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## 3\.5 Norms and good practices

- Customization of languages for user interface
- Wikidata "item" vs. "article" vs. "entry"
- Policies for
- [Labels](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label)
- [Descriptions](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description)
- Books
- [Data model](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books)
- [Inventaire](https://inventaire.io/welcome)
Wikidata has a number of community norms and best practices that are
important to follow when creating and editing items.

### Language settings

You can customize the languages displayed in the Wikidata interface
under your user preferences. This is useful if you work with items
in multiple languages.

### Terminology

Wikidata uses the term "item" rather than "article" or "entry".
This reflects that Wikidata is a database of structured data, not
a collection of articles like Wikipedia.

### Policies for labels and descriptions

Wikidata has specific guidelines for how labels and descriptions
should be written:

- [Labels](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label)
should be short and unambiguous.
- [Descriptions](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description)
should be brief and help distinguish an item from similar items.

### Books and library materials

Books are a common use case for librarians working with Wikidata,
but they have a relatively complex data model. Wikidata distinguishes
between a work (the intellectual content) and its editions (physical
manifestations). The [WikiProject Books data model](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books)
provides guidance on how to model books correctly.

[Inventaire](https://inventaire.io/welcome) is an example of a
tool built on Wikidata that focuses specifically on books and
library materials.

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