Wikidata:Property proposal/BISAC Subject Heading
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BISAC Subject Heading[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | Used in the North American market to categorize books based on topical content. They serve as a guideline for shelving books in physical stores and browsing books in online stores. |
|---|---|
| Represents | BISAC Subject Headings (Q56646988) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | item |
| Allowed values | [A-Z]{3}[0-9]{6} |
| Example 1 | stamp collecting (Q856075) -> ANT044000 (named as "ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Stamps") |
| Example 2 | space exploration (Q180046) -> SCI098020 (named as "SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration") |
| Example 3 | I Ching (Q181937) -> OCC038000 (named as "BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / I Ching") |
| Source | https://www.bisg.org/BISAC-Subject-Codes-main , https://www.bisg.org/complete-bisac-subject-headings-list, https://www.editeur.org/files/Thema/20230301_BISAC%202022%20to%20Thema%201.5%20Mapping.xlsx |
| Number of IDs in source | 5239 |
| See also | Dewey Decimal Classification (P1036), Library of Congress Classification (P1149) |
| Applicable "stated in"-value | BISAC Subject Headings (Q56646988) |
| Single-value constraint | no |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
| Wikidata project | WikiProject Books (Q8487081) |
Motivation[edit]
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This is a major classification system for books.
- There is no official formatter URL since BISG doesn't have per-subject pages, but higher-level pages, eg https://www.bisg.org/science
- There are many third-party formatter URLs. Eg here are books about I Ching from 3 online book stores:
- BISG doesn't provide a free dump, but a full list of subjects is in the EDItEUR mapping excel (see above). The BISAC subject name is not in there, but the meaning can be understood from the mapping to EDItEUR Thema (which I'll propose next)
--Vladimir Alexiev (talk) 14:34, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
Support This looks really useful, love those 3rd party formatters! ArthurPSmith (talk) 17:58, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
Done Created as BISAC Subject Heading (P12164). Made the description more terse and compliant, if you think it's too terse go ahead and change it. @Vladimir Alexiev, ArthurPSmith: Enjoy! Infrastruktur (talk) 22:08, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
