Wikidata:Property proposal/Knot Atlas identifier
Knot Atlas identifier[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science
| Description | Link from mathematical knot/link articles to authoritative information source Knot Atlas |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Template parameter | $1 and $2 in w:Template:Knot Atlas |
| Domain | knot (Q1188853), link (Q1760728) and subclasses |
| Allowed values | [A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9()_,]+ |
| Example 1 | unknot (Q1188344) → 0_1 |
| Example 2 | trefoil knot (Q168620) → 3_1 |
| Example 3 | figure-eight knot (Q168697) → 4_1 |
| Example 4 | (−2,3,7) pretzel knot (Q4544970) → K12n242 |
| Example 5 | Conway knot (Q94806552) → K11n34 |
| Example 6 | Hopf link (Q864313) → L2a1 |
| Example 7 | Whitehead link (Q2588098) → L5a1 |
| Example 8 | T(8,5) (Q96632000) → T(8,5) |
| Source | The Knot Atlas (Q16963570) |
| Planned use | to be used to link Wikidata entries on knots and links to Knot Atlas, an authoritative source of information on these |
| Number of IDs in source | > 1000 |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| Formatter URL | http://katlas.org/wiki/$1 |
Motivation[edit]
The Knot Atlas is a curated, closed-editor-access wiki that is an authoritative source of information on mathematical knots and links, for which both Wikipedia and Wikidata have a number of entries. It is maintained by knot theorists w:Dror Bar-Natan and Scott Morrison. Providing links to the Knot Atlas will provide Wikidata users access to a wide range of information about these entities that goes far beyond the range of information currently planned to be stored on Wikidata, as well as providing a source of potential data for those entries. If this property is created, I can fill in values for existing entries using my bot.
Note that this is not a redundant property: sometimes, it's derived from the Alexander-Briggs name, sometimes it's derived from the D-T name (but with a K at the start), sometimes it's something else entirely; and it's a string, not LaTeX-formatted mathematical text. -- The Anome (talk) 13:06, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
Notified participants of WikiProject Mathematics
Support —Scs (talk) 17:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks! I should be able to fill this information in in a couple of weeks, after I've done the other knot properties. -- The Anome (talk) 13:16, 14 July 2020 (UTC)