Wikidata:Property proposal/North Carolina session law

North Carolina session law

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Organization

   Done: North Carolina session law (P9590) (Talk and documentation)

Description	North Carolina session law identifier for a piece of legislation in the format: [year]-[counter]
Data type	String
Domain	legislation (Q49371)
Allowed values	\d{4}-\d+
Example 1	Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (Q23785494)North Carolina session law2016-3
Example 2	House Bill 142 (Q30610229)North Carolina session law2017-4
Example 3	North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act of 2005 (Q7054544)North Carolina session law2005-414
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

Refer to North Carolina legislation by session law, which can be found in the header (or on the legislature website). — csc^-1 21:17, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support, an important property for the law.--Arbnos (talk) 23:12, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

 Comment Should the data type be an external identifier? Pamputt (talk) 16:14, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pamputt: No, because this is a property of the passed legislation as opposed to an external identifier. — csc^-1 01:47, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Arccosecant: from Wikidata:External identifiers, one reads "External identifiers are strings that represent identifiers used in external systems (databases, authority control files, online encyclopedias, etc.)." It seems it fits our case here; "2016-3" is a string that is used to identify a session law in an external system (North Carolina general assembly). Pamputt (talk) 05:56, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pamputt: I guess it could be viewed that way, though my interpretation was that it's a property of the law itself more akin to the bill number. — csc^-1 12:29, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Arccosecant, Arbnos:  Done North Carolina session law (P9590) created as external identifier. Pamputt (talk) 17:46, 19 May 2021 (UTC)