Wikidata:Property proposal/throughput
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throughput
[edit]| Description | volume of units that do or can pass through or be transported by the object (e.g. trains per hour, passengers per day, kilobits per second) |
|---|---|
| Represents | throughput (Q1383412) |
| Data type | Number (not available yet) |
| Template parameter | "capacity" in en:template:Infobox roller coaster |
| Domain | transport networks, computer networks, rollercoasters, anything with a throughput |
| Allowed values | positive numbers |
| Allowed units | units of rate e.g. kilobit per second (Q2269250), passengers per hour per direction (Q7142610), cubic metre per second (Q794261), etc. |
| Example | |
| See also | maximum capacity (P1083) |
- Motivation
I discovered this was missing when trying to assist with the query Help with defining Roller Coaster properties at Project chat where it is required for "capacity" (meaning in that case "number of riders per hour"), but I think there is a need for a more general property than one specific to roller coasters. Our existing "capacity" maximum capacity (P1083) property serves a different (but not unrelated) purpose, being used as a static measure of the number of people able/allowed in one space at any given time.
- In different fields the throughput is variously quoted as maximum theoretical, maximum actual, average, nominal or (less often) minimum value so I propose that these are specified with qualifiers (e.g. Mathematics Genealogy Project ID (P549) maximum (Q10578722)) rather than having separate properties. "Capacity", "nominal throughput", etc. should be added as English aliases though.
- I've included data rates along with physical rates here, but I'm open to splitting them into separate properties if others would prefer as they are clearly related but not necessarily identical concepts. Thryduulf (talk) 11:06, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
- Discussion
SupportChristianKl (talk) 13:59, 6 July 2016 (UTC)- Support Looks fine to me. ArthurPSmith (talk) 13:51, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Thryduulf:
Done--GZWDer (talk) 16:11, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
