Christel Hengel The Virtual International Authority File

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1 Christel Hengel The Virtual International Authority File 1

2 1. The Vision 1. The underlying model 2. Authority data 3. The Virtual International Authority File 2. The VIAF project Expanding the VIAF 1. BnF new VIAF partner 2. Focus on named entities 3. Expanding the VIAF for persons 4. VIAF for places 5. Adding other authority files 2 4. Challenges 1. Using the VIAF 2. Enhancing the VIAF

3 Models and Rules for the Library Universe FRBR FRAD IME-ICC RDA define Entities with Names Relationships Attributes Identifiers 3

4 The entities Work Person Concept Expression Corporate body Object Manifestation Family Event/Time Item Place 4

5 Representation of Entities are known by Names, Terms are identified by Entities Relationships Attributes are identified by Identifiers 5

6 Authority data Names Entities Terms for Relationships Identifiers Attributes 6

7 Authority Records Authority Records May Include: The Identifier for the Represented Entity Preferred Form of Name Variant Forms of Names Identifier for Name Identifiers for Names Preferred Namesfor Related Entities Identifiers for Entities Names, Terms for Attributes Identifiers for Attributes 7

8 No common international vocabulary nl Doris Lessing cz se Doris Lessing Doris Lessingová LCNAF Lessing, Doris May cn ar دوريس ليسينغ fi Doris Lessing 多麗絲 萊辛 jp ドリス レッシング PND Lessing, Doris ru Дорис Лессинг 8

9 The Vision: A Virtual International Authority File VIAF 9

10 The VIAF Project PND VIAF LCNAF German National Library OCLC Library of Congress Proof of Concept Initial VIAF Prototype 10

11 Match and Merge PND VIAF LCNAF Lessing, Doris May, PND: Lessing, Doris = Lessing, Doris M. 400 Lessingk, Ntoris 400 Somers, Jane [Pseud.] 043 XA-GB;XB-IR;XC-ZW 680 Brit. Schriftst., geboren im Iran, aufgew.in Rhodesien, Literaturnobelpreis 2007 LCNAF: n Lessing, Doris, Somers, Jane, Her The grass is singing,

12 901 isbn (020$a) Additional VIAF Elements and Tags 942 NATC (050 $a) 902 issn (022$a) 943 date of publication (dates 1 & 2) 903 lccn (010$a) 944 rectype + biblvl 910 title from bib (or $t in an auth record) 945 occupation code 911 title from 242 or joint personal author 919 title from joint corporate author ( ) 920 publisher id (020$a) 955 Personal name added entry 100 & 700's from records with this name as a subject 921 publisher (260$b, 533$c) 960 Personal name subjects From 600's, if they don't match main author 922 country of publication) 969 Subject 930 alternate form of author's name From the 245$c 998 Authority link 940 language (041 $a or 008) 999 Bibliographic record link 941 Relator code Last modified: Thu Sep 13 10:31:02 Eastern 12 Daylight Time 2007

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14 New VIAF Partner, October 2007: Bibliothèque nationale de France The Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and OCLC have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend and enhance the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Bild: Benh LIEU SONG, Creative Commons (by-sa 2.5) 14

15 VIAF for Named Entities Work Person Concept Expression Corporate body Object Manifestation Family Event/Time Item Place The VIAF partners focus the VIAF on named entities. 15

16 Expanding the VIAF for Persons PND VIAF LCNAF 3,0 Mio. Authority records 8,3 Mio. Bibliographic records 7,0 Mio. Authority records 10,8 Mio. Bibliographic records BnF 3,2 Mio. Authority records 10,5 Mio. Bibliographic records 16

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18 VIAF for Places DNB azznnaa ua an d $2 GyFmDB (SWD) (GKD) DNB $b ger $d 1403 $f RSWK XA-AT-9--- $2 SWD-ISO T $2 22ger $5 DNB Wien-Donaustadt Donaustadt Wien $x Bezirk <22> Wien- Gross-Enzersdorf $i Name des Bezirks , vgl. èosterr.-lex Geo-Du., GKD D: Umfasst seit 1954 Stadlau, Kagran, Hirschstetten, Aspern, Lobau, Sèussenbrunn, Breitenlee, Essling, Kaisermèuhlen n DLC n acannaabn a ana n $z n (OCoLC)oca DLC $b eng $c DLC $d DLC $d OCoLC e-au Donaustadt (Vienna, Austria) Vienna (Austria). $b Donaustadt Bezirk (Vienna, Austria) Donau-City (Vienna, Austria) SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision Verèanderte Identitèaten, c1996: $b t.p. (Donau-City Wien) Handbuch d. Stadt Wien, 1995/96: $b p. I/14 (22. Bezirk--Donaustadt) èosterr. Amtskal., 1994/95 $b (22. Bezirk, Donaustadt) GEOnet, Nov. 29, 1999 $b (Donaustadt; Gemeindebezirk of Vienna; admd.; 48p0s12 N, 16p0s30 E) Comparison elements? 18

19 Adding additional authority files cz nl se Doris Lessing Doris Lessingová Doris Lessing Doris Lessing ar دوريس ليسينغ cn 多麗絲 萊辛 fi Doris Lessing jp Elke Wetzig, Creative Commons (by-sa 2.5) 8jha%29.jpg ドリス レッシング ru Дорис Лессинг in different languages and scripts 19

20 Using the VIAF The VIAF as a Source Find Get Insert 3000! ! Stiglitz, Joseph E Making globalization work <dt.> 4000 der Globalisierung : für eine andere Weltwirtschaft / Jospeh Stiglitz. Aus dem amerikan. Engl. von Thorsten Schmidt /1ger/3eng 1700 /1XA-DE Retrieving New Names from the VIAF 20

21 Using the VIAF The VIAF as a Router PND-Query VIAF Authority Links LC Query BnF Query Doris Lessing PND LC n LC n BnF BnF List of results Searching through the VIAF for Bibliographic Records 21

22 Enhancing the VIAF VIAF 22

23 Enhancing the VIAF VIAF 23

24 Thank you for your attention! 24