---
id: "wormbase_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/wormbase_id"
---

# WormBase ID (`wormbase_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of an object in WormBase, the database of Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes: WB, a capitalized class name and digits, as in WBGene00000898 for the gene daf-2. Bioregistry also accepts CE and five digits.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(CE[0-9]{5}|WB[A-Z][a-z]+\d+)$
```

## Examples

- `WBGene00000898` — Gene daf-2; example of Wikidata property P3860
- `WBGene00000875` — Gene cyk-4; example of Wikidata property P3860
- `WBGene00000001` — Bioregistry example
- `WBGene` (invalid example) — No number

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `wormbase`
- wikidata: `P3860`

## Sources

- doc: <https://wormbase.org/>
- other: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/wormbase>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3860>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/wormbase_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/wormbase_id.yaml>