When searching for properties, I would often like to do things like filter out external ID properties or find a property I can use to link to an item, but there doesn't seem to be a way to filter by datatype.
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@Nikki could you precise on which UI / page you are searching for properties? I'm assuming this is wikidata related, but can you confirm?
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Yes, I mean Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=author&ns120=1 for example.
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Could you say more about what expected behavior is on the link you provided? What are you hoping to do? What isn't working currently for you?
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Let me try to translate contributor speak to something actionable:
That search currently finds 273 properties, starting with
- author (P50) main creator(s) of a written work (use on works, not humans); use P2093 when Wikidata item is unknown or does not exist
- lyrics by (P676) : author of song lyrics
- Dialnet author ID (P1607): identifier of an author in Dialnet
- Dimensions author ID (P6178): unique identifier for an author in Dimensions
- LibriVox author ID (P1899): author ID for an author represented at LibriVox
For deciding which item to use to link another item, one would want to view only properties with datatype "Wikibase-item". However, as many external identifier properties are for authors, these appear in bulk.
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Maybe a way to solve this is to prioritize properties by datatype (first properties with item-dataype, last properties with external id-datatype). Search for external id properties might be done by the name of their org anyways.