---
id: "wifi_ssid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["internet", "telecom"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 60
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/wifi_ssid"
---

# Wi-Fi network name (SSID) (`wifi_ssid`)

> **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.

Service set identifier (SSID): the name of a Wi-Fi network as access points broadcast it, up to 32 bytes, as in the hotspot lists of cities.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Internet (internet), Telecommunications (telecom)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Examples

- `LinkNYC Free Wi-Fi`
- `GuestWiFi`
- `eduroam`

## Metacrafter rules

1 rules: 1 match the field name, 0 match values.

- `wifissidbyfield` (field, `common/internet.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_set_(802.11_network)>

## Quality

Score 60/100. Missing: regexp, negative example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation.

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