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characteristic of
subject item or statement is a characteristic, quality, property, or state of this object (use a more specific property where possible)

Represents	object (Q488383)
Data type	Item
Domain	quality (Q1207505), property (Q937228), state (Q3505845), relation (Q930933), type of property (Q96253971), policy (Q1156854), measure (Q192276), class (Q16889133), Wikibase property (Q29934218), identifying artifact (Q100792256), term of office (Q524572), phenomenon (Q483247), mathematical object (Q246672) or scientific object (Q30060700)
Usage notes	If the qualifier value is a part, aspect, or form of the subject item, use P518 instead. If the subject item is a part of the qualifier value, use P361 instead. Use other more specific properties where possible.
Example	battery management system (Q810938) → battery (Q267298) terminal velocity (Q614981) → solid object (Q29052015)
Tracking: usage	Category:Pages using Wikidata property P13044 (Q131322640)
See also	applies to part (P518), facet of (P1269), part of (P361), has characteristic (P1552), object of occurrence (P12912), class of object(s) of occurrence (P12913), objects of occurrence have role (P12992)
Lists	Items with the most statements of this property Count of items by number of statements (chart) Items with the most statements Items with the fewest statements Count of items by number of sitelinks (chart) Items with the most sitelinks Items with the most sitelinks, but no link to one Wikipedia (sample: Welsh Wikipedia, cywiki) Items with the fewest sitelinks Most linked wikis Items with the most identifier properties By value of property Most statements Fewest statements Most sitelinks Most linked wikis Total of sitelinks on items Most identifiers Fewest identifiers Items with no other statements Most recently created items Items with novalue claims Items with unknown value claims Items with deprecated claims Usage history (total) Usage history (main statement) Chart by item creation date Database reports/Constraint violations/P13044 Map Random list
Proposal discussion	Proposal discussion
Current uses	Total 12,325 Main statement 2,486 20.2% of uses Qualifier 9,835 79.8% of uses Reference 4 <0.1% of uses
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Allowed entity types are Wikibase item (Q29934200), Wikibase MediaInfo (Q59712033), Wikibase property (Q29934218): the property may only be used on a certain entity type (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P13044#Entity types

Scope is as qualifier (Q54828449), as main value (Q54828448): the property must be used by specified way only (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P13044#Scope, SPARQL

Type “quality (Q1207505), property (Q937228), state (Q3505845), relation (Q930933), type of property (Q96253971), policy (Q1156854), measure (Q192276), class (Q16889133), Wikibase property (Q29934218), identifying artifact (Q100792256), term of office (Q524572), phenomenon (Q483247), mathematical object (Q246672), scientific object (Q30060700)”: item must contain property “instance of (P31), subclass of (P279)” with classes “quality (Q1207505), property (Q937228), state (Q3505845), relation (Q930933), type of property (Q96253971), policy (Q1156854), measure (Q192276), class (Q16889133), Wikibase property (Q29934218), identifying artifact (Q100792256), term of office (Q524572), phenomenon (Q483247), mathematical object (Q246672), scientific object (Q30060700)” or their subclasses (defined using subclass of (P279)). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P13044#Type Q1207505, Q937228, Q3505845, Q930933, Q96253971, Q1156854, Q192276, Q16889133, Q29934218, Q100792256, Q524572, Q483247, Q246672, Q30060700, SPARQL

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• ary:موضيل:معلومات كائن

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Please notify projects that use this property before big changes (renaming, deletion, merge with another property, etc.)

Should not be used only as qualifer

It is unreasable that this property is qualifier-only while its inverse property has characteristic (P1552) is not. It fairly makes sense to say that velocity (Q11465)characteristic of (P13044)physical object (Q223557). 慈居 (talk) 08:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

I put that constraint in the proposal because some editors don't seem to like the potential for redundant statements that inverse properties allow, but I personally don't have an issue with expanding the scope to main values. Swpb (talk) 13:49, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

This property as a replacement for applies to part (P518)?

In an area I work in (buildings/architecture) I encountered batch changes of applies to part (P518) to characteristic of (P13044), like in this batch edit by @Swpb.

In human language, the statements now read as: (building x) was created in (year), "characteristic of: design". It used to be: "applied to part: design".

This sounds very strange, abstract and complex, and is not very human-understandable. It modifies good-faith previous edits, often batches. It may cause problems where the old qualifiers have been included in re-use cases. Was there a problem with applies to part (P518)? What was the problem? Why this change?

Best, Spinster 💬 09:09, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

The problem, discussed at Wikidata:Requests for comment/P518 scope, is that there is pushback against using P518 for values that are not strictly parts, but rather forms or aspects, of the subject. Design is an aspect, not a part, of a building. Until there is either a consensus to expand P518's scope in that way, or an "applies to aspect" property is created, I believe P13044 is the most accurate property available. Your input on the RFC would be useful. Swpb (talk) 15:52, 12 February 2026 (UTC)