Wikidata:Property proposal/WorldCat Registry ID
WorldCat Registry ID edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | identifier for a library, library consortium or similar institution in the Worldcat Registry |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | library (Q7075) |
| Allowed values | [1-9]\d{0,5} |
| Example | |
| Source | http://www.worldcat.org/webservices/registry/Institutions |
| External links | Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt]. |
| Planned use | unique identifier and source of supplementary information for libraries in Wikidata. |
| Number of IDs in source | ~ 100,000 |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | http://www.worldcat.org/webservices/registry/Institutions/$1 |
| See also | Libraries.org ID (P4848) |
Motivation
A very useful source of data to link to items about libraries. Records in the WorldCat Registry include information like address and contact details, geocoordinates, other identifiers and links to the website, online catalogue etc. Simon Cobb (Sic19 ; talk page) 19:22, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Discussion
Support and add library association (Q856564) as a supported type. See Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System (Q54699445) → 6664. William Graham (talk) 03:27, 14 July 2018 (UTC)- Support David (talk) 09:19, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Support Makes sense. Jheald (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
- Support Uomovariabile (talk to me) 07:33, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Comment is this related to OCLC control number (P243) (i.e. should that be a see also property?)? ArthurPSmith (talk) 18:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)- Support. YULdigitalpreservation (talk) 19:29, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
@William Graham, ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, YULdigitalpreservation, ArthurPSmith, Uomovariabile, Jheald: 
Done: WorldCat Registry ID (P5505). − Pintoch (talk) 07:47, 21 July 2018 (UTC)