Template:Authority control/doc

Description
This metadata template links Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems. At the moment, it is used almost exclusively in biographical articles. See authority control and Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Authority control for more information.

The supported authority files include:
 * 1) Universal Authority File (Gemeinsame Normdatei or GND)
 * 2) Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)
 * 3) Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
 * 4) LIBRIS by the National Library of Sweden (SELIBR)
 * 5) Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
 * 6) Dutch Biography Portal (Biografisch Portaal or BPN)
 * 7) Outdated: Name Authority File (Personennamendatei or PND), now part of GND
 * 8) Outdated: Corporate Bodies Authority File (Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei or GKD), now part of GND
 * 9) Outdated: Subject Headings Authority File (Schlagwortnormdatei or SWD), now part of GND

Where possible, the template also generates a link to WorldCat Identities, using the LCCN variable. (It will shortly be possible to link using VIAF values—this is being tested by OCLC and will be activated in the template as soon as it goes live.)

Usage

 * Blank :


 * The following data sources are accepted:


 * The following data sources are deprecated

and will cause articles to be added to hidden tracking sub-categories of Category:Wikipedia articles with authority control information:

Examples
  (for Alexander Graham Bell) produces

  (for Henry Witherby) produces:

Subtemplates
The template uses a number of subtemplates:


 * Authority control/VIAF
 * Authority control/LCCN
 * Authority control/ORCID
 * Authority control/GND
 * Authority control/SELIBR
 * Authority control/GKD
 * Authority control/GKD-V1
 * Authority control/SWD
 * Authority control/BNF
 * Authority control/BPN
 * Authority control/RID
 * Authority control/Scopus
 * Authority control/BIBSYS
 * Authority control/ULAN

Categories
The template applies the following categories (with more for specific identifiers proposed):


 * Specific identifiers
 * Category:Articles with VIAF identifiers
 * Category:User pages with VIAF identifiers
 * Category:Miscellaneous pages with VIAF identifiers
 * General
 * Category:Articles with authority control information
 * Deprecated parameters
 * Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (GKD)
 * Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (PND)
 * Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (SWD)
 * Category:Articles with faulty authority control identifiers (LCCN)

Microformat
The template wraps each UID value with the HTML markup:, which enables the first-found value to be included in an hCard microformat. For that reason, VIAF, where present, is emitted first.