Vorlage:Authority control/doc

Description

For more details on this topic, see Authority control and Wikipedia:Authority control.

This metadata template links Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems, for biographies and other topics.

This template draws most of its values from Wikidata, but they can be overridden by locally entered data. Adding the data to Wikidata is preferable.

If there is no information in Wikidata for the specific subject, an empty instance of this template will be dormant, meaning it will be invisible on the rendered page. Thus, using this template on a page with no authority information is harmless.

An empty instance of this template stays dormant in an article, until values are added to Wikidata, when it will then display them, so this template should be added to all biographies, whether or not there are authority control identifiers in Wikidata already.

User pages

The template may also be placed on user pages, but then data must be entered locally.

Data types

Supported authority files

Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)

International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI)

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID; see also WP:ORCID)

Integrated Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei or GND)

LIBRIS by the National Library of Sweden (SELIBR)

University Documentation System of France (Système universitaire de documentation or SUDOC)

National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France or BNF)

Dutch Biography Portal (Biografisch Portaal or BPN)

ResearcherID (RID)

BIBSYS (BIBSYS)

Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)

MusicBrainz Artist ID (MBA)

National Library of Australia (NLA)

National Diet Library (NDL)

… (30+ sources, see "local conf" list at Module:Authority control)

Deprecated

Corporate Bodies Authority File (Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei or GKD), now part of GND

Name Authority File (Personennamendatei or PND), now part of GND

Subject Headings Authority File (Schlagwortnormdatei or SWD), now part of GND

Wikidata content is used as fallback for the BNF, BPN, GND, ISNI, LCCN, MBA, NDL, NLA, ORCID, SUDOC, ULAN, and VIAF identifiers.

The template validates digits in many values (such as ISNI, ORCID, SUDOC, etc.) and shows an error if the check fails.

Wherever possible, the template also generates a link to WorldCat Identities, using VIAF or LCCN values.

Position

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout

As a metadata template, the Authority control template should be placed after the external links section and navigation templates, right before the categories.

Usage

As a rule of thumb: (1) insert the empty version, (2) click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata, (3a) if you know more sources, add them in the template using their named param, (3b) alternatively, consider adding them to the article's "Wikidata item" (so that all versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit).

Empty (reliant wholly on Wikidata) 

{{Authority control}}

Full 

{{Authority control |VIAF=xxxxxx |LCCN=n/xx/xxxxxx |ISNI=xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx |ORCID=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx |GND=xxxxxx |SELIBR=xxxxxx |SUDOC=xxxxxxxxx |BNF=xxxxxx |BPN=xxxxx |RID=xxxxx |BIBSYS=xxxxx |ULAN=xxxxx |HDS=xxxxx |LIR=xxxx |MBA=xxxxxx |MGP=xxxxxx |NLA=xxxxxxx |NDL=xxxxxxxx |NCL=xxxxxxx |NKC=aaxxxxxxxx |Léonore=LH/xxxx/xx |SBN=IT\ICCU\AAAA\xxxxxx |RLS=xxxxxxxxx |Botanist=A.a. |NARA-person=xxxxxxxx |NARA-organization=xxxxxxxx |USCongress=Axxxxxx |BNE=XXxxxxxxx |CINII=DAxxxxxxxx |TLS=Aaaa_Aaaa |SIKART=xxxxxxx |KULTURNAV=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx |RKDartists=xxxxxx }}

Blank 

{{Authority control |VIAF= |LCCN= |ISNI= |ORCID= |GND= |SELIBR= |SUDOC= |BNF= |BPN= |RID= |BIBSYS= |ULAN= |HDS= |LIR= |MBA= |MGP= |NLA= |NDL= |NCL= |NKC= |Léonore= |SBN= |RLS= |Botanist= |NARA-person= |NARA-organization= |USCongress= |BNE= |CINII= |TLS= |SIKART= |KULTURNAV= |RKDartists= }}

The following data sources are accepted

Parameter	Scope	Name	Search	Remarks
VIAF	People	Virtual International Authority File	[1]	International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
LCCN	People	Library of Congress Control Number	[2]	See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions
ISNI	People	International Standard Name Identifier	[3]	ISNI is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles. Please take care not to confuse ISNI and ORCID identifiers.
ORCID	People	ORCID	[4]	Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range is a subset of the ISNI range. For free text links (for example when mentioning a person on page which is not about them), it is also possible to use {{ORCID}}. Authors—including Wikipedia editors—may obtain an ORCID by signing up at orcid.org/register. Please take care not to confuse ORCID and ISNI identifiers.
GND	All	Integrated Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei)	[5] [6]	Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library (DNB)
SELIBR	People	LIBRIS	[7]	Authority data from the National Library of Sweden
SUDOC	People	Système universitaire de documentation	[8] (in French)	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France. Also available from English-speaking catalog (search author, click one book, click author name, take PPN= value of the URL)
BNF	People	Bibliothèque nationale de France	[9] (in French)	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France
BPN	People	Dutch Biography Portal (Biografisch Portaal)	[10]	Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.
RID	People	ResearcherID	[11]	An identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters. The combined use of the digital object identifier with the ResearcherID allows for a unique association of authors and scientific articles.
BIBSYS	People	BIBSYS	[12]	BIBSYS is a supplier of library and information systems for all Norwegian university Libraries, the National Library of Norway, college libraries, and a number of research libraries and institutions.
ULAN	Artists	Union List of Artist Names	[13]	ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names).
HDS		Historical Dictionary of Switzerland	[14]	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.
LIR		Historical Dictionary of Switzerland § Lexicon Istoric Retic	[15]	Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh.
MBA	Artists	MusicBrainz Artist ID	[16]	MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
MGP		Mathematics Genealogy Project	[17]	Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.
NLA	People or groups	National Library of Australia	[18]	NLA Trove’s People and Organisation view allows the discovery of biographical and other contextual information about people and organisations. Search also available via VIAF.
NDL	People	National Diet Library	[19]	Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF.
NCL		National Central Library		National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.
NKC		National Library of the Czech Republic	[20]	National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.
Léonore		Base Léonore	[21]	Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.
SBN		Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico (ICCU) Servizio bibliotecario nazionale (SBN)	[22]	Central Institute for the Union Catalogue (ICCU: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico) is an Italian government agency created to build a single catalog of all the libraries in the nation. It manages National Library Service (SBN: Servizio bibliotecario nazionale).
RLS		Russian State Library	[23]	Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.
Botanist		Author citation (botany)	[24]	Author citation (botany): standard form (official abbreviation) of a personal name for use in an author citation (only for names of algae, fungi and plants). Links to page at International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
NARA-person		National Archives and Records Administration	[25]	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
NARA-organization		National Archives and Records Administration	[26]	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
USCongress		Biographical Directory of the United States Congress	[27]	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
BNE		Biblioteca Nacional de España	[28]	National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.
CINII		CiNii	[29]	CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics.
TLS		Theaterlexikon der Schweiz	[30]	Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) is an encyclopedia about theatre in Switzerland. It was developed by the Institute of Theatre Studies of the University of Berne.
SIKART		SIKART	[31]	SIKART is a biographical dictionary and a database on visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR).
KULTURNAV		KulturNav	[32]	KulturNav is a Norwegian cloud-based software service, allowing users to create, manage and distribute name authorities and terminology, focusing on the needs of museums and other cultural heritage institutions. The software is developed by KulturIT ANS and the development project is funded by the Arts Council Norway.
RKDartists	Artists	Netherlands Institute for Art History § Online artist pages	[33]	RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists. Names in RKDartists may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names).
autores.uy	Authors	autores.uy	[34]	autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on uruguayan authors. It was created and maintained by the Uruguayan chapter of Creative Commons. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public domain.
PIC	Photographers	Photographers' Identities Catalog	[35]	PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.

The following data sources are deprecated

and will cause articles to be added to hidden tracking sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia articles with authority control information:

Deprecated parameters

Deprecated parameter Scope Name Remarks Tracking GKD Corporations Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei (now part of GND) Authority data on corporations from the German National Library (deprecated, please use GND) GKD cat PND People Personennamendatei (now part of GND) Authority data on people from the German National Library (deprecated, please use GND) PND cat SWD Subjects Schlagwortnormdatei (now part of GND) Authority data on subjects from the German National Library (deprecated, please use GND) SWD cat

Examples

Victor Hugo:

{{Authority control |VIAF=9847974 |LCCN=n/79/091479 |ISNI=0000 0001 2120 0982 |ORCID= |GND=118554654 |SELIBR=206651 |SUDOC=026927608 |BNF=cb11907966z |BPN= |RID= |BIBSYS=90054094 |ULAN=500032572 |HDS=11461 |LIR= |MBA=c0c99c8f-4779-4c35-9497-67d60a73310a |MGP= |NLA=35212404 |NDL=00443985 |NCL= |NKC=jn19990003739 |Léonore=LH/1320/26 |SBN=IT\ICCU\CFIV\000163 |RLS=000081185 |Botanist= |NARA-person= |NARA-organization= |USCongress= |BNE=XX874892 |CINII=DA00460099 |TLS= |SIKART= |KULTURNAV= |RKDartists=40381 }}

Alexander Graham Bell:

{{Authority control |VIAF=59263727 |LCCN=n/79/113947 |ISNI=0000 0000 8138 6064 |GND=119408643 |SUDOC=066924146 |BNF=13746617f |MBA=9dd93d09-24b4-41f1-a48b-ef48b07499c3 |NDL=00620343 }}

Harry Forbes Witherby:

{{Authority control |VIAF=66861474 |LCCN=n/87/142671 |ISNI=0000 0001 0911 2808 |GND=117421863 |SUDOC=090162897 }}

Wikidata

The template can get its information from the following properties on Wikidata:

Order	Parameter	Label	Wikidata property
1	VIAF	VIAF	P214:
2	LCCN	LCCN	P244:
3	ISNI	ISNI	P213:
4	ORCID	ORCID	P496:
5	GND	GND	P227:
6	SELIBR	SELIBR	P906:
7	SUDOC	SUDOC	P269:
8	BNF	BNF	P268:
9	BPN	BPN	P651:
10	RID	ResearcherID	P1053:
11	BIBSYS	BIBSYS	P1015:
12	ULAN	ULAN	P245:
13	HDS	HDS	P902:
14	LIR	LIR	P886:
15	MBA	MusicBrainz	P434:
16	MGP	MGP	P549:
17	NLA	NLA	P409:
18	NDL	NDL	P349:
19	NCL	NCL	P1048:
20	NKC	NKC	P691:
21	Léonore	Léonore	P640:
22	SBN	ICCU	P396:
23	RLS	RLS	P947:
24	Botanist	Botanist	P428:
25	NARA-person	NARA	P1222:
26	NARA-organization	NARA	P1223:
27	USCongress	US Congress	P1157:
28	BNE	BNE	P950:
29	CINII	CiNii	P271:
30	TLS	TLS	P1362:
31	SIKART	SIKART	P781:
32	KULTURNAV	KulturNav	P1248:
33	RKDartists	RKD	P650:
34	autores.uy	autores.uy	P2558:
35	PIC	PIC	P2750:

Error reports

See the monthly error report for this template.

Microformat

The template wraps each UID value with the HTML markup: <span class="uid">...</span>, which enables the first-found value to be included in an hCard microformat. For that reason, VIAF, where present, is emitted first.

Tracking categories

This template may add the following categories:

• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (0) – articles and categories transcluding this template with explicit parameters (not loaded from WikiData)
• Category:VIAF not on Wikidata (0)
• Category:VIAF different on Wikidata (0)

Additional categories may be added by Module:Authority control:

• The module documentation contains a list, see Module:Authority control § Tracking categories
• Specific identifiers are in subcategories of Category:Pages with authority control information
• Faulty parameters are in subcategories of Category:Wikipedia articles with faulty authority control information

See also

• Wikipedia:Authority control – editor information
  • FAQ
• Help:Authority control – reader help
• Template:Infobox book – supporting some library classification systems
• Template:German National Library portal
• For more information:
  • de:Wikipedia:Normdaten (in German)
  • de:Hilfe:GND (in German)
  • Commons:Template:Authority control

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Authority control/doc

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       "description": "A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems",
       "params": {
               "VIAF": {
                       "label": "VIAF",
                       "description": "International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P214"
               },
               "LCCN": {
                       "label": "LCCN",
                       "description": "Library of Congress Control Number.  See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P244"
               },
               "ISNI": {
                       "label": "ISNI",
                       "description": "International Standard Name Identifier is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P213"
               },
               "ORCID": {
                       "label": "ORCID",
                       "description": "Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range has been defined as a subset of the forthcoming ISNI range.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P496"
               },
               "GND": {
                       "label": "GND",
                       "aliases": ["PND"],
                       "description": "Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P227"
               },
               "SELIBR": {
                       "label": "SELIBR",
                       "description": "Authority data from the National Library of Sweden.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P906"
               },
               "SUDOC": {
                       "label": "SUDOC",
                       "description": "Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P269"
               },
               "BNF": {
                       "label": "BNF",
                       "description": "Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P268"
               },
               "BPN": {
                       "label": "BPN",
                       "description": "Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P651"
               },
               "RID": {
                       "label": "RID",
                       "description": "An identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters. The combined use of the Digital Object Identifier with the ResearcherID allows for a unique association of authors and scientific articles.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1053"
               },
               "BIBSYS": {
                       "label": "BIBSYS",
                       "description": "BIBSYS is a supplier of library and information systems for all Norwegian university Libraries, the National Library of Norway, college libraries, and a number of research libraries and institutions.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1015"
               },
               "ULAN": {
                       "label": "ULAN",
                       "description": "ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P245"
               },
               "HDS": {
                       "label": "HDS",
                       "description": "Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P902"
               },
               "LIR": {
                       "label": "LIR",
                       "description": "Historical Dictionary of Switzerland: Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P886"
               },
               "MBA": {
                       "label": "MBA",
                       "description": " MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P434"
               },
               "MGP": {
                       "label": "MGP",
                       "description": "Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P549"
               },

               "NLA": {
                       "label": "NLA",
                       "description": "Authority control number issued by the National Library of Australia.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P409"
               },
               "NDL": {
                       "label": "NDL",
                       "description": "Authority control number issued by the National Diet Library (National Library of Japan).",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P349"
               },
               "NCL": {
                       "label": "NCL",
                       "description": "National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1048"
               },
               "NKC": {
                       "label": "NKC",
                       "description": "National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P691"
               },
               "Léonore": {
                       "label": "Léonore",
                       "description": "Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P640"
               },
               "SBN": {
                       "label": "SBN",
                       "description": "Central Institute for the Union Catalogue (ICCU: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico) is an Italian government agency created to build a single catalog of all the libraries in the nation. It manages National Library Service (SBN: Servizio bibliotecario nazionale).",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P396"
               },
               "RLS": {
                       "label": "RLS",
                       "description": "Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P947"
               },
               "Botanist": {
                       "label": "Botanist",
                       "description": "Author citation (botany): standard form (official abbreviation) of a personal name for use in an author citation (only for names of algae, fungi and plants). Links to page at International Plant Names Index (IPNI).",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P428"
               },
               "NARA-person": {
                       "label": "NARA-person",
                       "description": "National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1222"
               },
               "NARA-organization": {
                       "label": "NARA-organization",
                       "description": "National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1223"
               },
               "USCongress": {
                       "label": "USCongress",
                       "description": "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1157"
               },
               "BNE": {
                       "label": "BNE",
                       "description": "National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P950"
               },
               "CINII": {
                       "label": "CINII",
                       "description": "CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P271"
               },
               "TLS": {
                       "label": "TLS",
                       "description": "Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) is an encyclopedia about theatre in Switzerland. It was developed by the Institute of Theatre Studies of the University of Berne.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1362"
               },
               "SIKART": {
                       "label": "SIKART",
                       "description": "SIKART is a biographical dictionary and a database on visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR).",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P781"
               },
               "KULTURNAV": {
                       "label": "KULTURNAV",
                       "description": "KulturNav is a Norwegian cloud-based software service, allowing users to create, manage and distribute name authorities and terminology, focusing on the needs of museums and other cultural heritage institutions. The software is developed by KulturIT ANS and the development project is funded by the Arts Council Norway.",
                       "type": "string",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P1248"
               },
               "RKDartists": {
                       "label": "RKDartists",
                       "description": "RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P650"
               },
              "autores.uy": {
                       "label": "autores.uy",
                       "description": "autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on uruguayan authors. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public domain.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P2558"
               },
              "PIC": {
                       "label": "Photographers' Identities Catalog",
                       "description": "PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.",
                       "type": "number",
                       "default": "Wikidata property P2750"
               },
       }

} </templatedata>

External links

Maintenance reports

• Authority control validator provided by KasparBot