How to read the records
Dates, confidence levels, sources and relations, as the Capoeira Genealogy shows them.
How to read dates
Dates are stored in the EDTF standard (an extension of ISO 8601) and shown as precisely as the sources allow. Where a date needs explaining (a decade, a century, an approximate or uncertain date), a small "i" button beside it explains it; tap it or focus it with the keyboard. Cards and lists show years only (for example "1920s"); the page of the record shows the full date, and the short form carries the full date as a tooltip.
Single dates
- 14 July 1953
1953-07-14 - A known day.
- July 1953
1953-07 - A known month.
- 1953
1953 - A known year.
- 1950s
195X - Only the decade is known.
- 20th century
19XX - Only the century is known.
- c. 1950
1950~ - Approximate: "c." (circa), within a few years.
- 1950 (uncertain)
1950? - Uncertain: documented, but not confirmed.
- before 1950
../1950 - Only a latest date is known: it happened before then.
- c. 1900Written note
- A few dates carry a written note, such as "c. 1900". It is shown exactly as written.
- dates unknown
- No date has been found.
- not-a-dateUnreadable value
- The raw text is shown as stored, and its "i" button says "Date not recognised": please tell us.
Periods
- 1895 – 1942
- Start and end both known.
- 1870s – ?
- The end is unknown and the start is 110 or more years ago, so the person is presumed deceased.
- ? – 1990
- The start is unknown.
- 1943 –
- An open end: no end is recorded and the start is less than 110 years ago, so nothing implies it has ended.
A "?" in a period stands for an unknown date; an empty end after the dash means the end is open.
For people who may be alive we show only the year of birth. See "Privacy and removal requests".
Confidence levels
Every relationship carries one of five confidence levels. The word is always shown with a symbol; colour never carries the meaning alone.
- Verified
- Multiple reliable sources agree.
- Likely
- Single reliable source.
- Unverified
- Claimed but not verified.
- Uncertain
- Low confidence, needs investigation.
- Disputed
- Conflicting information exists.
When a profile has relations marked Disputed, a notice at the top of its relations section says so.
Sources and citations
Under each relation you can open its sources. A relation is in one of two states.
- Cited
- The source is listed with the relation: as text and, when it has a web address, as a link that opens in a new tab.
- Source pending
- No source is recorded for this relation yet. This does not mean none exists.
To cite a whole page, use its "Cite this page" section.
What the relations mean
Relations are written from the point of view of the page: "Pastinha student of Benedito". Each is shown under one of these families: Lineage, Founding and groups, Influence and associations, Family, and Events and places. Every relation has a confidence level and, when known, a period and a location.
- Student of / Teacher of
- A formal tie that both sides acknowledge: the student commits to carrying on the mestre's teaching and style, and the mestre accepts it. Most people are the student of one mestre for life. Attending classes at a group is not enough; that lighter tie is "trained under".
- Trained under / Guided the training of
- One person trained under the other's guidance, in a group or a period of training.
- Received titles from / Granted titles to
- The other person granted a title (such as contra-mestre or mestre).
- Baptized by / Baptized
- The other person baptized them (batizado) and gave them their apelido.
- Founded / Co-founded
- Founded the group, alone or with others.
- Led
- Led the group.
- Regional coordinator of
- Coordinated the group in a region.
- Member of
- Belongs, or belonged, to the group.
- Teaches at
- Teaches, or taught, at the group.
- Departed from
- Left the group.
- Family
- A family relation, recorded only when the relative is part of Capoeira. Read from either page it names the relative (parent, sibling, spouse and so on); the label is the same relation seen from the other side (a parent from the child's page, a child from the parent's).
- Influenced by / Influenced
- A recorded influence, not a teacher-student bond.
- Associated with
- A documented connection of another kind. Symmetric: it reads the same from both pages.
On group pages
The header of a group page names its key people under these labels.
- Founded by
- People who founded or co-founded the group.
- Led by
- People who led the group.
- Regional coordination
- People who coordinated the group in a region.