Template:Authority control/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Authority control.
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This template is used on approximately 2,120,000 pages, or roughly 247% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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Description

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

This template draws most of its values from Wikidata, but they can be overridden by locally entered data. Adding the data to Wikidata is preferable.

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, so this template should be added to all biographies, whether or not there are authority control identifiers in Wikidata already.

User pages

The template may also be placed on user pages, but then data must be entered locally.

Data types

Wikidata content is used as fallback for all identifiers.

The template validates digits for all values and shows an error if the check fails.

Wherever possible, the template also generates a link to WorldCat Identities, using VIAF or LCCN values, or manually via |WORLDCATID=.

Position

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

Usage

As a general guideline:

1: insert the empty version,

2: click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata,

3a: if you know of more sources, add them in the template using their named parameter,

3b: alternatively, consider adding those sources to the article's "Wikidata item", so that all versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit.

In addition to the mixed-case parameter names listed on this page, the template also supports all-lowercase alias names of all parameters (except for deprecated ones).

Empty (reliant wholly on Wikidata): {{Authority control}}

Selective suppression via blank parameters (reliant on Wikidata, except the suppressed parameters): {{Authority control |VIAF= |LCCN= |WORLDCATID=}}

Manual parameters, if not yet on Wikidata: {{Authority control |VIAF=123456789 |LCCN=n78039510 |WORLDCATID=lccn-n78039510}}

The following data sources are accepted (may not be up-to-date)

Authority control identifiers
Parameter	Scope	Name	Search	Remarks
VIAF	People	Virtual International Authority File	[1]	International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
LCCN	People	Library of Congress Control Number	[2]	See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions
ISNI	People	International Standard Name Identifier	[3]	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.
ORCID	People	ORCID	[4]	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.
GND	All	Gemeinsame Normdatei (Integrated Authority File)	[5] [6]	Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library (DNB)
SELIBR	People	LIBRIS	[7]	Authority data from the National Library of Sweden
SUDOC	People	Système universitaire de documentation	[8]	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)
BNF	People	Bibliothèque nationale de France	[9]	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France
BPN	People	Biografisch Portaal (Dutch Biography Portal)	[10]	Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.
RID	People	ResearcherID	[11]	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.
BIBSYS	People	BIBSYS	[12] [13]	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.
ULAN	Artists	Union List of Artist Names	[14]	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).
HDS		Historical Dictionary of Switzerland	[15]	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.
LIR		Lexicon Istoric Retic	[16]	Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh.
MBA	Artists	MusicBrainz Artist ID	[17]	MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
MGP		Mathematics Genealogy Project	[18]	Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.
NLA	People or groups	National Library of Australia	[19]	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.
NDL	People	National Diet Library	[20]	Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF.
NCL		National Central Library		National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.
NKC		National Library of the Czech Republic	[21]	National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.
Léonore		Base Léonore	[22]	Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.
ICCU		Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico (ICCU) Servizio bibliotecario nazionale (SBN)	[23]	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).
RSL		Russian State Library	[24]	Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.
Botanist		Author citation (botany)	[25]	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).
NARA		National Archives and Records Administration	[26]	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
USCongress		Biographical Directory of the United States Congress	[27]	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.
BNE		Biblioteca Nacional de España	[28]	National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.
CINII		CiNii	[29]	CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics.
TLS		Theaterlexikon der Schweiz	[30]	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.
SIKART		SIKART	[31]	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).
KULTURNAV		KulturNav	[32]	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.
RKDartists	Artists	Netherlands Institute for Art History § Online artist pages	[33]	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	Art	RKDimages ID	[34]
autores.uy	Authors	autores.uy	[35]	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.
PIC	Photographers	Photographers' Identities Catalog	[36]	PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.
IAAF	People	International Association of Athletics Federations	[37]	The IAAF athlete database lists information about sport of athletics competitors.
ACM-DL	People	ACM Digital Library	[38]
BALaT	People or groups or art	d:BALaT	[39]	Belgian Art Links and Tools
Bildindex	Art	Marburg Picture Index	[40]
DBLP	Publications	DBLP	[41]
Joconde	Art	Joconde	[42]
LNB	People	National Library of Latvia	[43]
NSK		National and University Library in Zagreb	[44]
SNAC-ID	People or groups	Social Networks and Archival Context	[45]
NLB	People, organisations & places	National Library Board Singapore	[46]	Authority data of a person, organisation or place from the National Library Board Singapore.
UKPARL	People	Parliament of the United Kingdom	[47]	UK parliament member data
VcBA		Vatican Library	[48]	Vatican Library document data

The following data sources are deprecated and will cause articles to be added to hidden tracking sub-categories of Category:Articles with authority control information:

Deprecated parameters

Deprecated identifiers
Deprecated parameter	Scope	Name	Remarks	Tracking
GKD	Corporations	Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei (now part of GND)	Authority data on corporations from the German National Library (deprecated, please use GND)	Tracking for all deprecated IDs
PND	People	Personennamendatei (now part of GND)	Authority data on people from the German National Library (deprecated, please use GND)	Tracking for all deprecated IDs
RLS		Russian State Library	Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia. (deprecated, please use RSL)	Tracking for all deprecated IDs
SWD	Subjects	Schlagwortnormdatei (now part of GND)	Authority data on subjects from the German National Library (deprecated, please use GND)	Tracking for all deprecated IDs
NARA-organization	Organizations	NARA-organization (now simply NARA)	Authority data on organizations via federal records (deprecated, please use NARA)	Tracking for all deprecated IDs
NARA-person	People	NARA-person (now simply NARA)	Authority data on people via federal records (deprecated, please use NARA)	Tracking for all deprecated IDs

The |SBN= parameter is still functional as an alias, but will be deprecated at a later stage (to avoid confusion with the unrelated [I]SBN identifier). Please update templates to use the |ICCU= parameter instead.

Examples

Victor Hugo:

{{Authority control |VIAF=9847974 |LCCN=n/79/091479 |ISNI=0000 0001 2120 0982 |GND=118554654 |SELIBR=206651 |SUDOC=026927608 |BNF=cb11907966z |BIBSYS=90054094 |ULAN=500032572 |HDS=011461 |MBA=c0c99c8f-4779-4c35-9497-67d60a73310a |NLA=35212404 |NDL=00443985 |NKC=jn19990003739 |Léonore=LH//1320/26 |ICCU=IT\ICCU\CFIV\000163 |RSL=000081185 |BNE=XX874892 |CINII=DA00460099 |RKDartists=40381}}

Alexander Graham Bell:

{{Authority control |VIAF=59263727 |LCCN=n/79/113947 |ISNI=0000 0000 8138 6064 |GND=119408643 |SUDOC=066924146 |BNF=13746617f |MBA=9dd93d09-24b4-41f1-a48b-ef48b07499c3 |NDL=00620343}}

Harry Forbes Witherby:

{{Authority control |VIAF=66861474 |LCCN=n/87/142671 |ISNI=0000 0001 0911 2808 |GND=117421863 |SUDOC=090162897}}

Rendering

The template is split into seven sections: "General", "National libraries", "Art galleries and museums", "Art research institutes", "Biographical dictionaries", "Scientific databases", and "Other". If all identifiers are in the same section, |state= is ignored, and the template displays on one line:

Otherwise, the template displays as a navbox with a header:

Starting visibility: currently automatically selects itself to autocollapse

To set this template's starting 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 {{navbar}}, 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 starting 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:

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Additional tracking categories

This template may add the following categories:

Category:Pages with red-linked authority control categories (0) – error category to identify missing categories
Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (0) – fix/migrate/remove deprecated IDs
Category:Articles with suppressed authority control identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
Category:Articles with multiple identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (82) – 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

See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

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.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Authority control in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Authority control

A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
VIAF	`VIAF` `viaf`	International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Default Wikidata property P214	Number	optional
LCCN	`LCCN` `lccn`	Library of Congress Control Number. See [[Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN]] for formatting instructions. Default Wikidata property P244	String	optional
ISNI	`ISNI` `isni`	International Standard Name Identifier is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles. Default Wikidata property P213	String	optional
ORCID	`ORCID` `orcid`	Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range has been defined as a subset of the forthcoming ISNI range. Default Wikidata property P496	String	optional
GND	`GND` `gnd` `GKD` `PND` `SWD`	Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library. Default Wikidata property P227	String	optional
SELIBR	`SELIBR` `selibr`	Authority data from the National Library of Sweden. Default Wikidata property P906	String	optional
SUDOC	`SUDOC` `sudoc`	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France. Default Wikidata property P269	String	optional
BNF	`BNF` `bnf`	Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France. Default Wikidata property P268	String	optional
BPN	`BPN` `bpn`	Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands. Default Wikidata property P651	Number	optional
RID	`RID` `rid`	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. Default Wikidata property P1053	String	optional
BIBSYS	`BIBSYS` `bibsys`	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. Default Wikidata property P1015	String	optional
ULAN	`ULAN` `ulan`	ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Default Wikidata property P245	String	optional
HDS	`HDS` `hds`	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. Default Wikidata property P902	Number	optional
LIR	`LIR` `lir`	Historical Dictionary of Switzerland: Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh. Default Wikidata property P886	Number	optional
MBA	`MBA` `mba`	MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. Default Wikidata property P434	String	optional
MGP	`MGP` `mgp`	Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. Default Wikidata property P549	Number	optional
NLA	`NLA` `nla`	Authority control number issued by the National Library of Australia. Default Wikidata property P409	String	optional
NDL	`NDL` `ndl`	Authority control number issued by the National Diet Library (National Library of Japan). Default Wikidata property P349	Number	optional
NCL	`NCL` `ncl`	National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China. Default Wikidata property P1048	Number	optional
NKC	`NKC` `nkc`	National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic. Default Wikidata property P691	String	optional
Léonore	`Léonore` `léonore`	Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. Default Wikidata property P640	String	optional
ICCU	`ICCU` `iccu`	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 (SBN: Servizio bibliotecario nazionale). Default Wikidata property P396	String	optional
RSL	`RSL` `rsl`	Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia. Default Wikidata property P947	Number	optional
Botanist	`Botanist` `botanist`	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). Default Wikidata property P428	String	optional
NARA	`NARA` `nara` `NARA-person` `NARA-organization`	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. Default Wikidata property P1225	Number	optional
NARA-person	`NARA-person`	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. Default Wikidata property P1222	Number	deprecated
NARA-organization	`NARA-organization`	National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. Default Wikidata property P1223	Number	deprecated
USCongress	`USCongress` `uscongress`	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. Default Wikidata property P1157	String	optional
BNE	`BNE` `bne`	National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain. Default Wikidata property P950	String	optional
CINII	`CINII` `cinii`	CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the [[National Institute of Informatics]]. Default Wikidata property P271	String	optional
TLS	`TLS` `tls`	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. Default Wikidata property P1362	String	optional
SIKART	`SIKART` `sikart`	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). Default Wikidata property P781	Number	optional
KULTURNAV	`KULTURNAV` `kulturnav`	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]]. Default Wikidata property P1248	String	optional
RKDartists	`RKDartists` `rkdartists`	RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists Default Wikidata property P650	Number	optional
autores.uy	`autores.uy`	autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on uruguayan authors. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public domain. Default Wikidata property P2558	Number	optional
PIC	`PIC` `pic`	Photographers' Identities Catalog (PIC) is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library. Default Wikidata property P2750	Number	optional
ACM-DL	`ACM-DL` `acm-dl`	Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library (ACM DL) author identifier. Default Wikidata property P864	Number	optional
BALaT	`BALaT` `balat`	Identifier for images in the Photo Library database of BALaT (Belgian Art Links & Tools), maintained by KIK-IRPA, Belgium's Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. Default Wikidata property P3293	Number	optional
Bildindex	`Bildindex` `bildindex`	Picture index of art and architecture. Default Wikidata property P2092	Number	optional
DBLP	`DBLP` `dblp`	Identifier for person entries in the DBLP (Digital Bibliography & Library Project) computer science bibliography. Default Wikidata property P2456	Number	optional
IAAF	`IAAF` `iaaf`	Identifier for athletes in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) database and website. Default Wikidata property P1146	String	optional
Joconde	`Joconde` `joconde`	Identifier in the Joconde database of the French Ministry of Culture. Default Wikidata property P347	String	optional
LNB	`LNB` `lnb`	Identifier assigned by the National Library of Latvia. Default Wikidata property P1368	Number	optional
NSK	`NSK` `nsk`	Identifier for an item in the National and University Library in Zagreb (including leading zeroes). Default Wikidata property P1375	Number	optional
RKDID	`RKDID` `rkdid`	Identifier per RKDimages of the Netherlands Institute for Art History. Default Wikidata property P350	Number	optional
SNAC-ID	`SNAC-ID` `snac-id`	Identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system. Default Wikidata property P3430	String	optional
NLB	`NLB ID` `nlb`	Identifier of a person, organisation or place from the name authorities of National Library Board. Default Wikidata property P3988	String	optional
UKPARL	`UKPARL` `urparl`	UK Parliament member ID Default Wikidata property P6213	String	optional
KANTO	`KANTO ID` `finaf` `Asteri`	Finnish national agent database ID Default Wikidata property P8980	String	optional
VcBA	`VcBA` `vcba`	Vatican Library ID Default Wikidata property P8034	String	optional
state	`state`	Initial state of the template Suggested values `autocollapse` `expanded` `collapsed` Default autocollapse	Unknown	suggested