सांचो:Authority control/doc

Description

Further information: Authority control and Wikipedia:Authority control

This template links Wikipedia articles to various library (and other) catalogue systems, for biographies and other topics.

This template draws its values from Wikidata. A pencil icon gives convenient access to the "Identifiers" section of the corresponding Wikidata item.

Empty instances

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.

Validation

The template attempts to validate digits for all values and shows an error if the check fails.

Position

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout

As a metadata template, the Authority control template should be placed after the external links section and navigation templates, immediately before the categories.

Usage

{{Authority control}}

As a general guideline:

1. Insert the empty version
2. Click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata
3. If you know of more sources, add those sources to the article's Wikidata item, so that other language versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit.

Suppression of identifiers

Identifiers can be selectively suppressed via the |suppress= parameter. For example:

{{Authority control |suppress=VIAF,LCCN,WORLDCATID}}

Specifying the Wikidata item

If a page is not connected to a Wikidata item (for example, a page in draft space or in project space), you can specify the appropriate item to draw data from, by using the |qid= parameter.

{{Authority control |qid=Q49605590}}

To find the correct item, you can search the database. If there is not yet an existing item, you can create a new item.

As soon as a Wikidata item is connected to a page, this parameter will be ignored so you can remove it from the template.

Additional Wikidata items

In some cases, you might need to specify additional items to draw data from. For example,

• Bonnie and Clyde also draws data from (Q2319886) and (Q3320282)
• North Rona also draws data from (Q28831543)

To specify additional items, you can use the parameters |qid2=, |qid3=, |qid4=, |qid5=.

Examples

Victor Hugo

{{Authority control |qid=Q535}}

Alexander Graham Bell

{{Authority control |qid=Q34286}}

Harry Forbes Witherby

{{Authority control |qid=Q352545}}

Rendering

The template is split into a number of sections, including "General", "National libraries", "Art galleries and museums", etc. The template usually displays as a navbox with a header:

If all identifiers are in the same section, |state= is ignored, and the template displays on one line:

If you use additional qids to draw data from additional wikidata items, then a new section will be added for each. In this case, the identifiers will not be separated further:

Initial visibility: currently defaults to autocollapse

To set this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:

• |state=collapsed: {{Authority control|state=collapsed}} to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar
• |state=expanded: {{Authority control|state=expanded}} to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible
• |state=autocollapse: {{Authority control|state=autocollapse}}
  • shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a {{navbox}}, a {{sidebar}}, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute
  • shows the template in its expanded state if there are no other collapsible items on the page

If the |state= parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's initial visibility is taken from the |default= parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse.

Wikidata and tracking categories

The template can get its information from the following properties on Wikidata:

Code	Identifier	Wikidata property	Section	Appears as	Articles	Faulty IDs
AAG		P3372	Art galleries and museums	Auckland	0 [create]	0 [create]
ACM-DL	ACM Digital Library	P864	Scientific databases	Association for Computing Machinery	0 [create]	0 [create]
ADB	Australian Dictionary of Biography	P1907	Biographical dictionaries	Australia	0 [create]	0 [create]
admiralty	Admiralty List of Lights and Fog Signals	P3562	Lighthouse identifiers	Admiralty D1204.1	0 [create]	0 [create]
AGSA		P6804	Art galleries and museums	South Australia	0 [create]	0 [create]
ARLHS		P2980	Lighthouse identifiers	ARLHS	0 [create]	0 [create]
autores.uy	Autores.uy	P2558	Biographical dictionaries	Uruguay	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
AWR	Australian Women's Register	P4186	Biographical dictionaries	Australian Women's Register	0 [create]	0 [create]
BIBSYS	Norwegian Authority File: Persons and Corporate Bodies	P1015	National libraries	Norway	11 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
Bildindex	Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur	P2092	Art research institutes	Bildindex (Germany)	0 [create]	0 [create]
BNC	Collective Catalog of Bibliographic Authorities of Chile	P1890	National libraries	Chile	10 [create]	0 [create]
BNE	datos.bne.es	P950	National libraries	Spain	16 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.
BNF	BnF authorities	P268	National libraries	France (data)	15 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France
BNMM	Catálogo de autoridades BNMM	P3788	National libraries	Argentina	6 [create]	0 [create]
Botanist	International Plant Names Index	P428	Scientific databases	International Plant Names Index	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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).
BPN	Biografisch Portaal	P651	Biographical dictionaries	Netherlands	2 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.
CANTICN	Name and Title Authority File of Catalonia	P9984	National libraries	Catalonia	14 [create]	0 [create]
CCG		P3920	Lighthouse identifiers	CCG A1761	0 [create]	0 [create]
CINII	NACSIS-CAT	P271	Scientific databases	CiNii (Japan)	9 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics.
CWGC	Commonwealth War Graves Commission database	P1908	Other	Commonwealth War Graves Commission	0 [create]	0 [create]
DAAO	Design & Art Australia Online	P1707	Art research institutes	Australian Artists	0 [create]	0 [create]
DBI	Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani	P1986	Biographical dictionaries	Italian People	6 [create]	0 [create]
DBLP	dblp computer science bibliography	P2456	Scientific databases	DBLP (computer science)	0 [create]	0 [create]
DIB	Dictionary of Irish Biography	P6829	Biographical dictionaries	Ireland	0 [create]	0 [create]
DSI	The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950	P2349	Art research institutes	Scientific illustrators	0 [create]	0 [create]
DTBIO	Deutsche Biographie	P7902	Biographical dictionaries	Germany	17 [create]	0 [create]
EMU	Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine	P4613	National libraries	Ukraine	0 [create]	0 [create]
FAST	Faceted Application of Subject Terminology	P2163	Other	FAST	21 [create]	0 [create]
FNZA	Find New Zealand Artists	P6792	Art research institutes	New Zealand Artists	0 [create]	0 [create]
GND	Integrated Authority File	P227	National libraries	Germany	24 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library (DNB)
Google Scholar	Google Scholar	P1960	Scientific databases	Google Scholar	0 [create]	0 [create]
HDS	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland	P902	Other	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland	2 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.
IAAF	World Athletics database	P1146	Other	World Athletics	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: The IAAF athlete database lists information about sport of athletics competitors.
ICCU	OPAC SBN	P396	National libraries	Italy	13 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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).
ICIA	Information Center for Israeli Art	P1736	Art research institutes	ICIA (Israel)	0 [create]	0 [create]
IEU	Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine	P9070	Other	Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine	0 [create]	0 [create]
ISNI	International Standard Name Identifier	P213	General	ISNI 1	23 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
J9U	National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File	P8189	National libraries	Israel	19 [create]	0 [create]
Joconde	Joconde	P347	Art research institutes	Joconde (France)	0 [create]	0 [create]
KULTURNAV	KulturNav	P1248	Art research institutes	KulturNav (Norway)	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
LCCN	Library of Congress Authorities	P244	National libraries	United States	25 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions
LIR	Lexicon istoric retic	P886	Other	Lexicon Istoric Retic (Switzerland)	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh.
LNB	Electronic Union Catalogue of Latvian Libraries of National Significance	P1368	National libraries	Latvia	12 [create]	0 [create]
Marina Militare	Fari e Segnalamenti	P3863	Lighthouse identifiers	Italy	0 [create]	0 [create]
MarineTraffic		P3601	Lighthouse identifiers	MarineTraffic	0 [create]	0 [create]
MATHSN	Mathematical Reviews	P4955	Scientific databases	MathSciNet	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBA	MusicBrainz	P434	Other	MusicBrainz artist	5 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
MBAREA	MusicBrainz	P982	Other	MusicBrainz area	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBI	MusicBrainz	P1330	Other	MusicBrainz instrument	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBL	MusicBrainz	P966	Other	MusicBrainz label	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBP	MusicBrainz	P1004	Other	MusicBrainz place	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBRG	MusicBrainz	P436	Other	MusicBrainz release group	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBS	MusicBrainz	P1407	Other	MusicBrainz series	0 [create]	0 [create]
MBW	MusicBrainz	P435	Other	MusicBrainz work	0 [create]	0 [create]
MGP	Mathematics Genealogy Project	P549	Scientific databases	Mathematics Genealogy Project	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.
NARA	National Archives Identifier	P1225	Other	National Archives (US)	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
NCL		P1048	National libraries	Taiwan	1 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.
NDL	Web NDL Authorities	P349	National libraries	Japan	13 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF.
NGA	NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals	P3563	Lighthouse identifiers	NGA	0 [create]	0 [create]
NGV		P2041	Art galleries and museums	Victoria	0 [create]	0 [create]
NKC	Czech National Authority Database	P691	National libraries	Czech Republic	20 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.
NLA	Libraries Australia Authorities	P409	National libraries	Australia	13 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
NLG	Catalogue of the National Library of Greece	P3348	National libraries	Greece	10 [create]	0 [create]
NLK	Korean Authority File	P5034	National libraries	Korea	9 [create]	0 [create]
NLR		P1003	National libraries	Romania	0 [create]	0 [create]
NSK	NSK	P1375	National libraries	Croatia	11 [create]	0 [create]
NTA	data.bibliotheken.nl	P1006	National libraries	Netherlands	16 [create]	0 [create]
ORCID	ORCID iD	P496	General	ORCID 1	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
PIC	Photographers’ Identities Catalog	P2750	Art research institutes	Photographers' Identities	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.
PLWABN	MAK	P7293	National libraries	Poland	16 [create]	0 [create]
NLP		P1695	National libraries	Poland	0 [create]	0 [create]
Publons	Publons	P3829	Scientific databases	Publons (researchers)	0 [create]	0 [create]
RID	ResearcherID	P1053	Scientific databases	ResearcherID	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
RISM	Répertoire International des Sources Musicales	P5504	Other	RISM (France) 1	0 [create]	4 [create]
RERO	RERO	P3065	Other	RERO (Switzerland) 1	12 [create]	0 [create]
RKDartists	RKDartists	P650	Art research institutes	RKD Artists (Netherlands)	1 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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	RKDimages	P350	Art research institutes	RKD ID (Netherlands)	0 [create]	0 [create]
RSL	Russian State Library	P947	National libraries	Russia	3 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.
Scopus	Scopus	P1153	Scientific databases	Scopus author	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: SciVerse Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 19,500 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, of which 16,500 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities).
SELIBR	LIBRIS	P906	National libraries	Sweden	11 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Authority data from the National Library of Sweden
SIKART	SIKART	P781	Art research institutes	SIKART (Switzerland)	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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).
SNAC-ID	SNAC	P3430	Other	Social Networks and Archival Context	9 [create]	0 [create]
SUDOC	IdRef	P269	Other	SUDOC (France) 1	19 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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)
TA98	Terminologia Anatomica	P1323	Scientific databases	Terminologia Anatomica	0 [create]	0 [create]
TDVİA	TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi	P7314	Other	İslâm Ansiklopedisi	0 [create]	0 [create]
TePapa	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collections Online	P3544	Art galleries and museums	Te Papa (New Zealand)	0 [create]	0 [create]
TLS	Theaterlexikon der Schweiz	P1362	Other	Theaterlexikon (Switzerland)	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
Trove	Trove	P1315	Other	Trove (Australia) 1	13 [create]	0 [create]
UKPARL		P6213	Other	UK Parliament	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: UK parliament member data
ULAN	Union List of Artist Names	P245	Art research institutes	Artist Names (Getty)	6 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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).
USCG	United States Coast Guard Light List	P3723	Lighthouse identifiers	USCG 6-0695	0 [create]	0 [create]
USCongress	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress	P1157	Other	US Congress	0 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: 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.
VcBA	opac.vatlib.it	P8034	National libraries	Vatican	17 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: Vatican Library document data
VIAF	Virtual International Authority File	P214	General	VIAF 1	26 [create]	0 [create]
	Remarks: International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
WORLDCATID	WorldCat Identities	P7859	General	WorldCat	24 [create]	0 [create]
VIAF	Virtual International Authority File	P214	General	WorldCat (via VIAF)	2 [create]	0 [create]
ZBMATH	zbMATH Open Database	P1556	Scientific databases	zbMATH	1 [create]	0 [create]
Totals				97	503	4

Additional tracking categories

This template may add the following categories:

• Category:Pages with red-linked authority control categories (41) – error category to identify missing categories
• Category:Articles with suppressed authority control identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (0) – migrate IDs to Wikidata if possible (no error)
• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters different on Wikidata (0) – determine/remove incorrect IDs & migrate to Wikidata
• Category:Pages using authority control with parameters all matching Wikidata (0) – template parameters may safely be removed

Error reports

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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
  • FAQ
• Help:Authority control – reader help
• Template:Authority control (arts) – Art-only version
• Template:Taxonbar – authority control style template for taxonomic databases
• Template:Sports links – authority control style template for sports articles
• Template:Infobox book – supporting some library classification systems
• Template:Wikidata entity link
• Template:German National Library portal
• User:UBX/Authority control – for self-identifying as an AC user
• 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

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TemplateData for Authority control

A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
state	state	Initial state of the template Suggested values autocollapse expanded collapsed Default autocollapse	Unknown	suggested
qid	qid	Wikidata QID number for an article not yet connected to a Wikidata item. Once the article is connected to a Wikidata item, then this parameter will be ignored. Example Q49605590	String	optional
suppress	suppress	Comma-separated list of identifers to suppress from the template. Will recognise the Wikidata property IDs (e.g. P227), or the abbreviated name of the identifier (e.g. VIAF). Example P227, P1986	String	suggested
qid2	qid2	Additional Wikidata QID of an item to display data for. This item should be related and covered by the article.	String	optional
qid3	qid3	Additional Wikidata QID of an item to display data for. This item should be related and covered by the article.	String	optional
qid4	qid4	Additional Wikidata QID of an item to display data for. This item should be related and covered by the article.	String	optional
qid5	qid5	Additional Wikidata QID of an item to display data for. This item should be related and covered by the article.	String	optional