authority control

Summary

authority control ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (542 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• authority control is a type of process^[2].
• authority control is part of bibliographic control^[3].
• authority control's Commons category is recorded as Authority control^[4].
• authority control's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Authority control^[5].
• authority control's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ifla.org/references/best-practice-for-national-bibliographic-agencies-in-a-digital-age/resource-description-and-standards/bibliographic-content-standards/cataloguing-rules/authority-control/^[6].
• authority control's product or material produced is recorded as authority file^[7].
• authority control's product or material produced is recorded as authority record^[8].
• authority control's topic has template is recorded as Template:Authority control^[9].
• authority control's has characteristic is recorded as consistency^[10].
• authority control's has characteristic is recorded as authenticity^[11].
• authority control's different from is recorded as bibliographic control^[12].
• authority control's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Libraries^[13].
• authority control's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Academic Journals^[14].
• authority control's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Unique Identifiers^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

authority control is a type of process^[2].

Use and Application

authority control is part of bibliographic control^[3].

Why It Matters

authority control ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (542 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]