Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query,
the Virtual International Authority File is a reality, even if it is still in
start up project mode - try http://viaf.org (for now it is just the personal
name authority records from the Library of Congress, the
VIAF, very cool. Will have to get in touch with my NACO liaison about its
relation to NACO work. I just submitted a name for review for Agapius,
Bishop of Hierapolis. DNB has it entered under the Arabic form of the name.
What does that mean for NACO?
Gene Fieg
Cataloger
Claremont School of
Description and Access / Resource Description and Access on
behalf of Barbara B Tillett
Sent: Fri 5/2/2008 1:13 PM
To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web
Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query,
the Virtual International
DNB and others to eventually join VIAF will not necessarily follow the same
cataloging rules or conventions or even the same scripts or language (we hope
soon to add more non-Latin scripts) - records for the same entitity are mapped
to each other using a computer algorithm that is about 95%
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