Unveiling the New Frontier of Authority Control on Wikidata
Explore the realm of Authority Addicts and the cutting-edge Virtual International Authority File, merging entities and connecting various authority files. Discover the significance of Wikipedia and Wikidata as super authority files, facilitating unique identifiers and disambiguation of names. Witness the evolution of authority control, from manual efforts to algorithmic matching, and the benefits of quality assurance on Wikidata.
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Authority Addicts: The New Frontier of Authority Control on Wikidata
Virtual International Authority File A merged super authority file Algorithmically matching of entities First murmurs 1998
Virtual International Authority File Originally between the Library of Congress (LC) the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) the Biblioth que nationale de France (BNF) and OCLC
Wikipedia as Authority File Provides disambiguation of names With unique identifiers (URIs)
Wikidata as Super Authority File Since it connects many Authority Files Which are Wikipedias
Comparison of Super Authority Files by size
Matching VIAF and Wikipedia German manual efforts Matched PND and VIAF and others to de.wiki ~200,000 matches VIAF algorithm Matched VIAF to en.wiki ~250,000 matches French, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Japanese manual efforts
Merged and migrated to Wikidata
Quality Assurance In traditional AC inaccuracies could be reported. Wait and wait. Now, disagreement lead to investigation And direct resolution on Wikidata This is a major benefit of Wikidata
And can view differences in content
Label and Alias Fill by bot in 49 languages
The short term implications Can synchronize the differences Improve the quality of both files Improve the completeness of both files
Longer term implication Coexistence of the two? Is it possible or desirable that Wikidata could replace VIAF?
