Wikidata:Property proposal/checksum
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checksum[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic
| Description | small-sized datum derived from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Domain | any |
| Allowed values | any |
| Example | distribution of historical monuments in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, June 2017 (zip) (Q30243079) → 23908402390 |
| Planned use | use it to add a checksum to distributions of data sets |
- Motivation
Checksums are used in different domains for the purpose of detecting errors. Examples are digital distributions, software downloads and furthermore. Andheb (talk) 22:24, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
- Discussion
Support - however it should be used with a qualifier specifying the checksum method (eg. MD5 (Q185235)). ArthurPSmith (talk) 20:04, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
- Support. This property will be very helpful for modeling checksums. I agree with ArthurPSmith's suggestion about a qualifier describing the checksum method. YULdigitalpreservation (talk) 17:06, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
- @Andheb, YULdigitalpreservation, ArthurPSmith: Can we decide of how the qualifier should look like before creating this property? At best we write in the description how it's supposed to be used. ChristianKl (talk) 08:49, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
- actually that should be in Wikidata usage instructions (P2559) rather than the description. Anyway, the qualifier I would think would be determination method (P459), and value would be the wikidata item corresponding to the checksum function. ArthurPSmith (talk)
- @Andheb, ArthurPSmith, YULdigitalpreservation:
Done
--- Jura 06:02, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
