User:TiagoLubiana/term in higher taxon
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term in higher taxon[edit]
Under discussion
| Description | A superclass term used for species-neutral or higher order taxons. Subproperty of "subclass of" (P279). |
|---|---|
| Data type | Item |
| Domain | item |
| Example 1 | human musculus biceps brachii (Q25950351) → biceps brachii (Q201363) |
| Example 2 | human lung (Q2640512) → lung (Q7886) |
| Example 3 | mouse brain (Q65119893) → brain (Q1073) |
| Example 4 | human cholinergic neuron (Q101405051) → cholinergic neuron (Q12167532) |
| Example 5 | human eye (Q430024) → mammalian eye (Q6745755) |
| Planned use | Map manually different cell types and anatomy terms to their species neutral counterparts. Provide the means for others to do so. |
| See also | parent taxon (P171), subclass of (P279) |
Motivation[edit]
Wikidata is growing as a life sciences resource. It has terms for biological concepts at the species level and more general terms (see examples above). Using subclass of (P279) works, but it is a generic property. A more specific subproperty would make Wikidata cleaner and allow targeted queries.
As an example, parent taxon (P171) is an analagous subproperty of subclass of (P279) that fills a similar gap.
TiagoLubiana (talk) 21:26, 13 April 2021 (UTC)