Wikidata:Property proposal/TOID

Description	A TOID (TOpographic IDentifier, pronounced toyed) is a unique reference identifier assigned by the Ordnance Survey to identify every feature in Great Britain
Represents	TOID (Q7670967)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	places in UK
Allowed values	osgb#
Example	Tower of London (Q62378) → osgb1000006032892
Robot and gadget jobs	~~aware of copyright issue~~

Around 440 million man-made and natural features have been identified. GZWDer (talk) 19:57, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Please can you expand on "aware of copyright issue"? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:01, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- The ID is propriety but I don't think importing it will cause problem--GZWDer (talk) 06:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a public accessible page or file to get this Id? --Pasleim (talk) 11:39, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support This sounds useful. --Srittau (talk) 23:24, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@GZWDer: can you answer Pasleim's question. Thryduulf (talk) 10:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Pigsonthewing: has your question has been answered satisfactory? Thryduulf (talk) 10:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Ordnance Survey's guidelines and policy on TOIDs are here. There are now about 470 million in existence... Robevans123 (talk) 20:53, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you, User:Robevans123. Particularly in view of the "Permitted use" section there, I'm happy to support. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:45, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@GZWDer, Pigsonthewing, Srittau, Thryduulf, Robevans123: Done because the only concern against creation were the copyright issue and Pigsonthewing declared that the policy document answers the issue. ChristianKl (talk) 10:26, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]