The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web.

Prefix

viaf

Keywords

centrally registered identifier knowledge and information systems

Links

Homepage

Contact

Missing Contact

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in VIAF ID should match this regular expression:
^\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

75121530   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from VIAF ID should match this regular expression:
^viaf:\d+$

Example CURIE

viaf:75121530

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 5 mappings to external registries for this resource with 4 unique external prefixes.

When using this resource in RDF, the following URI format should be used:

http://viaf.org/viaf/$1

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 75121530 is used to demonstrate the providers available for VIAF ID. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.