On 25/05/11 02:36, Lovins, Daniel wrote:
Ralph, all,
Regarding the Wikipedia template for VIAF, haven't tried it myself, but I
believe the following syntax works: {{Authority
control|PND=119408643|LCCN=n/79/113947|VIAF=59263727}}
Based on description on this Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Authority_control
Excellent!
The page history indicates that it's an import from the German language
wikipedia, thus the good support for German Persons, Corporations and
Subjects.
I suspect that the template would get more widely used if it were
discussed at
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM_getting_started
(recently renamed from
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_the_cultural_sector
) which is a canonical starting-point for libraries people.
The structure of the template is interesting.
Due to the way wikipedia works, the barriers to adding something to a
page (in this case, a template) are much lower than adding a new page.
So adding a new authority to the page should be relatively easy,
providing it works in the same way as the other authorities already there.
cheers
stuart
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Stuart Yeates
Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
