Wikidata:Property proposal/ENI number

ENI number

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Transportation

Done: ENI number (P5910) (Talk and documentation)

Description	European Vessel Identification Number for ships capable of navigating on inland European waters.
Represents	ENI number (Q721409)
Data type	String
Template parameter	Registriernummern (used for ENI and IMO) in de:Template:Infobox Schiff en:Template:ENI Number, used in Ship identification (used for ENI and other identification numbers) in en:Template:Infobox ship career ENI in fr:Template:Infobox Navire Schip ENI in nl:Template:Infobox schip
Allowed values	^\d{8}$
Example 1	Loire Princesse (Q48754932) → 01840389
Example 2	Stella Maris (Q1851997) → 03011455
Example 3	Keiler (Q6383726) → 05043110
Example 4	Vindobona (Q2527005) → 30000106
Source	en:Category:ENI Number
Number of IDs in source	The overall count of ENI numbers is not known to me, but there are more than 6.100 vessels by ENI number at Wikimedia Commons

Motivation

The ENI number is a unique, eight-digit identifier that is attached to a hull for its entire lifetime, independent of the vessel's current name or flag (in contrast to the name, which is not unique and might change over time), which makes it a good candidate for a property. Similar to IMO ship number (P458) but with the scope on inland ships in Europe, which in most cases do not have a IMO number. The ENI number must be displayed on the sides and stern of the vessel, and because of that the ENI number is much more helpful to identify a ship than MMSI (P587) or call sign (P2317) when you spot a barge in the wild. -- Reise Reise (talk) 20:19, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]