Wikidata:Property proposal/Colon Classification
Colon Classification[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | type of library classification, to be used for topics, not for written works |
|---|---|
| Represents | Colon Classification (Q1110558) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Allowed values | ([a-zA-Z0-9])+([a-zA-Z0-9]\.\:\;\,\(\)\')* |
| Example 1 | reference librarian (Q57699384) → 2:7 |
| Example 2 | literature (Q8242) → O |
| Example 3 | baseball (Q5369) → MY2142 |
| Example 4 | history of Italy (Q7791) → V52 |
| Example 5 | wooden sculpture (Q26997323) → ND;1 |
| Source | http://scigator.unipv.it/cc/ |
| Planned use | slow manual addition |
| Expected completeness | always incomplete (Q21873886) |
| See also | Dewey Decimal Classification (P1036), Library of Congress Classification (P1149), Regensburg Classification (P1150), Universal Decimal Classification (P1190), Basisklassifikation (P5748) |
Motivation[edit]
The Colon Classification (Q1110558) is a universal library classification used in Indian libraries (
WikiProject India has more than 50 participants and couldn't be pinged. Please post on the WikiProject's talk page instead.). It consists of 54 basic classes to be combined to obtain new more specific classes (some classes may have no direct correspondence in Wikidata but a combination of multiple Wikidata items). We (@Carlobia: and I) would like to create the mappings for library applications. For instance 2:7 is reference librarian (Q57699384) so books about reference service can be searched e.g. via http://scigator.unipv.it/cc/index.php?ve=2%3A7&hi=9. See http://www.iskoi.org/doc/colon.htm for an incomplete set of classes. Epìdosis 13:29, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
Also
Notified participants of WikiProject Libraries, obviously. --Epìdosis 17:25, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
WikiProject Books has more than 50 participants and couldn't be pinged. Please post on the WikiProject's talk page instead. - Bodhisattwa (talk) 04:34, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Notified participants of WikiProject Bangladesh --Epìdosis 10:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
Support--Carlobia (talk) 13:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)- Support -- Bargioni 🗣 15:09, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support -- VIGNERON (talk) 17:45, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Nomen ad hoc (talk) 17:52, 11 May 2020 (UTC).
- Support Susanna Giaccai (talk) 15:38, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support - useful for additional, especially automated, discoverability of resources. I have corrected the regexp above. Asaf Bartov (talk) 01:12, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support @Bodhisattwa: and I have been thinking about adding support for this on bnwikisource, and this will definitely be a step in the right direction. Mahir256 (talk) 23:38, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support - of course - Bodhisattwa (talk) 04:31, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
- Support--Trade (talk)
- Support --Nahid Hossain (talk) 10:59, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Comment I am assuming the intent is for this property to be used as an "external identifier", linking the CC to topics (items like literature (Q8242) used as an example above). Note that it could also be applied to works, to classify them, as it would be in a library, but in that case it is a classification, not an external identifier. Maybe that needs to be clarified in the property description? ArthurPSmith (talk) 18:21, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
- @ArthurPSmith: Sure, clarified. --Epìdosis 14:50, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Epìdosis, Carlobia, Bargioni, VIGNERON, Nomen ad hoc: @Giaccai, Ijon, Mahir256, Bodhisattwa, Trade: @NahidHossain, ArthurPSmith: Colon Classification (P8248) is now available. Pamputt (talk) 09:35, 22 May 2020 (UTC)