Wikidata:Property proposal/GDUNO ID
GDUNO ID
[edit]Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Organization
| Description | GDUNO Identifier for Quebec educational entity |
|---|---|
| Issued by | Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Q3315242) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | school (Q3914)
school service centre (Q86732061) school board of Quebec (Q2986739) |
| Allowed values | [A-Z0-9]{6} |
| Example 1 | McGill University (Q201492) → 979000 |
| Example 2 | Loyola High School (Q14875548) → 410501 |
| Example 3 | Western Québec School Board (Q7988207) → 886000 |
| Example 4 | Centre de services scolaire de Montréal (Q98734381) → 762000 |
| Source | GDUNO ID format documentation is in French and alas, inside a MS Word document |
| Number of IDs in source | Less than 3000 — there are roughly 2500 schools, and the GDUNO IDs also apply to structural entities such as school boards. |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) |
| Formatter URL | https://infogeo.education.gouv.qc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/PROD/CARTE_GDUNO/MapServer/1/query?outFields=*&where=CD_ORGNS%3D%22$1%22 |
| Country | Canada (Q16) |
| See also | Template:Schools properties |
| Applicable "stated in"-value | GDUNO ID |
| Wikidata project | WikiProject Quebec (Q15623014) |
Motivation
[edit]Entities related to education in Quebec all have a distinct official GDUNO ID. A central database at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Q3315242) keeps a record of name, complete address, website, latitude-longitude coordinates, phone number and so on for all of them.
GDUNO stands for “Gestion des données uniques des organismes”, which roughly translates to “management of entities' unique data”.
Unfortunately, I could not find a prettier website to display the data than the one specified above. There is an interactive map which shows the IDs but does not allow search using the IDs. There is an online form to search by ID but it only works via HTTP POST requests.
As the GDUNO ID is associated with Quebec, not with the whole Canada (education is a provincial matter in Canada), the property would likely need a applies to jurisdiction (P1001) set to Quebec (Q176).
This new property would simplify gathering references for education entities in Quebec, as the GDUNO database is the primary source for data about them. Ptaff (talk) 16:05, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
- I think organ makes more sense in English as an organism is a living creature. Secretlondon (talk) 06:46, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you for your feedback. I replaced “organism” with “entity”, as “organ” looks seldom used in similar contexts. Ptaff (talk) 11:48, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
Discussion
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Support JhowieNitnek (talk) 14:35, 31 March 2026 (UTC)- @Ptaff, Secretlondon, JhowieNitnek:
Done as GDUNO ID (P14333). Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 17:07, 10 April 2026 (UTC)