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.
viaf
Local identifiers in Virtual International Authority File should match this
regular expression:
^\d+$
Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Virtual International Authority File should match
this regular expression:
^viaf:\d+$
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 3 mappings to external registries for this resource with 2 unique external prefixes.
Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
---|---|---|---|
BARTOC | bartoc |
2053
|
|
Identifiers.org | miriam |
viaf
|
|
N2T | n2t |
viaf
|
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 Virtual International Authority File. A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
Name | Metaprefix | URI |
---|---|---|
Virtual International Authority File | viaf |
http://viaf.org/viaf/75121530 |
Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/viaf:75121530 |
Identifiers.org | miriam |
https://identifiers.org/viaf:75121530 |
Name-to-Thing | n2t |
https://n2t.net/viaf:75121530 |
Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.
Code | Name | URL |
---|---|---|
scholia |
Scholia | https://scholia.toolforge.org/viaf/75121530 |
viaf.https |
VIAF (https) | https://viaf.org/75121530 |