Wikidata:Property proposal/GEMS Code

GEMS Code

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

   Done: GEMS Code (P4695) (Talk and documentation)

Description	WHO Global Environment Monitoring System/ Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme (GEMS/Food) code for a food-type
Represents	food (Q2095)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	food
Allowed values	string
Example	buckwheat seed (Q4536337) → GC0641
Source	http://www.who.int/nutrition/landscape_analysis/nlis_gem_food/en/
Planned use	Import all the identifiers for match
See also	FoodEx2 code (P4637)

Motivation

Used in the UK Food portal, but no stable URLs. Used in WHO statistics. As part of my ongoing effort to improve food identifiers on WD. Teolemon (talk) 09:17, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support ArthurPSmith (talk) 16:56, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment @Teolemon: Please make the example link.Thanks David (talk) 07:16, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
  • Couldn't find a page exposing the identifier in the URL. They are mentioned in the UK Food Standards Agency pages, but the main identifier is the FoodEx code. The WHO has a filthy website requiring Flash :( Teolemon (talk) 15:22, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
    • @Teolemon: Do you mean that it an not be opened or it is difficult to open it? David (talk) 07:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
      • No issues in terms of licence. They just don't have a clue about building a website, and there are no pages with URLs exposing the GEMS codes used in their statistics.Teolemon (talk) 09:08, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Support. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:57, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
• @Teolemon, ArthurPSmith, ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, Pigsonthewing:  Doneas GEMS Code (P4695). Thierry Caro (talk) 21:53, 28 December 2017 (UTC)