Using Attributes for searchable IDs

The WebSearch add-on gramplet by @urchello already supports storing external IDs with Attributes. But you need to be able to search… both for particular ID values and for particular built-in and custom types.

Attribute name Website Description Example value
_FSFTID FamilySearch.org person profile KNDX-MKG
FacebookID Facebook.com account groups/370692133138445
FindAGraveID FindAGrave.com memorial profile 1075
GeneeeID Geneee.org (Geneweb) person profile george/washington
GeniID Geni.com person profile George-Washington-1st-President-of-the-United-States/6000000008211776777
GNDID d-nb.info Dun & Bradstreet business profile 54-0564701 (Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union)
InstagramID Instagram.com account @mount_vernon
LinkedInID LinkedIn.com person professional profile mountvernon
RogloID Roglo.eu (Rauglaudre collaborative GeneWeb database) person profile 1825727
VIAFID viaf.org (Virtual International Authority File) OCLC identifier 31432428
WeRelateID WeRelate.org person profile George_Washington_(6)
WikidataID Wikidata.org knowledgebase article name Q23
WikipediaID wikipedia.org knowledgebase article name George_Washington
WikiTreeID WikiTree.com person profile Washington-11
XINGID XING.com job listing

The TypeCleanup addon tool will let you search for the existence of Custom types… but not built-in types.

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