Wikidata:Property proposal/PBDB ID

PBDB ID[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science

Done: Paleobiology Database ID (P10907) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a fossil taxon in the Paleobiology Database
Represents	Paleobiology Database (Q17073815)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	item; taxon (Q16521)
Allowed values	\d+
Example 1	Palaeobatrachus (Q7126396) → 37447
Example 2	Palaeobatrachidae (Q16735696) → 37445
Example 3	beetles (Q22671) → 69148
Example 4	Goreauiella (Q32831124) → 3548
Example 5	Archaeotritrabs (Q51082931) → 22
Example 6	Actinopoda (Q2823622) → 3
Example 7	Acacia oregoniana (Q113110884) → 446689
Example 8	Acacia wardii (Q63123179) → 56031
Planned use	adding to new or existing items
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=$1
See also	Fossilworks taxon ID (P842)
Applicable "stated in"-value	Paleobiology Database (Q17073815)

Motivation[edit]

The Paleobiology Database (Q17073815) (PBDB) is a non-governmental, non-profit public resource for paleontological data. It has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological researchers. Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data services to allow easy access to data for independent development of analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all types. Most PBDB IDs are shared with Fossilworks (Q796451), which is a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database. However, I have discovered examples, such as the seventh one above, which are only found in PBDB and not in Fossilworks. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 17:08, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]