Wikidata:Property proposal/LocFDD ID
Library of Congress Format Description Document ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | Library of Congress Format Description Document ID |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | file format (Q235557) |
| Example | |
| Source | http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/intro/intro.shtml |
| Planned use | Link file formats in Wikidata to these file description documents with rich information related to rendering and preservation |
| Formatter URL | http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/$1.shtml |
- Motivation
The Library of Congress of the United States has created more that 400 file format descriptions to describe formats of digital content. By including this external id in Wikidata we could provide links to this information from their Wikidata items. This information is relevant for strategic planning related to digital content and might be of interest to the digital preservation community. YULdigitalpreservation (talk) 16:30, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
- Discussion
Support -- the more Wikidata links to national libraries and digital archives, the better. Runner1928 (talk) 19:18, 28 September 2016 (UTC)- Support. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:26, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
- Support Sic19 (talk) 20:17, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
- @YULdigitalpreservation, Runner1928, Pigsonthewing, Sic19:
Done ChristianKl (talk) 12:19, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
