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 rule of thumb: (1) insert the empty version, (2) click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata, (3a) if you know more sources, add them in the template using their named parameter, (3b) alternatively, consider adding them 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).
Empty (reliant wholly on Wikidata) : {{Authority control}}
Selective suppression via blank parameters (reliant on Wikidata, except the suppressed parameters) : {{Authority control |VIAF= |LCCN= |WORLDCATID=}}
Full (may not be up-to-date) : {{Authority control |VIAF=xxxxxx |LCCN=n/xx/xxxxxx |ISNI=xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx |ORCID=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx |GND=xxxxxx |SELIBR=xxxxxx |SUDOC=xxxxxxxxx |BNF=xxxxxx |BPN=xxxxx |RID=xxxxx |BIBSYS=xxxxx |ULAN=xxxxx |HDS=xxxxx |LIR=x |MBA=xxxxxx |MGP=xxxxxx |NLA=xxxxxxx |NDL=xxxxxxxx |NCL=x |NKC=aaxxxxxxxx |Léonore=LH/xxxx/xx |ICCU=IT\ICCU\AAAA\xxxxxx |RSL=xxxxxxxxx |Botanist=A.a. |USCongress=Axxxxxx |BNE=XXxxxxxxx |CINII=DAxxxxxxxx |TLS=Aaaa_Aaaa |SIKART=xxxxxxx |KULTURNAV=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx |LNB=xxxxxxxxx |NSK=xxxxxxxxx |RKDartists=xxxxxx |IAAF=xxxxxx |ACM-DL=xxxxxxxxxxx |Autores.uy=xxxxx |BALaT=x |Bildindex=x |DBLP=xxx/xxx |Joconde=xxxxxxxxxxx |NARA=xxxxxxx |PIC=x |RKDID=xxxxxx |SNAC-ID=xa |UKPARL=xxxxxxxx |VcBA=xxxxxxxxxx}}
The following data sources are accepted (may not be up-to-date):
| Parameter | Scope | Name | Search | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIAF | People | Virtual International Authority File | [1] | International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) |
| LCCN | People | Library of Congress Control Number | [2] | See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions |
| ISNI | People | International Standard Name Identifier | [3] | ISNI is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles. Please take care not to confuse ISNI and ORCID identifiers. |
| ORCID | People | ORCID | [4] | Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range is a subset of the ISNI range. For free text links (for example when mentioning a person on page which is not about them), it is also possible to use {{ORCID}}. Authors—including Wikipedia editors—may obtain an ORCID by signing up at orcid.org/register. Please take care not to confuse ORCID and ISNI identifiers. |
| GND | All | Integrated Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei) | [5] [6] | Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library (DNB) |
| SELIBR | People | LIBRIS | [7] | Authority data from the National Library of Sweden |
| SUDOC | People | Système universitaire de documentation | [8] | Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France. Also available from English-speaking catalog (search author, click one book, click author name, take PPN= value of the URL) |
| BNF | People | Bibliothèque nationale de France | [9] | Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France |
| BPN | People | Dutch Biography Portal (Biografisch Portaal) | [10] | Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands. |
| RID | People | ResearcherID | [11] | 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. |
| BIBSYS | People | BIBSYS | [12] [13] | 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. |
| ULAN | Artists | Union List of Artist Names | [14] | ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). |
| HDS | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland | [15] | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. | |
| LIR | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland § Lexicon Istoric Retic | [16] | Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh. | |
| MBA | Artists | MusicBrainz Artist ID | [17] | MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. |
| MGP | Mathematics Genealogy Project | [18] | Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. | |
| NLA | People or groups | National Library of Australia | [19] | NLA Trove’s People and Organisation view allows the discovery of biographical and other contextual information about people and organisations. Search also available via VIAF. |
| NDL | People | National Diet Library | [20] | Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF. |
| NCL | National Central Library | National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China. | ||
| NKC | National Library of the Czech Republic | [21] | National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic. | |
| Léonore | Base Léonore | [22] | Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. | |
| ICCU | Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico (ICCU) Servizio bibliotecario nazionale (SBN) | [23] | 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 (Servizio bibliotecario nazionale). | |
| RSL | Russian State Library | [24] | Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia. | |
| Botanist | Author citation (botany) | [25] | 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). | |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration | [26] | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. | |
| USCongress | Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | [27] | 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. | |
| BNE | Biblioteca Nacional de España | [28] | National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain. | |
| CINII | CiNii | [29] | CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics. | |
| TLS | Theaterlexikon der Schweiz | [30] | 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. | |
| SIKART | SIKART | [31] | 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). | |
| KULTURNAV | KulturNav | [32] | 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. | |
| RKDartists | Artists | Netherlands Institute for Art History § Online artist pages | [33] | RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists. Names in RKDartists may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). |
| RKDID | Art | RKDimages ID | [34] | |
| autores.uy | Authors | autores.uy | [35] | autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on Uruguayan authors. It was created and maintained by the Uruguayan chapter of Creative Commons. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public domain. |
| PIC | Photographers | Photographers' Identities Catalog | [36] | PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library. |
| IAAF | People | International Association of Athletics Federations | [37] | The IAAF athlete database lists information about sport of athletics competitors. |
| ACM-DL | People | ACM Digital Library | [38] | |
| BALaT | People or groups or art | d:BALaT | [39] | Belgian Art Links and Tools |
| Bildindex | Art | Marburg Picture Index | [40] | |
| DBLP | Publications | DBLP | [41] | |
| Joconde | Art | Joconde | [42] | |
| LNB | People | National Library of Latvia | [43] | |
| NSK | National and University Library in Zagreb | [44] | ||
| SNAC-ID | People or groups | Social Networks and Archival Context | [45] | |
| NLB | People, organisations & places | National Library Board Singapore | [46] | Authority data of a person, organisation or place from the National Library Board Singapore. |
| UKPARL | People | Parliament of the United Kingdom | [47] | UK parliament member data |
| VcBA | Vatican Library | [48] | Vatican Library document data |
The following data sources are deprecated and will cause articles to be added to hidden tracking sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia articles with authority control information:
Deprecated parameters
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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}}
{{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}}
{{Authority control |VIAF=66861474 |LCCN=n/87/142671 |ISNI=0000 0001 0911 2808 |GND=117421863 |SUDOC=090162897}}
Wikidata and tracking categories
The template can get its information from the following properties on Wikidata:
| Parameter | Label | Wikidata property | Tracking categories and page counts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles | User pages | Misc. pages | Faulty IDs | |||
| AAG | AAG | P3372: Auckland Art Gallery artist ID | 1,761 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ACM-DL | ACM DL | P864: ACM Digital Library author ID | 1,566 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| ADB | ADB | P1907: Australian Dictionary of Biography ID | 6,515 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| AGSA | AGSA | P6804: Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID | 1,998 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| autores.uy | autores.uy | P2558: autores.uy ID | 754 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AWR | AWR | P4186: Australian Women's Register ID | 1,492 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BALaT | BALaT | P3293: BALaT object ID | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BIBSYS | BIBSYS | P1015: BIBSYS ID | 72,498 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Bildindex | Bildindex | P2092: Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BNC | BNC | P1890: CCAB ID | 1,050 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BNE | BNE | P950: Biblioteca Nacional de España ID | 88,074 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| BNF | BNF | P268: Bibliothèque nationale de France ID | 290,822 | 3 | 62 | 5 |
| Botanist | Botanist | P428: botanist author abbreviation | 5,572 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BPN | BPN | P651: Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID | 7,106 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CANTIC | CANTIC | P1273: CANTIC ID | 29,063 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CINII | CiNii | P271: CiNii author ID (books) | 26,340 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| CWGC | CWGC | P1908: CWGC person ID | 1,981 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DAAO | DAAO | P1707: DAAO ID | 942 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| DBLP | DBLP | P2456: DBLP author ID | 6,322 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| DIB | DIB | P6829: Dictionary of Irish Biography ID | 4,899 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DSI | DSI | P2349: Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID | 3,392 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FNZA | FNZA | P6792: Find NZ Artists ID | 960 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GND | GND | P227: GND ID | 389,324 | 27 | 387 | 9 |
| HDS | HDS | P902: HDS ID | 8,230 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| IAAF | IAAF | P1146: World Athletics athlete ID | 18,883 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ICCU | ICCU | P396: SBN author ID | 15,574 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| ICIA | ICIA | P1736: Information Center for Israeli Art artist ID | 446 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IEU | IEU | P9070: Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID | 592 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ISNI | ISNI | P213: ISNI | 503,084 | 24 | 156 | 6 |
| Joconde | Joconde | P347: Joconde work ID | 243 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KULTURNAV | KulturNav | P1248: KulturNav-ID | 4,578 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| LCCN | LCCN | P244: Library of Congress authority ID | 647,135 | 27 | 528 | 5 |
| LIR | LIR | P886: Lexicon istoric retic ID | 112 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LNB | LNB | P1368: LNB ID | 18,976 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Léonore | Léonore | P640: Léonore ID | 5,619 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MA | MA | P6366: Microsoft Academic ID | 39,912 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| MBA | MBA | P434: MusicBrainz artist ID | 133,392 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| MBAREA | MBAREA | P982: MusicBrainz area ID | 28,044 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MBI | MBI | P1330: MusicBrainz instrument ID | 274 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MBL | MBL | P966: MusicBrainz label ID | 3,774 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| MBP | MBP | P1004: MusicBrainz place ID | 2,182 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MBRG | MBRG | P436: MusicBrainz release group ID | 111,563 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MBS | MBS | P1407: MusicBrainz series ID | 205 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MBW | MBW work | P435: MusicBrainz work ID | 25,686 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MGP | MGP | P549: Mathematics Genealogy Project ID | 13,645 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NARA | NARA | P1225: U.S. National Archives Identifier | 19,363 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| NCL | NBL | P1048: NCL ID | 534 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| NDL | NDL | P349: National Diet Library ID | 56,040 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| NGV | NGV | P2041: National Gallery of Victoria artist ID | 2,829 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NKC | NKC | P691: NKCR AUT ID | 166,363 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| NLA | NLA | P409: Libraries Australia ID | 38,443 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| NLG | NLG | P3348: National Library of Greece ID | 19,283 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NLI | NLI | P949: National Library of Israel ID | 48,728 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| NLK | NLK | P5034: National Library of Korea ID | 31,966 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| NLP | NLP | P1695: NLP ID (unique) | 35,291 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| NLR | NLR | P1003: National Library of Romania ID | 156 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| NSK | NSK | P1375: NSK ID | 9,201 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NTA | NTA | P1006: Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteurs ID | 222,166 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| ORCID | ORCID | P496: ORCID iD | 10,830 | 418 | 85 | 0 |
| PIC | PIC | P2750: Photographers' Identities Catalog ID | 10,005 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PLWABN | PLWABN | P7293: PLWABN ID | 120,311 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Publons | Publons | P3829: Publons author ID | 1,703 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| RID | ResearcherID | P1053: ResearcherID | 2,472 | 23 | 15 | 5 |
| RERO | RERO | P3065: RERO ID | 18,573 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| RKDartists | RKD | P650: RKDartists ID | 34,284 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| RKDID | RKDimages ID | P350: RKDimages ID | 693 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RSL | RSL | P947: RSL ID (person) | 837 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| SELIBR | SELIBR | P906: SELIBR ID | 38,550 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
| SIKART | SIKART | P781: SIKART ID | 1,122 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SNAC-ID | SNAC | P3430: SNAC Ark ID | 129,559 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SUDOC | SUDOC | P269: IdRef ID | 236,989 | 7 | 58 | 0 |
| S2AuthorId | S2AuthorId | P4012: Semantic Scholar author ID | 1,382 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| TA98 | TA98 | P1323: Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID | 2,876 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TDVİA | TDVİA | P7314: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi ID | 1,639 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TE | TE | P1693: Terminologia Embryologica | 160 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TePapa | TePapa | P3544: Te Papa agent ID | 3,267 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TH | TH | P1694: Terminologia Histologica | 301 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TLS | TLS | P1362: Theaterlexikon der Schweiz ID | 573 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trove | Trove | P1315: NLA Trove ID | 62,339 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| UKPARL | UKPARL | P6213: UK Parliament identifier | 1,021 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ULAN | ULAN | P245: Union List of Artist Names ID | 45,425 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| USCongress | US Congress | P1157: US Congress Bio ID | 12,801 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| VcBA | VcBA | P8034: Vatican Library VcBA ID | 40,104 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| VIAF | VIAF | P214: VIAF ID | 870,562 | 99 | 1,139 | 12 |
| WORLDCATID | WorldCat Identities | P7859: WorldCat Identities ID | 737,306 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| — | WorldCat-LCCN | — | 3,994 | — | — | — |
| — | WorldCat-VIAF | — | 133,782 | — | — | — |
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:Wikipedia articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (0) – fix/migrate/remove deprecated IDs
- Category:Wikipedia articles with suppressed authority control identifiers (9,348) – tracking only (no error)
- Category:Wikipedia articles with multiple identifiers (45,344) – tracking only (no error)
- Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (1,302) – migrate IDs to Wikidata if possible (no error)
- Category:Pages using authority control with parameters different on Wikidata (379) – determine/remove incorrect IDs & migrate to Wikidata
- Category:Pages using authority control with parameters all matching Wikidata (21) – template parameters may safely be removed
- Category:VIAF not on Wikidata (562)
- Category:VIAF different on Wikidata (85)
Error reports
See the 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 files – ID summary navbox
- Template:ACArt – Art-only version
- Template:Taxonbar – authority control style template for taxonomic databases
- Template:Infobox book – supporting some library classification systems
- Template:Wikidata entity link
- Template:German National Library portal
- 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
TemplateData for 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 |
| VcBA | VcBA vcba | Vatican Library ID
| String | optional |