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UK National Archives

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UK National Archives

Summary

UK National Archives is a national archives[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of national_archives entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • UK National Archives was a member of Digital Preservation Coalition[3].
  • UK National Archives was a member of Open Preservation Foundation[4].
  • UK National Archives was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[5].
  • UK National Archives was a member of British and Irish Committee on Map Information and Cataloguing Systems[6].
  • UK National Archives was a member of DLM Forum[7].
  • UK National Archives was a member of International Internet Preservation Consortium[8].
  • UK National Archives is located in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames[9].
  • UK National Archives is in the country of United Kingdom[10].
  • UK National Archives's image is recorded as National Archives 2007 02 03.JPG[11].
  • UK National Archives's instance of is recorded as national archives[12].
  • UK National Archives's instance of is recorded as non-ministerial government department[13].
  • UK National Archives's logo image is recorded as UK National Archives logo.svg[14].
  • UK National Archives's follows is recorded as Public Record Office[15].
  • UK National Archives's follows is recorded as Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts[16].
  • UK National Archives's headquarters location is recorded as Kew[17].
  • UK National Archives's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121125804[18].
  • UK National Archives's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157574888[19].
  • UK National Archives's GND ID is recorded as 10080917-0[20].
  • UK National Archives's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2003012888[21].
  • UK National Archives's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500475815[22].
  • UK National Archives's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15102945z[23].
  • UK National Archives's IdRef ID is recorded as 149831803[24].
  • UK National Archives's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15626413[25].
  • UK National Archives's location is recorded as Kew[26].
  • UK National Archives's Commons category is recorded as The National Archives (United Kingdom)[27].

Body

Founding

+2003-04-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of UK National Archives[28].

Identity

Predecessors include Public Record Office[15] and Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts[16].

Operations

UK National Archives's headquarters location is recorded as Kew[17].

Why It Matters

UK National Archives ranks in the top 1% of national_archives entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Works attributed to it include Open Government Licence[31], a public license[32], written by it[33].

Related Entities

Angelique Rockas DLM Forum Hector Berlioz Hylean Amazon Institute United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [25] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [4] ↑ . openpreservation.org. Retrieved . openpreservation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [5] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [7] ↑ . dlmforum.eu. Retrieved . dlmforum.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [8] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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