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VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
Building Blocks for the Future: Making Controlled
Vocabularies Available for theSemantic Web
Dr. Barbara B. TillettChief, Policy & Standards Division Library of CongressFor BNE April 28, 2010
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Linked Data National Library of Sweden
DBpedia
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Internet “Cloud”
Databases, Repositories
Web frontend
Services
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Internet “Cloud”
Web frontend
ServicesVIAF
Databases, Repositories
LCSH
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VIAF Objectives
Facilitate exposure of authority data Reduce cataloging costs Simplify authority control (creation
and maintenance) internationally Provide authority data in form,
language, and script users want
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VIAF
ЧеховChekhov
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Universal Bibliographic Control
IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) in the 1970’s Single heading for each person,
corporate body, etc. Ignored user needs for language/script
they could read
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VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File
Original VIAF partners Library of Congress (LC) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) OCLC - host
Virtually combining the name authority files of all institutions into a single name authority service.
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Virtual International Authority File
Matches names across 20 authority files of 16 institutions 13 million name records 10 million personas 4.5 million clusters
Based on KSY Cooperative Identities Hub, CEAL 2010-03
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Current Status Available as linked data with
URIs Unicode throughout UNIMARC and MARC 21
supported Preliminary work on geographic
names
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Enhancing the Authorities
Bibliographic
Record
Derived Authorit
y
AuthorityRecord
Enhanced
Authority
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Mining the Bibliographic Record LDR 00638ncm a22002057a 450
1 5773347 5 19960820101947.4 8 960815s1965 oruuua n eng 10 $a 96753638 040 $a DLC $c DLC019 $a 17706440020 $c $2.95028 22 $a 48418 $b Matrix Publ. Co. 045 2 $b d198006 $b d198007048 $b va01 $b ve01 $a ka01050 00 $a M1258 $b .L100 1 $a Leigh, Mitch, $d 1928-245 14 $a The man of La Mancha / $c by Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion; arr. By Roland Barrett & Alan Keown.260 $a Springfield, OR : $b Matrix Publ. Co., $c c1965.300 $a 1 score (16 p.) ; $c 18 x 27 cm.500 $a Brief record.650 0 $a Musicals $x Excerpts.600 10 $a Leigh, Mitch $v Musical settings.700 1 $a Darion, Joe.
Authors
LC Control Number
LC ClassificationTitl
e
Material Type
Publisher
Place of Publication
Language
Date ofPublication
Usage
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Derived Authority Record
00505cz a2200157n 450 0 1 xlc 1 1 3 OCoLC 2 5 19880921165012.4 3 8 880831n|acannaab|n aaa c 4 040 $a OCoLC $b eng $c OCoLC $f viaf 5 100 1 $a Leigh, Mitch. 6 903 $a 88030979 7 910 14 $a the man of la mancha 8 921 $a matrix publ co 9 922 $a oru10 930 $a mitch leigh11 940 $a eng12 942 $a 23413 943 $a 196x14 944 $a cm15 950 1 $a darian, joe $d 1928-
All text is normalizedSubjects are grouped
into
broad subject areas
Material type is codedPublication date is by decadeCoauthor
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Enhanced Authority Record
00505cz a2200157n 450 0 1 oca01144962 1 5 19880921165012.4 2 8 840702n| acannaab| |n aaa ||| 3 10 $a n 88090379 4 40 $a DLC $c DLC $d DLC 5 100 1 $a Leigh, Mitch, $d 1928- 6 670 $a the man of la mancha, c1966: $b t.p. (Mitch Leigh) 7 903 $a 84758340 $9 1 8 903 $a 93710923 $9 1 9 910 11 $a impossible dream $9 110 910 11 $a century library of music and sound by mitch leigh $9 111 921 $a matrix publ co $9 112 921 $a kapp $9 213 922 $a oru $9 214 930 $a mitch leigh $9 115 940 $a eng $9 216 942 $a 234 $9 217 943 $a 196x $9 118 943 $a 197x $9 119 944 $a cm $9 220 950 11 $a darian, joe $d 1928- $9 121 950 11 $a wasserman, dale $9 1 13
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Information in Bibliographic Records He writes music His primary subject area is music He was published in the 1960s and
1970s by Matrix Publ. Co. in Oregon and Kapp in New York
Worked with Joe Darion and Dale Wasserman
Mitch Leigh is the only name he has used on his publications
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viaf.org
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As viewed April 2010
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VIAF and Catalogers Use as a reference tool:
To resolve conflicts, questionable dates, forms of name, etc.
Cite as source in 670 $a, for example:BNF in VIAF, date searchedBNE in VIAF, date searchedNat. Lib. of Australia in VIAF, date
searchedLAC in VIAF, date searched
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Next steps for VIAF Better searching More “Linked data”
Related persons as in WorldCat Identities, Wikipedia, etc.
Participants beyond libraries Rights management agencies, Publishers Museums, Archives
More name types Corporate and Family names Uniform titles Geographic names … not topical terms
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http://www.viaf.org
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