Wikidata:Property proposal/Australian Company Number

Australian Company Number edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Organization

Done: Australian Company Number (P3549) (Talk and documentation)

Description	unique identifier for a company registered in Australia
Represents	Australian Company Number (Q4824024)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	business (Q4830453)
Allowed values	\d{9} (see also Australian Company Number (ACN) Validation for more information)
Example	Wesfarmers (Q908144) → 008984049
Source	Search ASIC Registers
Planned use	Match up noteable Australian companies with their unique government-assigned number to allow quick access into government databases holding company registration documents.
Formatter URL	https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/panelSearch.jspx?searchType=OrgAndBusNm&searchText=$1
See also	Wikidata:Property proposal/Australian Business Number

Motivation

An Australian Company Number (ACN) uniquely identifies companies registered within Australia. Addition of this property to Wikidata will assist in linking noteable Australian companies in Wikidata with government databases which contain records about those companies. Pixeldomain (talk) 08:10, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:04, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Pixeldomain, Pigsonthewing: Done ArthurPSmith (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]