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The Library of Congress Name Authority File (NAF) file provides authoritative data for names of persons, organizations, events, places, and titles.
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| (P34)?Naming: | Library of Congress Name Authority File |
| (P1266)?Abbreviation: | NAF |
| (P724)?Digest: | The Library of Congress Name Authority File (NAF) file provides authoritative data for names of persons, organizations, events, places, and titles. Its purpose is the identification of these entities and, through the use of such controlled vocabulary, to provide uniform access to bibliographic resources. Names descriptions also provide access to a controlled form of name through references from unused forms, e.g. a search under: Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius, 1835-1910 will lead users to the authoritative name for Mark Twain, which is, "Twain, Mark, 1835-1910." Names may also be used as subjects in bibliographic descriptions, so they may be combined with controlled values from subject heading schemes, such as LCSH. Library of Congress Names includes over 8 million descriptions created over many decades and according to different cataloging policies. LC Names is officially called the NACO Authority File and is a cooperative effort in which participants follow a common set of standards and guidelines. |
| (P887)?URL: | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html |
| (P121)?Genre classification: | Authority file |
| (P15)?Medientyp: | Online resource |
| (P608)?Field of knowledge: | DDC 000: Computer science, information, general works, DDC 300: Social sciences, DDC 900: History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines |
| (P936)?Object types: | Event, Conference, Title, corporation, oeconym, Person |
| (P984)?Object type properties: | — |
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| (P613)?Number of integrated items: | 11.000.000 Standard designation(s) |
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| (P845)?Creator: | Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Program for Cooperative Cataloging |
| (P518)?Technically realized by: | Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| (P206)?Publisher: | Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| (P153)?Postal address: | The Library of Congress | 101 Independence Ave, SE |Washington, DC 20540 | USA |
| (P722)?Email address: | mailto:coop@loc.gov |
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| (P280)?Variant: | Connection to authority control data, Data curation, Entity recognition, Identification and matching, Standardization |
| (P575)?Design features: | Standardized vocabulary with rules that can only be changed by an authorized committee |
| (P902)?Methodology: | Based on current technical terms (Applies to a small proportion), Based on source terms (Applies (overall)), Technical terms have a date (Not the case), The source terms have a dating (Applies to the majority), The source terms have georeferences (Applies to a small proportion), The source terms have references (Applies (overall)), The technical terms are referenced (Applies (overall)), The technical terms have a theoretical concept (Applies (overall)), The technical terms have georeferencing (Not the case) |
| (P15)?Media type: | Online resource |
| (P1000)?Organisational structure: | Changes can only be made by trained staff |
| (P999)?Sustainability: | The project is long-term, permanently supported by an organization |
| (P942)?Number of hierarchy levels: | 1 |
| (P900)?Completeness: | Open for growth, completeness cannot be achieved |
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| (P18)?Language: | English |
| (P1152)?Date of first publication: | 1977 |
| (P222)?Date of publication: | 2009 |
| (P939)?Versioning: | The work is available in individually designated versions |
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| (P898)?External matching: | GND | Integrated Authority File - Grad: Applies to a small proportion, VIAF - Grad: complete, Wikidata - Grad: Applies to a small proportion |
| (P573)?Target group: | Archive, Library, Museum, Research project, Researcher |
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| (P382)?Specifications: | documentation |
| (P978)?External tutorial: | Exists, has been produced |
| (P180)?License: | PDM 1.0 – Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal |
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| (P940)?Technology: | HTML, RDF database |
| (P125)?Status of possesio: | Complete download possible |
| (P15)?Media type: | Online resource |
| (P937)?Referencing method: | Persistent identifier(s) |
| (P903)?Data format: | JSON, Metadata Authority Description Schema, RDF | Resource Description Framework, RDF/SKOS-XML, SKOS | Simple Knowledge Organization System |
| (P923)?API endpoint URL: | https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names, https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/didyoumean/, https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/suggest/, https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/suggest2 |
| (P941)?SPARQL endpoint URL: | — |
| (P995)?Services offered: | Advice |
| (P950)?Cite as: | Library of Congress, Library of Congress Name Authority File, (NAF), Washington, D.C. 2009 (fortlaufend aktualisiert), http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html (Stand 07.07.26). |
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| (P1302)?Dataset editing: | Katja Liebing |