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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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In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Virtual International Authority File is referenced by 238 other articles, and connects out to OCLC, Inc., International Standard Book Number and digital object identifier.
It sits within the topics Identifiers, Library cataloging and classification and Library of Congress.
Its subject is documented across 77 Wikipedia language editions.
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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