driver's license

document authorizing its bearer to drive motor vehicles
Thing type_of_license Q205647
driver's license
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Summary

driver's license is a type of license[1]. It draws 5,471 Wikipedia views per month (type of license category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Depicts: vehicle category[3]
  • Subclass of: license[4], government document[5]
  • Has use: identity document[6]
  • Commons category: Driver's licenses[7]
  • Has cause: obtaining a driver's license[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Driving licences[9]
  • Used by: driver[10], motorist[11]
  • Different from: commercial driver's license[12], vehicle registration certificate[13], vehicle licence[14]
  • Exact match: http://www.yso.fi/onto/oiko/p589[15]
  • P14541: 1a6GfS[16]
  • P14864: ajokortti[17]

Why It Matters

driver's license has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → ajokortti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14864: ajokortti, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789688721844"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → automobile-drivers-licenses
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: automobile-drivers-licenses, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914628|automobile drivers licenses (#289914628)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-matc"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1a6GfS
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0288403-ridicska-opravneni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0288403-ridicska-opravneni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 9386, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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