Wikidata:Property proposal/NLS place type ID

NLS place type ID edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Place

DescriptionPlace type ID in the Finnish National Land Survey Place Names Register
Representsgeographic location (Q2221906)
Data typeExternal identifier
DomainNatural and administrative places. Some are only applicable to Finland.
Allowed values\d{1,7}
Example 1island (Q23442) → 1010110
Example 2square (Q174782) → 3020115
Example 3region of Finland (Q193512) → 4010120
Example 4border checkpoint (Q757292) → 4060605
Sourcehttps://beta-paikkatieto.maanmittauslaitos.fi/catalogue/v1/codelistgroups/geographic-names/codelists/placetype/items?lang=eng
Planned useInclude the classification to all Finnish places and use for facilitating matching between registers.
Number of IDs in source155
Expected completenesseventually complete (Q21873974)
See alsoNLS-FI Geographic Name ID (P4118), NLS Geographic Names Register Place ID (P4119)
Single-value constraintYes
Distinct-values constraintNo. Some of the classes are combinations of two types. Assigning the same ID value to both classes would be better than creating artificial superclasses.
Wikidata projectWikiProject Finland (Q15060259)

Motivation edit

Include the classification to all Finnish places and use for facilitating matching between registers. Susanna Ånäs (Susannaanas) (talk) 14:51, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit