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    • Virtual International Authority File

      • The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Virtual_InternationalVirtual International Authority File - Wikipedia

    A VIAF record receives a standard data number, contains the primary "see" and "see also" records from the original documents, and refers to the original authority records. The data is made available online and is available for research and, data exchange and sharing.

  4. viaf.netVIAF

    The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wikipedia:Authority_controlWikipedia:Authority control - Wikipedia

    WP:VIAF. Authority control is a method used to assign a unique identifier to each topic, which, like Wikipedia's own disambiguation process and redirects, is critical for subjects that either have the same name but refer to different topics, like differentiating between John Smith (professor) and John Smith (English poet), or have different ...

  6. www.oclc.org › developer › apiVIAF (Virtual International Authority File) | OCLC Developer ...

    What you get. The Virtual International Authority File links authority data from 37 agencies in 29 countries, representing a variety of formats. Each VIAF record contains a unique data number, the "see" and "see also" fields from the original record and links to the original authority records.