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TEL-ME-MOR/M-CAST
Seminar on Subject Access
The Virtual International
Authority File (VIAF)
Christel Hengel
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Functional requirements for authority data
FRAD
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Item
Person
Corporate body
Family
Concept
Object
Place
Event/Time
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Vision 1: Common International Functional model
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Item
Person
Corporate body
Family
Time
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Item
Person
Corporate body
Family
Concept
Object
Event/Time
Place
Creator
Title
Year
Subject
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But no common international vocabulary!
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Two Different People – One Name
Adams, Mike• In the PND a golfer• In LCNAF an author of a Beatles collector's
guide
Same Name
Different
People
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One Person – Two Names
• LCNAF: Morel, Pierre• PND: Morellus, Petrus
One person
Different
Names
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One person – variant forms of name
Чайковский, Пётр Ильич Čajkovskij, Pëtr Il'ič Tschaikowski, Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski, Pjotr I.Csajkovszkij, PéterTsjaikowski, Pjotr. I. etc.
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Vision 2: Virtual International Authority File
VIAF
Persons
(Events)
Corporate bodies
Families
Works
Places
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Structure of the VIAF
LCNAF
PND
France
Spain
China
Japan
Heading and ID numberHeading and ID numberHeading and ID numberHeading and ID numberHeading and ID numberHeading and ID number
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Search
PND
LCNAF
France
Spain
China
Japan
Bibliogr.dataAuthority dataVIAF
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Project „Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)“
• Project partners Library of Congress, German National Library, OCLC Online Computer Library Center
• Cooperative Agreement August 2003• Proof of viability of the VIAF concept • Linking PND and LCNAF records through
a Virtual International Authority File
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The VIAF Project
LC DNB
LC bib. records
DNB bib. records
LCNAF PNDOCLC
Stage 1: Match and Merge of RecordsStage 2: Build OAI ServerStage 3: Update ServiceStage 4: Ongoing maintenance
BVB bib. records
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DNB / BVB Records
• BVB bib. records ca. 5 Mio. • DNB bib. records ca. 6,5
Mio.• PND authority
records ca. 2,7 Mio.
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Library of Congress Records
• Authority records- names of persons ca. 3,8 Mio.
• Bib. records ca. 12 Mio.
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Stage 1: Match and Merge
LC bib. record•Person (Author, statement of res-ponsibility, subject heading etc.)•All titles e.g. uniform titles, etc.•Date and place of publication•Language•Publisher•Subject cataloguing•Numbers
DNB (BVB) bib. record•Person (Author, statement of res-ponsibility, subject heading etc.) •all titles e.g. uniform titles, etc. •Date and place of publication•Language•Publisher•Subject cataloguing•Numbers
PND Authority recordMüller, KarlNr. 117604801
LCNAF Authority recordMüller, Karl, 1852-1940No. 92025239
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Mining the Bibliographic Record
LDR 00826ccm 2200289 a 4500 1 ocm10025532 5 20031229650847.0 8 840627s1982 nyuuua n eng 10 $a 84758340 40 $a DLC $c DLC 19 $a 17706440 20 $c $2.95 28 22 $a 48418 $b G. Schirmer 45 2 $b d198006 $b d198007 48 $b va01 $b ve01 $a ka01 50 00 $a M1529.3 $b .T100 1 $a Thomson, Virgil, $d 1896-245 14 $a The cat : $b duet for soprano and baritone / $c Virgil Thomson ; [words by Jack Larson].260 $a New York : $b G. Schirmer, $c c1982.300 $a 1 score (11 p.) ; $c 31 cm.500 $a For soprano, baritone, and piano.650 0 $a Vocal duets with piano.600 10 $a Larson, Jack $x Musical settings.700 1 $a Larson, Jack.
Authors
LC Control Number
LC ClassificationTitl
e
Material Type
Publisher
Place of Publication
Language
Date of
Publication
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Enhancing the Authorities
Bibliographic
Record
Derived
Authority
Authority
Record
Enhanced
Authority
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Enhanced Authority Record
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Linking Retrospective Files
MatchingAlgorithms
Enhanced LCNAF
Authorities
Enhanced PND Authorities
VIAF
authorities
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VIAF FileDNB Namesca. 2,7 Mio.
LC Names ca. 4,3 Mio.
Common
ca. 600.000
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Stage 3: Build OAI Server
LCNAF
DNB/PND
OAI
Server(s)
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Stage 4: Ongoing maintenance
VIAFLCNAF PND
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Search by VIAF
TschechowSearch results
• Чехов, Антон Павлович• Čechov, Anton Pavlovič• Čechov, Anton P.• Tschechow, Anton P.• etc.
Čechov
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Extensions of the VIAF
• for personal names• for geographic names• for corporate bodies• for works
Adding authority files
from all countries
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Options
• Using the VIAF– in mixed databases– in multilingual portals
• Using the VIAF match and merge methods
• Linking to the VIAF• Transfering the VIAF concept:
Making the authority file the backbone of linking all kinds of objects
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books
images
resolver
archivalia
objects (inmuseums)
articles
articles in
encyclopedias
Persistent IdentifierPND
Who is Catherine the Great?
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The Virtual International Authority File
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