Template:Authority control/doc

Description
This metadata template links to various library catalogue systems. At the moment, it is used almost exclusively for people.

The supported authority files include:
 * 1) Integrated Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei or GND)
 * 2) Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)
 * 3) Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
 * 4) LIBRIS by the National Library of Sweden (SELIBR)
 * 5) International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI)
 * 6) Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
 * 7) Biografisch Portaal|Dutch Biography Portal (Biografisch Portaal or BPN)
 * 8) Outdated: Name Authority File (Personennamendatei or PND), now part of GND
 * 9) Outdated: Corporate Bodies Authority File (Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei or GKD), now part of GND
 * 10) Outdated: Subject Headings Authority File (Schlagwortnormdatei or SWD), now part of GND

Where possible, the template also generates a link to WorldCat Identities, using the LCCN variable. (It will shortly be possible to link using VIAF values - this is being tested by OCLC and will be activated in the template as soon as it goes live.)

Usage

 * Blank :


 * The following data sources are accepted:

Examples
  (for Alexander Graham Bell) produces

  (for Henry Witherby) produces:

Microformat
The template wraps each UID value with the XHTML code:, which enables the first-found value to be included in an hCard microformat. For that reason, VIAF, where present, is given first.

Maintenance reports

 * All template-namespace pages using authority control
 * Number of transclusions