Wikidata:Property proposal/Graphic character set global identifier

Graphic character set global identifier edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science

Descriptionidentifier of a character set
Representsgraphic character set global identifier (Q29147300)
Data typeExternal identifier
Domaincharacter set (Q29149925)
Allowed valuesregex: \d+{5}
ExampleGB 2312 (Q1421973)01081
SourceCharacter set identifiers
Planned useapply this property to character sets within Wikidata
Formatter URLhttps://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cs/cs$1.html
Motivation

The Graphic Character Set Global Identifier (GCSGID) is issued by IBM and uniquely identifies many character sets used in the past and present within computer and telecommunications systems. Pixeldomain (talk) 06:57, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  Support. This looks like a useful identifier to include in Wikidata. I can imagine wanting to refer to these sets. YULdigitalpreservation (talk) 13:59, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Pixeldomain, YULdigitalpreservation: This is now live at IBM graphic character set global ID (P4197). Use well! --99of9 (talk) 06:40, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]