Template:Authority control

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Description

Further information: Authority control and Wikipedia:Authority control

This metadata template links Wikipedia articles to various library (and other) 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

Wikidata content is used as fallback for all identifiers.

The template validates digits for all values and shows an error if the check fails.

Wherever possible, the template also generates a link to WorldCat Identities, using VIAF or LCCN values, or manually via |WORLDCATID=.

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 general guideline:

1: insert the empty version,

2: click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata,

3a: if you know of more sources, add them in the template using their named parameter,

3b: alternatively, consider adding those sources to the article's "Wikidata item", so that all versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit.

In addition to the mixed-case parameter names listed on this page, the template also supports all-lowercase alias names of all parameters (except for deprecated ones).

Examples

Victor Hugo:

{{Authority control |VIAF=9847974 |LCCN=n/79/091479 |ISNI=0000 0001 2120 0982 |GND=118554654 |SELIBR=206651 |SUDOC=026927608 |BNF=cb11907966z |BIBSYS=90054094 |ULAN=500032572 |HDS=011461 |MBA=c0c99c8f-4779-4c35-9497-67d60a73310a |NLA=35212404 |NDL=00443985 |NKC=jn19990003739 |Léonore=LH//1320/26 |ICCU=IT\ICCU\CFIV\000163 |RSL=000081185 |BNE=XX874892 |CINII=DA00460099 |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}}

Rendering

The template is split into seven sections: "General", "National libraries", "Art galleries and museums", "Art research institutes", "Biographical dictionaries", "Scientific databases", and "Other". If all identifiers are in the same section, |state= is ignored, and the template displays on one line:

Otherwise, the template displays as a navbox with a header:

Initial visibility: currently defaults to autocollapse

To set this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:

• |state=collapsed: {{Authority control|state=collapsed}} to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar
• |state=expanded: {{Authority control|state=expanded}} to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible
• |state=autocollapse: {{Authority control|state=autocollapse}}
  • shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a {{navbox}}, a {{sidebar}}, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute
  • shows the template in its expanded state if there are no other collapsible items on the page

If the |state= parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's initial visibility is taken from the |default= parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse.

Wikidata and tracking categories

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

Additional tracking categories

This template may add the following categories:

• Category:Pages with red-linked authority control categories (0) – error category to identify missing categories
• Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (0) – fix/migrate/remove deprecated IDs
• Category:Articles with suppressed authority control identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
• Category:Articles with multiple identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (2) – migrate IDs to Wikidata if possible (no error)
• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters different on Wikidata (0) – determine/remove incorrect IDs & migrate to Wikidata
• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters all matching Wikidata (0) – template parameters may safely be removed

Error reports

See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

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.

See also

• Wikipedia:Authority control – editor information
  • FAQ
• Help:Authority control – reader help
• Template:Authority control (arts) – Art-only version
• Template:Taxonbar – authority control style template for taxonomic databases
• Template:Sports links – authority control style template for sports articles
• Template:Infobox book – supporting some library classification systems
• Template:Wikidata entity link
• Template:German National Library portal
• User:UBX/Authority control – for self-identifying as an AC user
• For more information:
  • de:Wikipedia:Normdaten
    (in German)
  • de:Hilfe:GND
    (in German)
  • Commons:Template:Authority control
• m:Interwiki map – definition of global custom interwiki prefixes

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Authority control in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Authority control

A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
VIAF	VIAF viaf	International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Default Wikidata property P214	Number	optional
LCCN	LCCN lccn	Library of Congress Control Number. See [[Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN]] for formatting instructions. Default Wikidata property P244	String	optional
ISNI	ISNI isni	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. Default Wikidata property P213	String	optional
ORCID	ORCID orcid	Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range has been defined as a subset of the forthcoming ISNI range. Default Wikidata property P496	String	optional
GND	GND gnd GKD PND SWD	Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library. Default Wikidata property P227	String	optional
SELIBR	SELIBR selibr	Authority data from the National Library of Sweden. Default Wikidata property P906	String	optional
SUDOC	SUDOC sudoc	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France. Default Wikidata property P269	String	optional
BNF	BNF bnf	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France. Default Wikidata property P268	String	optional
BPN	BPN bpn	Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands. Default Wikidata property P651	Number	optional
RID	RID rid	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. Default Wikidata property P1053	String	optional
BIBSYS	BIBSYS bibsys	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. Default Wikidata property P1015	String	optional
ULAN	ULAN ulan	ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Default Wikidata property P245	String	optional
HDS	HDS hds	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. Default Wikidata property P902	Number	optional
LIR	LIR lir	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland: Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh. Default Wikidata property P886	Number	optional
MBA	MBA mba	MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. Default Wikidata property P434	String	optional
MGP	MGP mgp	Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. Default Wikidata property P549	Number	optional
NLA	NLA nla	Authority control number issued by the National Library of Australia. Default Wikidata property P409	String	optional
NDL	NDL ndl	Authority control number issued by the National Diet Library (National Library of Japan). Default Wikidata property P349	Number	optional
NCL	NCL ncl	National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China. Default Wikidata property P1048	Number	optional
NKC	NKC nkc	National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic. Default Wikidata property P691	String	optional
Léonore	Léonore léonore	Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. Default Wikidata property P640	String	optional
ICCU	ICCU iccu	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). Default Wikidata property P396	String	optional
RSL	RSL rsl	Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia. Default Wikidata property P947	Number	optional
Botanist	Botanist botanist	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). Default Wikidata property P428	String	optional
NARA	NARA nara NARA-person NARA-organization	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. Default Wikidata property P1225	Number	optional
NARA-person	NARA-person	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. Default Wikidata property P1222	Number	deprecated
NARA-organization	NARA-organization	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. Default Wikidata property P1223	Number	deprecated
USCongress	USCongress uscongress	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. Default Wikidata property P1157	String	optional
BNE	BNE bne	National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain. Default Wikidata property P950	String	optional
CINII	CINII cinii	CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the [[National Institute of Informatics]]. Default Wikidata property P271	String	optional
TLS	TLS tls	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. Default Wikidata property P1362	String	optional
SIKART	SIKART sikart	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). Default Wikidata property P781	Number	optional
KULTURNAV	KULTURNAV kulturnav	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]]. Default Wikidata property P1248	String	optional
RKDartists	RKDartists rkdartists	RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists Default Wikidata property P650	Number	optional
autores.uy	autores.uy	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. Default Wikidata property P2558	Number	optional
PIC	PIC pic	Photographers' Identities Catalog (PIC) is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library. Default Wikidata property P2750	Number	optional
ACM-DL	ACM-DL acm-dl	Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library (ACM DL) author identifier. Default Wikidata property P864	Number	optional
BALaT	BALaT balat	Identifier for images in the Photo Library database of BALaT (Belgian Art Links & Tools), maintained by KIK-IRPA, Belgium's Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. Default Wikidata property P3293	Number	optional
Bildindex	Bildindex bildindex	Picture index of art and architecture. Default Wikidata property P2092	Number	optional
DBLP	DBLP dblp	Identifier for person entries in the DBLP (Digital Bibliography & Library Project) computer science bibliography. Default Wikidata property P2456	Number	optional
IAAF	IAAF iaaf	Identifier for athletes in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) database and website. Default Wikidata property P1146	String	optional
Joconde	Joconde joconde	Identifier in the Joconde database of the French Ministry of Culture. Default Wikidata property P347	String	optional
LNB	LNB lnb	Identifier assigned by the National Library of Latvia. Default Wikidata property P1368	Number	optional
NSK	NSK nsk	Identifier for an item in the National and University Library in Zagreb (including leading zeroes). Default Wikidata property P1375	Number	optional
RKDID	RKDID rkdid	Identifier per RKDimages of the Netherlands Institute for Art History. Default Wikidata property P350	Number	optional
SNAC-ID	SNAC-ID snac-id	Identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system. Default Wikidata property P3430	String	optional
NLB	NLB ID nlb	Identifier of a person, organisation or place from the name authorities of National Library Board. Default Wikidata property P3988	String	optional
UKPARL	UKPARL urparl	UK Parliament member ID Default Wikidata property P6213	String	optional
KANTO	KANTO ID finaf Asteri	Finnish national agent database ID Default Wikidata property P8980	String	optional
VcBA	VcBA vcba	Vatican Library ID Default Wikidata property P8034	String	optional
state	state	Initial state of the template Suggested values autocollapse expanded collapsed Default autocollapse	Unknown	suggested

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