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Library of Congress Name Authority File

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Library of Congress Name Authority File

Summary

Library of Congress Name Authority File is a name authority file[1].

Key Facts

  • Library of Congress Name Authority File authored Library of Congress[2].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File is in the country of United States[3].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's instance of is recorded as name authority file[4].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 174145539[5].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's part of is recorded as Library of Congress Authorities[6].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's part of is recorded as Library of Congress Linked Data Service[7].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35738007[9].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's official website is recorded as https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names[10].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 001[11].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's official name is recorded as NACO Authority File[12].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's main Wikidata property is recorded as P244[13].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's native label is recorded as Library of Congress Name Authority File[14].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11dymv5glr[15].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's BARTOC ID is recorded as 18536[16].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's exact match is recorded as http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.skos.json[17].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as subjectSchemes/naf[18].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as nameTitleSchemes/naf[19].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's interwiki prefix at Wikimedia is recorded as lofc[20].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as library-of-congress-name-authority[21].
  • Library of Congress Name Authority File's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as lcnaf[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

Library of Congress Name Authority File authored Library of Congress[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . National Library of Australia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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