Wikidata:Property proposal/AlternativeTo software ID
AlternativeTo software ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic
| Description | ID used in the crown-sourced software recommendation website AlternativeTo.com |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | item |
| Allowed values | [a-z0-9-]+ |
| Example 1 | Dia (Q958908) → dia |
| Example 2 | LucidChart (Q3265224) → lucidchart |
| Example 3 | LibreOffice Draw (Q11052448) → libreoffice---draw |
| Source | https://alternativeto.net/ |
| Number of IDs in source | >98,000 |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | https://alternativeto.net/software/$1 |
Motivation edit
An important property for software IMO.--So9q (talk) 08:54, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
Discussion edit
Think your pattern for allowed values is too strict: found counterexamples like Autodesk 3ds Max (Q212324) → 3ds-max and 7-Zip (Q215051) → 7-zip, so [a-z0-9-]+ is probably more appropriate. Other than that, 
Support. --Btcprox (talk) 06:48, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Support, an important property for software.--Arbnos (talk) 15:25, 24 May 2021 (UTC)- Support, useful database. --Nw520 (talk) 16:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
