Wikidata:Property proposal/COL taxon ID
PROPERTY NAME IN English edit
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| Description | Catalogue of Life identifier |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | property; Q16521 |
| Allowed values | [23456789BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]{1,6} |
| Example 1 | Abies alba (Q146992) → 8K9Y |
| Example 2 | plant (Q756) → P |
| Example 3 | bird (Q5113) → V2 |
| Example 4 | cougar (Q35255) → 4QHKG |
| Source | https://www.catalogueoflife.org/2022/03/23/name-ids |
| Planned use | Annotate all taxa in Wikidata that are also found in Catalogue of Life with the COL ID - preferably with the help of a Bot. |
| Number of IDs in source | 4463574 |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/$1 |
| See also | P846 |
Motivation edit
Catalogue of Life is the most comprehensive single taxonomy with over 2 million species and 4 million names. It is an often used reference for taxonomy that should be linked to WikiData. http://www.catalogueoflife.org