identifier

name that identifies either a unique object or a unique class of objects
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identifier

Summary

identifier is a type of property[1]. identifier draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_property category, ranking #1,695 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • identifier's instance of is recorded as type of property[3].
  • identifier's instance of is recorded as type of information[4].
  • identifier is a type of information[5].
  • identifier is a type of identifying artifact[6].
  • identifier is a type of text[7].
  • identifier is a type of string[8].
  • identifier is a type of facet[9].
  • identifier is part of notation[10].
  • identifier is used for referent[11].
  • identifier's Commons category is recorded as Identifiers[12].
  • identifier's Unicode character is recorded as 🆔[13].
  • identifier's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Identifiers[14].
  • identifier's topic's main category is recorded as Q32753931[15].
  • identifier's depicted by is recorded as identifying artifact[16].
  • identifier's has characteristic is recorded as permanence[17].
  • identifier's has characteristic is recorded as impermanence[18].
  • identifier's has characteristic is recorded as uniqueness[19].
  • identifier's has characteristic is recorded as uniqueness[20].
  • identifier's has characteristic is recorded as multiplicity[21].
  • identifier's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9994[22].
  • identifier's equivalent class is recorded as http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Identifier[23].
  • identifier's different from is recorded as unique identifier[24].
  • identifier's different from is recorded as globally unique identifier[25].
  • identifier's different from is recorded as persistent identifier[26].
  • identifier's different from is recorded as non-persistent identifier[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of property[3] and type of information[4]. Recorded subclass of include information[5], identifying artifact[6], text[7], string[8], and facet[9].

Use and Application

identifier is used for referent[11]. identifier is part of notation[10].

Why It Matters

identifier draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_property category, ranking #1,695 of 47).[2] identifier has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] identifier is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). identifier. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/identifier
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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. 17h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Identifier
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'hi', 'io', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://edamontology.org/data_0842"
  2. 26d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of property, type of information
    Subclass of → information, identifying artifact, text +2
    P14853 → 0000917
    Depicted by → identifying artifact
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14853]]: 0000917"
  3. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of property, type of information
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q96253971]]"
  4. 12w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → referent
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P366]]: [[Q3826351]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has characteristic → permanence, impermanence, uniqueness +2
    Subclass of → information, identifying artifact, text +2
    Part of → notation
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12492, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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