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Virtual International Authority File
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OCLC dataset and service that virtually combines multiple name authority files into a single name authority service
The Virtual International Authority File is a service that brings together multiple name authority files—databases that standardize how names of people, places, and organizations are recorded—into one unified system. This matters because librarians and researchers can use a single tool to find consistent name information across different libraries and institutions worldwide, rather than having to search through separate databases.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- search engine
- Part of
- Semantic Web
- Owned by
- OCLC, Inc.
- Operator
- OCLC, Inc.
- Publisher
- OCLC, Inc.
- Official website
- viaf.org
- Image
- VIAF Screenshot 2012.png
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- maintains linking to
- International Standard Name Identifier
- maintained by
- OCLC, Inc.
- topic has template
- Template:VIAF
- Commons category
- VIAF
- language of work or name
- French
- inception
- 2003-00-00
- search formatter URL
- viaf.org/viaf/search?query=$1
- short name
- VIAF
- P11012
- Oslo
- native label
- VIAF: Virtual International Authority File
- place of publication
- Dublin
- external data available at URL
- viaf.org/viaf/data
- DuckDuckGo bang
- viaf
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Encyclopedic overview
The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries, operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Virtual International Authority File” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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