Wikidata:Property proposal/Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID

Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science

Done: Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID (P9654) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a plant, macrofungus, or lichen species in the Burke Herbarium Image Collection
Represents	Burke Herbarium Image Collection: Vascular Plants, Macrofungi, & Lichenized Fungi of Washington (Q106210298)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	item; plant (Q756), fungus (Q764), lichen (Q43142)
Allowed values	[A-Za-z\.\s\×]+
Example 1	Jacobaea maritima (Q13217438) → Jacobaea maritima
Example 2	Angelica genuflexa (Q4391734) → Angelica genuflexa
Example 3	Callitropsis nootkatensis (Q23707222) → Callitropsis nootkatensis
Example 4	Clavulinopsis laeticolor (Q10454942) → Clavulinopsis laeticolor
Example 5	Fuscopannaria pacifica (Q15089592) → Fuscopannaria pacifica
Example 6	Antennaria howellii subsp. howellii (Q24688095) → Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii
Example 7	Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum (Q24692285) → Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum
Example 8	Diphasiastrum alpinum × Diphasiastrum sitchense (Q106143312) → Diphasiastrum alpinum × Diphasiastrum sitchense
Source	http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
Planned use	Adding to items as they are edited as part of our PCC Wikidata pilot project.
Number of IDs in source	3,115 vascular plant species with photos, 1,005 macrofungi species with photos, 216 lichenized fungi species with photos (as of March 26, 2021, per https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php)
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=$1
See also	proposed properties Burke Herbarium Image Collection contributor ID, Washington Flora Checklist family ID, Washington Flora Checklist taxon ID, and Washington Rare Plant Field Guide ID
Applicable "stated in"-value	Burke Herbarium Image Collection: Vascular Plants, Macrofungi, & Lichenized Fungi of Washington (Q106210298)

Motivation[edit]

The Burke Herbarium Image Collection brings together 73,935 photographs and contributions from numerous photographers and botanists on the vascular plants, macrofungi, and lichenized fungi of Washington State. The collection contains 3,115 vascular plant species with photos, 1,005 macrofungi species with photos, 216 lichenized fungi species with photos and a total of 68,630 vascular plant photos, 4,264 macrofungi photos, and 599 lichenized fungi photos. Photographs are accompanied by distribution maps, species descriptions, synonymy, and links to additional resources. Including this resource in Wikidata will provide access to all of this information. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 19:05, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

From a herbarium like University of Washington Herbarium (Q106140800) I would expect herbarium sheets not photographs. --Succu (talk) 19:20, 26 March 2021 (UTC) BTW: Why is University of Washington Herbarium (Q106140800) different from Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Q388376)? Is there more than on herbarium collection? --Succu (talk) 19:31, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Succu: This particular web collection is of photographs, along with distribution maps, and other information. I can't comment on the question about herbarium sheets, but I don't see how it is relevant to this proposal and its usefulness. The University of Washington Herbarium is just one part of the Burke Museum, which includes many other natural history collections (fishes, birds, mammals, insects, etc.) as well as anthropological and cultural collections. UW Herbarium and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture are not synonymous. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 20:44, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Are we talking about WTU Herbarium Database with 436,346 records? --Succu (talk) 20:57, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - That's a separate database that could have a property of its own I suppose. The Image Collection is just photographs of plants, not the catalog of the WTU Herbarium. WTU Herbarium and University of Washington Herbarium are two names for the same thing. The herbarium is just a part of the Burke Museum. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 03:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Crystal Clements, University of Washington Libraries (talk) 18:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Pteropotamus (talk) 09:14, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Emwille (talk) 14:34, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jala360 13:15, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support, an important property for plants.--Arbnos (talk) 14:49, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: The whole set of related property proposals makes no sense to me. --Succu (talk) 20:36, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]