Template:Authority control
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Description
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
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
{{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}}
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/auxiliary' not found.
{{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}}
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/auxiliary' not found.
{{Authority control |VIAF=66861474 |LCCN=n/87/142671 |ISNI=0000 0001 0911 2808 |GND=117421863 |SUDOC=090162897}}
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/auxiliary' not found.
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: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/auxiliary' not found.
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}}
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:
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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
Click here to see a monthly parameter usage 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.
See also
- Wikipedia:Authority control – editor information
- 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:
- (in German)
- (in German)
- Commons:Template:Authority control
- m:Interwiki map – definition of global custom interwiki prefixes
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.
Authority control
A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIAF | VIAF viaf | International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
| Number | optional |
| LCCN | LCCN lccn | Library of Congress Control Number. See [[Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN]] for formatting instructions.
| 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.
| 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.
| String | optional |
| GND | GND gnd GKD PND SWD | Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library.
| String | optional |
| SELIBR | SELIBR selibr | Authority data from the National Library of Sweden.
| String | optional |
| SUDOC | SUDOC sudoc | Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France.
| String | optional |
| BNF | BNF bnf | Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France.
| String | optional |
| BPN | BPN bpn | Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| String | optional |
| HDS | HDS hds | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.
| 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.
| Number | optional |
| MBA | MBA mba | MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
| String | optional |
| MGP | MGP mgp | Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.
| Number | optional |
| NLA | NLA nla | Authority control number issued by the National Library of Australia.
| String | optional |
| NDL | NDL ndl | Authority control number issued by the National Diet Library (National Library of Japan).
| Number | optional |
| NCL | NCL ncl | National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.
| Number | optional |
| NKC | NKC nkc | National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.
| 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.
| 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).
| String | optional |
| RSL | RSL rsl | Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.
| 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).
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| String | optional |
| BNE | BNE bne | National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.
| 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]].
| 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.
| 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).
| 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]].
| 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
| 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.
| Number | optional |
| PIC | PIC pic | Photographers' Identities Catalog (PIC) is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.
| Number | optional |
| ACM-DL | ACM-DL acm-dl | Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library (ACM DL) author identifier.
| 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.
| Number | optional |
| Bildindex | Bildindex bildindex | Picture index of art and architecture.
| Number | optional |
| DBLP | DBLP dblp | Identifier for person entries in the DBLP (Digital Bibliography & Library Project) computer science bibliography.
| Number | optional |
| IAAF | IAAF iaaf | Identifier for athletes in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) database and website.
| String | optional |
| Joconde | Joconde joconde | Identifier in the Joconde database of the French Ministry of Culture.
| String | optional |
| LNB | LNB lnb | Identifier assigned by the National Library of Latvia.
| Number | optional |
| NSK | NSK nsk | Identifier for an item in the National and University Library in Zagreb (including leading zeroes).
| Number | optional |
| RKDID | RKDID rkdid | Identifier per RKDimages of the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
| Number | optional |
| SNAC-ID | SNAC-ID snac-id | Identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system.
| String | optional |
| NLB | NLB ID nlb | Identifier of a person, organisation or place from the name authorities of National Library Board.
| String | optional |
| UKPARL | UKPARL urparl | UK Parliament member ID
| String | optional |
| KANTO | KANTO ID finaf Asteri | Finnish national agent database ID
| String | optional |
| VcBA | VcBA vcba | Vatican Library ID
| String | optional |
| state | state | Initial state of the template
| Unknown | suggested |