Wikidata:Property proposal/location collected

‎location collected

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science

Done

Description	geographic location where a specimen or sample was collected in the field
Data type	Item
Domain	item, type specimen (Q51255340), herbarium specimen (Q61726742), biological specimen (Q2075980), botanical specimen (Q120431565), zoological specimen (Q2114846), fossil (Q40614), archaeological artefact (Q220659)
Example 1	holotype of Chathamidia expeditionis (Q136149389)→Chatham Rise (Q3391888)
Example 2	holotype of Helastia alba (Q136150819)→Queenstown (Q613602)
Example 3	holotype of Allodiscus turbotti (Q136152297)→Manawatāwhi Island (Q32212304)
Allowed values	item, geographic location (Q2221906)
Source	https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dwc:locality
Planned use	My hope is to integrate this into holotype data contributed by museum and research institutions, additionally this will be helpful for the BHL Wikidata project. Myself and a colleague are currently working on a holotypes upload and we hope to model the data as accurately as possible, and this property will be used if it is approved
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
See also	collection date (P14027), collector (P13914)
Wikidata project	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Natural_History_Specimen_Data_Model

Motivation

This property proposal is part of the ongoing work to model a standardised natural science specimen model as part of this wikiproject: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Natural_History_Specimen_Data_Model. The addition of 'collection' specific properties has been devised to replace the current usage of 'discovery' type properties (ie; discoverer/inventor, time of discovery, and now in relation to this proposal - location of discovery). This partly due to a poor fit in these properties' scope, but also to move away from more colonial data models associating discovery with a natural history context. Additionally, the specificity of this property is important to distinguish between the location of the collection and holding institution to the location of the collection event in the field. Please feel free to comment with any suggestions, it is my hope that this will naturally complement the prior approved properties moving away from 'discovery' vernacular.

Discussion

Support - I support this proposal as it provides a more accurate description of the event about which data is being added to Wikidata, it ensures there is clarity between the location where a specimen was collected and the location of the holding institution, it moves away from the use of loaded terminology, and is useful for the holotype specimen data model currently being worked on. Ambrosia10 (talk) 19:42, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support There is no other way. --Henrydat (talk) 20:21, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support - A more appropriate term better aligned with other standards like DwC, will be really useful for institutional data mobilisation. Avocadobabygirl (talk) 22:37, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This seems like the right name, and the right approach. Richlitt (talk) 00:44, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It makes totally sense, eg it is a requirement for Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) when collecting samples. -- SeverinGeo (talk) 08:47, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support - More precise and clearer property than the previous ones used, I think this is a better way to describe it. — Koreller (discussion) 13:40, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support Caboulot (talk) 16:36, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ainali (talk) 22:28, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Ambrosia10: Done! At location collected (P14117). I did not have the time to do the details, would you minding completing the property info? TiagoLubiana^{🌴T🦋C🐬} 09:21, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much @TiagoLubiana! Will work on completing the property info with @Dactylantha. Ambrosia10 (talk) 18:04, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]