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More generally, [[authority control]] is a method of creating and maintaining index terms for bibliographical material in a library catalog, similar to the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal System]]. The links produced by the [[Template: Authority control|authority control template]] on Wikipedia go to authority control data in worldwide library catalogs. As an example, the Wikipedia authority control information for [[Alexander Graham Bell]] looks like this:

{{Authority control|qid=Q34286}}

The abbreviations in the box represent the following: [[Virtual International AuthorityStandard FileName Identifier]] (VIAFISNI); [[LibraryVirtual ofInternational CongressAuthority Control NumberFile]] (LCCNVIAF); [[InternationalLibrary Standardof NameCongress IdentifierControl Number]] (ISNILCCN); and [[Integrated Authority File]] (GND), ''Gemeinsame Normdatei'' in German. [[WorldCat]] is a global cooperative [[union catalog]] which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories.

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|{{Authority control|ISNI=0000000081386064|VIAF=59263727|LCCN=n/79/113947|GND=119408643}}

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The abbreviations in the box represent the following: [[Virtual International Authority File]] (VIAF); [[Library of Congress Control Number]] (LCCN); [[International Standard Name Identifier]] (ISNI); and [[Integrated Authority File]] (GND), ''Gemeinsame Normdatei'' in German. [[WorldCat]] is a global cooperative [[union catalog]] which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories.

==Supported files==

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SupportedThe following authority files are supported on the English Wikipedia include, among others:

{{#invoke:Authority control/documentation|docConfTable}}

# [[Integrated Authority File]] (''{{lang|de|Gemeinsame Normdatei}}'' or GND)

# [[Library of Congress Control Number]] (LCCN)

# [[Virtual International Authority File]] (VIAF)

# [[LIBRIS]] by the [[National Library of Sweden]] (SELIBR)

# [[ORCID|Open Researcher and Contributor ID]] (ORCID)

# Outdated: [[Name Authority File]] (''{{lang|de|Personennamendatei}}'' or PND), now part of GND

# Outdated: [[Corporate Bodies Authority File]] (''{{lang|de|Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei}}'' or GKD), now part of GND

# Outdated: [[Subject Headings Authority File]] (''{{lang|de|Schlagwortnormdatei}}'' or SWD), now part of GND

== See also ==