term |?Has term gloss |?Has term place |?Has term locator
}}