Open AccessThe Virtual International Authority File as a perspective vector for further development
Author(s) -
М. В. Стегаева
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
naučnye i tehničeskie biblioteki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-8601
pISSN - 1027-3689
DOI - 10.33186/1027-3689-2017-2-111-121
Subject(s) - authority control , world wide web , computer science , perspective (graphical) , control (management) , service (business) , local authority , knowledge management , political science , public administration , business , marketing , artificial intelligence
The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is a joint international project of national libraries and organizations generating name authority files. The origins of VIAF project, VIAF organizational structure, its goals and tasks are described, project members are introduced. The VIAF architecture and the components are examined in particular, search features are characterized. The author concludes that the VIAF project becomes a component of the Semantic web structure and a model for presenting library linked data internationally. The VIAF long-term goal is to integrate authority name records of the authority files being generated by national libraries and bibliographic agencies into a single authority control service.