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Contents

  • 1 Description
    • 1.1 Empty instances
    • 1.2 Validation
    • 1.3 Position
  • 2 Usage
    • 2.1 Suppression of identifiers
    • 2.2 Specifying the Wikidata item
    • 2.3 Additional Wikidata items
    • 2.4 Whitelists
  • 3 Examples
  • 4 Rendering
    • 4.1 Microformat
  • 5 List of identifiers
  • 6 Additional tracking categories
    • 6.1 Error reports
  • 7 See also
  • 8 TemplateData

Description

Further information: Authority control and Wikipedia:Authority control

This template links Wikipedia articles to various library (and other) catalogue systems, for biographies and other topics.

This template draws its values from Wikidata. A pencil icon gives convenient access to the "Identifiers" section of the corresponding Wikidata item.

Empty instances

If there is no information in Wikidata for the specific subject, an empty instance of this template will be dormant, meaning it will be invisible on the rendered page. Thus, using this template on a page with no authority information is harmless. An empty instance of this template stays dormant in an article, until values are added to Wikidata, when it will then display them.

Validation

The template attempts to validate digits for all values and shows an error if the check fails.

Position

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout

As a metadata template, the Authority control template should be placed on a new line, after the external links section and navigation templates, immediately before the categories.

Usage

{{Authority control}}

As a general guideline:

  1. Insert the empty version
  2. Click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata
  3. If you know of more sources, add those sources to the article's Wikidata item, so that other language versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit.

Suppression of identifiers

Identifiers can be selectively suppressed via the |suppress= parameter. For example MusicBrainz artist ID (P434) can be suppressed by typing:

{{Authority control
| suppress = P434
}}

Specifying the Wikidata item

If a page is not connected to a Wikidata item (for example, a page in draft space, user space or project space), you can specify the appropriate item to draw data from, by using the |qid= parameter.

{{Authority control
| qid = Q49605590
}}

To find the correct item, you can search the database. If there is not yet an existing item, you can create a new item.

As soon as the page is connected to a Wikidata item, this parameter will be ignored so you can remove it from the template.

Additional Wikidata items

In some cases, you might need to specify additional items to draw data from. For example,

  • Bonnie and Clyde also draws data from Bonnie Parker (Q2319886) and Clyde Barrow (Q3320282)
  • North Rona also draws data from North Rona Lighthouse (Q28831543)

To specify additional items, you can use the |additional= parameter. For example:

{{Authority control
| additional = Q2319886, Q3320282
}}

To automatically add additional links from related items, use |additional=auto. This is useful for married couples, musical groups, etc.

Whitelists

A number of whitelists are configured, which allow only a limited selection of identifiers to be displayed. These can be used with the |show= parameter. For example, including |show=arts will only show identifiers which have identified as particularly relevant to the arts.

Multiple whitelists may be used. For example:

{{Authority control
| show = arts,SV
}}
adds identifiers from the arts and Sweden whitelists.

|country= can be used as an alias for |show=.

List of whitelists
CodeTopicIdentifiers
clChileCCAB ID (P1890)
lighthouseLighthouseNGA lighthouse ID (P3563), Norwegian List of Lights ID (P4055), Online List of Lights ID (P3223), Portuguese lighthouse ID (P4423), USCG lighthouse ID (P3723), Vitaskrá ID (P3993), Admiralty number (P3562), ARLHS lighthouse ID (P2980), Danish List of Lights and Fog signals ID (P4038), Canadian Coastguard Lighthouse ID (P3920), Finnish List of Lights ID (P4143), Italian Navy Lighthouses and Beacons ID (P3863), MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID (P3601)
grGreeceNational Library of Greece ID (P3348)
hrCroatiaNSK ID (P1375)
chSwitzerlandHDS ID (P902), Lexicon istoric retic ID (P886), SIKART person ID (P781), Theaterlexikon der Schweiz ID (P1362)
ruRussiaRSL ID (person) (P947)
czCzech RepublicNL CR AUT ID (P691)
lvLatviaNational Library of Latvia ID (P1368)
roRomaniaNational Library of Romania ID (P1003)
jaJapanNDL Authority ID (P349), NACSIS-CAT author ID (P271)
artsThe artsBibliothèque nationale de France ID (P268), VIAF cluster ID (P214), Auckland Art Gallery artist ID (P3372), Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID (P6804), Australian Dictionary of Biography ID (P1907), Australian Women's Register ID (P4186), Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID (P12754), CWGC person ID (P1908), Design & Art Australia Online ID (P1707), Dictionary of Irish Biography ID (P6829), Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID (P2349), Find NZ Artists ID (P6792), GND ID (P227), Google Scholar author ID (P1960), Joconde work ID (P347), KulturNav-ID (P1248), Library of Congress authority ID (P244), U.S. National Archives Identifier (P1225), National Gallery of Victoria artist ID (P2041), Libraries Australia ID (P409), Photographers’ Identities Catalog ID (P2750), RKDartists ID (P650), RKDimages ID (P350), SIKART person ID (P781), SNAC ARK ID (P3430), Te Papa agent ID (P3544), NLA Trove people ID (P1315), Union List of Artist Names ID (P245), Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID (P1986), Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID (P7902), Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID (P651), ISIL (P791), Grammy Awards artist ID (P7303), Museum of Modern Art artist ID (P2174), Städel Museum artist ID (P4581), Museo del Prado artist ID (P5321), National Gallery of Canada artist ID (P5368), Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID (P2268)
svSwedenSELIBR ID (P906), Libris-URI (P5587)
plPolandNLP ID (P1695), National Library of Poland MMS ID (P7293)
nlNetherlandsBiografisch Portaal van Nederland ID (P651), Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID (P1006), RKDartists ID (P650), RKDimages ID (P350)
uyUruguayautores.uy ID (P2558)
ilIsraelNational Library of Israel J9U ID (P8189), Information Center for Israeli Art artist ID (P1736)
twTaiwanNCL ID (P1048)
trTurkeyTDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID (P7314)
krSouth KoreaNational Library of Korea ID (P5034)
itItalySBN author ID (P396), Italian Navy Lighthouses and Beacons ID (P3863), Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID (P1986), Vatican Library VcBA ID (P8034)
esSpainNational Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) (P950), CANTIC ID (P9984)

Examples

Victor Hugo
{{Authority control |qid=Q535}}
Authority control databases – Victor Hugo Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • FAST
    • 2
  • WorldCat
National
  • Germany
  • United States
  • France
  • BnF data
  • Japan
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Russia
    • 2
  • Spain
  • Romania
  • Portugal
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Taiwan
  • Latvia
  • Croatia
  • Chile
  • Greece
  • Argentina
  • Korea
  • Sweden
  • Poland
  • Vatican
  • Israel
  • Finland
  • Catalonia
  • Belgium
    • 2
    • 3
Academics
  • CiNii
Artists
  • ULAN
  • MusicBrainz
  • RKD Artists
  • KulturNav
  • Musée d'Orsay
  • Discography of American Historical Recordings
  • FID
People
  • Sycomore
  • Trove
  • Deutsche Biographie
  • DDB
Other
  • IdRef
  • Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
  • SNAC
    • 2
  • RISM
  • Yale LUX
Alexander Graham Bell
{{Authority control |qid=Q34286}}
Authority control databases – Alexander Graham Bell Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • FAST
  • WorldCat
National
  • Germany
  • United States
  • France
  • BnF data
  • Japan
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Chile
  • Greece
  • Korea
  • Poland
  • Vatican
  • Israel
Academics
  • CiNii
  • Scopus
  • Leopoldina
Artists
  • ULAN
  • MusicBrainz
People
  • Trove
  • Deutsche Biographie
  • DDB
Other
  • IdRef
  • NARA
  • SNAC
  • Yale LUX
Harry Forbes Witherby
{{Authority control |qid=Q352545}}
Authority control databases – Harry Forbes Witherby Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • FAST
  • WorldCat
National
  • Germany
  • United States
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Israel
Artists
  • Scientific illustrators
People
  • Trove
  • Deutsche Biographie
Other
  • IdRef
  • Te Papa (New Zealand)
  • Yale LUX
Carl Larsson
{{Authority control (arts) |country=SV |qid=Q187310}}
‹ The template below (Authority control (arts)) is being considered for deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. ›
Authority control databases – Carl Larsson Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • VIAF
National
  • Germany
  • United States
  • France
  • BnF data
  • Australia
  • Sweden
Artists
  • ULAN
  • RKD Artists
  • KulturNav
  • Musée d'Orsay
  • South Australia
People
  • Trove
  • Deutsche Biographie
Other
  • SNAC

Rendering

The template is split into a number of sections, including "International", "National", "Academics", "Artists" etc. The template usually displays as a navbox with a header:

Authority control databases – Stefano della Bella Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • FAST
  • WorldCat
National
  • Germany
  • United States
  • France
  • BnF data
  • Italy
    • 2
  • Czech Republic
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Latvia
  • Croatia
  • Sweden
  • Poland
  • Vatican
  • Israel
  • Belgium
Academics
  • CiNii
Artists
  • ULAN
  • RKD Artists
  • KulturNav
    • 2
  • Victoria
  • Scientific illustrators
  • Auckland
  • Städel
  • Prado
  • National Gallery of Canada
  • South Australia
  • FID
People
  • Italian People
  • Deutsche Biographie
  • DDB
Other
  • IdRef
  • SNAC
  • Te Papa (New Zealand)

If all identifiers are in the same section, |state= is ignored, and the template displays on one line.

If you use additional qids to draw data from additional wikidata items, then a new section will be added for each. In this case, the identifiers will not be separated further:

Authority control databases – Bonnie and Clyde Edit this at Wikidata
Bonnie Parker Edit this at Wikidata
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • Germany
  • United States
  • France
  • BnF data
  • IdRef
  • Japan
  • MusicBrainz
  • Czech Republic
  • Spain
  • Norway
  • NARA
  • FAST
  • Poland
  • Deutsche Biographie
  • Israel
  • WorldCat
  • DDB
  • Yale LUX
Clyde Barrow Edit this at Wikidata
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
  • Germany
  • United States
  • France
  • BnF data
  • IdRef
  • Japan
  • MusicBrainz
  • Czech Republic
  • Spain
  • Norway
  • NARA
  • FAST
  • Poland
  • Deutsche Biographie
  • Israel
  • WorldCat
  • DDB
  • Yale LUX

This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse, meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar, or table with the collapsible attribute), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.

To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:

  • {{Authority control|state=collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar.
  • {{Authority control|state=expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.

Microformat

The template wraps each UID value with the HTML markup: <span class="uid">...</span>, which enables the first-found value to be included in an hCard microformat.

List of identifiers

The template gets its information from the following properties on Wikidata:

Wikidata propertyIdentifierSectionAppears as
ISNI (P213)International Standard Name IdentifierInternational
  • ISNI
ℹ️ ISNI is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles. Please take care not to confuse ISNI and ORCID identifiers.
VIAF cluster ID (P214)VIAF IDInternational
  • VIAF
ℹ️ International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
GND ID (P227)GND IDNational
  • Germany
ℹ️ Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library (DNB)
Library of Congress authority ID (P244)Library of Congress Linked Data ServiceNational
  • United States
ℹ️ See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions
Union List of Artist Names ID (P245)Union List of Artist NamesArtists
  • ULAN
ℹ️ ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names).
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID (P268)Bibliothèque nationale de FranceNational
  • France
ℹ️ Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID (P268)Bibliothèque nationale de FranceNational
  • BnF data
IdRef ID (P269)IdRefOther
  • IdRef
ℹ️ Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France. Also available from English-speaking catalog (search author, click one book, click author name, take PPN= value of the URL)
NACSIS-CAT author ID (P271)NACSIS-CAT author IDAcademics
  • CiNii
ℹ️ CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the National Institute of Informatics.
Joconde work ID (P347)JocondeOther
  • Joconde
NDL Authority ID (P349)Web NDL AuthoritiesNational
  • Japan
ℹ️ Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF.
RKDimages ID (P350)RKDimages [Wikidata]Other
  • RKD ID
Mérimée ID (P380)monument historique inscrit [Wikidata]Geographic
  • Mérimée
SBN author ID (P396)OPAC SBNNational
  • Italy
ℹ️ Central Institute for the Union Catalogue (ICCU: Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico) is an Italian government agency created to build a single catalog of all the libraries in the nation. It manages National Library Service (Servizio bibliotecario nazionale).
Libraries Australia ID (P409)Libraries Australia AuthoritiesNational
  • Australia
ℹ️ NLA Trove's People and Organisation view allows the discovery of biographical and other contextual information about people and organisations. Search also available via VIAF.
botanist author abbreviation (P428)International Plant Names IndexAcademics
  • International Plant Names Index
ℹ️ Author citation (botany): standard form (official abbreviation) of a personal name for use in an author citation (only for names of algae, fungi and plants). Links to page at International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
MusicBrainz artist ID (P434)MusicBrainzArtists
  • MusicBrainz
ℹ️ MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
MusicBrainz work ID (P435)MusicBrainz work IDOther
  • MusicBrainz work
MusicBrainz release group ID (P436)MusicBrainz release group IDOther
  • MusicBrainz release group
Structurae structure ID (P454)StructuraeGeographic
  • Structurae
ORCID iD (P496)ORCID iDAcademics
  • ORCID
ℹ️ Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range is a subset of the ISNI range. For free text links (for example when mentioning a person on page which is not about them), it is also possible to use {{ORCID}}. Authors—including Wikipedia editors—may obtain an ORCID by signing up at orcid.org/register. Please take care not to confuse ORCID and ISNI identifiers.
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID (P549)Mathematics Genealogy Project ID [Wikidata]Academics
  • Mathematics Genealogy Project
ℹ️ Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.
RKDartists ID (P650)RKDartistsArtists
  • RKD Artists
ℹ️ RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists. Names in RKDartists may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names).
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID (P651)Biografisch PortaalPeople
  • Netherlands
    • 2
ℹ️ Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.
NL CR AUT ID (P691)Czech National Authority DatabaseNational
  • Czech Republic
ℹ️ National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID (P716)JPL Small-Body DatabaseOther
  • JPL SBDB
SIKART person ID (P781)SIKARTArtists
  • SIKART
ℹ️ SIKART is a biographical dictionary and a database on visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR).
ISIL (P791)International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related OrganizationsPeople
  • ISIL
ℹ️ Libraries, museums and archives, decentralized national databases.
ACM Digital Library author ID (P864)ACM Digital LibraryAcademics
  • Association for Computing Machinery
BMLO ID (P865)Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online [Wikidata]People
  • BMLO
Lexicon istoric retic ID (P886)Lexicon istoric reticOther
  • Lexicon Istoric Retic
ℹ️ Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh.
HDS ID (P902)Historical Dictionary of SwitzerlandOther
  • Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
ℹ️ Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.
RSL ID (person) (P947)Russian State LibraryNational
  • Russia
ℹ️ Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) (P950)BNE authority fileNational
  • Spain
ℹ️ National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.
MusicBrainz label ID (P966)MusicBrainz label IDOther
  • MusicBrainz label
MusicBrainz area ID (P982)MusicBrainz area IDGeographic
  • MusicBrainz area
National Library of Romania ID (P1003)National Library of Romania authority file [Wikidata]National
  • Romania
MusicBrainz place ID (P1004)MusicBrainz place IDGeographic
  • MusicBrainz place
Portuguese National Library author ID (P1005)OpenData BNP [Wikidata]National
  • Portugal
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID (P1006)Dutch National Thesaurus for Author Names [Wikidata]National
  • Netherlands
NORAF ID (P1015)Norwegian Authority File: Persons and Corporate BodiesNational
  • Norway
ℹ️ BIBSYS is a supplier of library and information systems for all Norwegian university Libraries, the National Library of Norway, college libraries, and a number of research libraries and institutions.
Sycomore ID (P1045)Sycomore [Wikidata]People
  • Sycomore
NCL ID (P1048)National Central LibraryNational
  • Taiwan
ℹ️ National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.
ResearcherID (P1053)ResearcherIDAcademics
  • ResearcherID
ℹ️ An identifying system for scientific authors. The system was introduced in January 2008 by Thomson Reuters. The combined use of the digital object identifier with the ResearcherID allows for a unique association of authors and scientific articles.
World Athletics athlete ID (P1146)World Athletics databasePeople
  • World Athletics
ℹ️ The IAAF athlete database lists information about sport of athletics competitors.
Scopus author ID (P1153)ScopusAcademics
  • Scopus
ℹ️ SciVerse Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 19,500 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, of which 16,500 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities).
US Congress Bio ID (P1157)US Congress Bio identifierPeople
  • US Congress
ℹ️ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
MEP directory ID (P1186)Member of the European ParliamentPeople
  • MEP directory
U.S. National Archives Identifier (P1225)National Archives IdentifierOther
  • NARA
ℹ️ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
KulturNav-ID (P1248)KulturNavArtists
  • KulturNav
ℹ️ KulturNav is a Norwegian cloud-based software service, allowing users to create, manage and distribute name authorities and terminology, focusing on the needs of museums and other cultural heritage institutions. The software is developed by KulturIT ANS and the development project is funded by the Arts Council Norway.
NLA Trove people ID (P1315)TrovePeople
  • Trove
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID (P1323)Terminologia AnatomicaOther
  • Terminologia Anatomica
MusicBrainz instrument ID (P1330)MusicBrainz instrument IDOther
  • MusicBrainz instrument
Theaterlexikon der Schweiz ID (P1362)Theaterlexikon der SchweizOther
  • Theaterlexikon
ℹ️ Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) is an encyclopedia about theatre in Switzerland. It was developed by the Institute of Theatre Studies of the University of Berne.
National Library of Latvia ID (P1368)Electronic Union Catalogue of Latvian Libraries of National SignificanceNational
  • Latvia
NSK ID (P1375)NSKNational
  • Croatia
MusicBrainz series ID (P1407)MusicBrainz series IDOther
  • MusicBrainz series
zbMATH author ID (P1556)zbMATH author ID [Wikidata]Academics
  • zbMATH
Pleiades ID (P1584)Pleiades [Wikidata]Geographic
  • Pleiades
ℹ️ Pleiades is a joint project of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and the Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Design & Art Australia Online ID (P1707)Design & Art Australia OnlineArtists
  • Australian Artists
Information Center for Israeli Art artist ID (P1736)Information Center for Israeli ArtArtists
  • ICIA (Israel)
Global Volcanism Program ID (P1886)Global Volcanism ProgramGeographic
  • Global Volcanism Program
CCAB ID (P1890)Collective Catalog of Bibliographic Authorities of Chile [Wikidata]National
  • Chile
Australian Dictionary of Biography ID (P1907)Australian Dictionary of BiographyPeople
  • Australia
CWGC person ID (P1908)Commonwealth War Graves Commission databasePeople
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Google Scholar author ID (P1960)Google Scholar author IDAcademics
  • Google Scholar
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID (P1986)Dizionario Biografico degli ItalianiPeople
  • Italian People
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID (P2041)National Gallery of VictoriaArtists
  • Victoria
FAST ID (P2163)Faceted Application of Subject TerminologyInternational
  • FAST
Museum of Modern Art artist ID (P2174)Museum of Modern Art online collection [Wikidata]Artists
  • Museum of Modern Art
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID (P2268)Répertoire des artistes [Wikidata]Artists
  • Musée d'Orsay
Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID (P2349)The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950Artists
  • Scientific illustrators
Structurae person ID (P2418)StructuraePeople
  • Structurae
DBLP author ID (P2456)dblp computer science bibliographyAcademics
  • DBLP
NCES school ID (P2484)NCES School ID [Wikidata]Geographic
  • NCES
autores.uy ID (P2558)Autores.uyPeople
  • Uruguay
ℹ️ autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on Uruguayan authors. It was created and maintained by the Uruguayan chapter of Creative Commons. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public ___domain.
Photographers’ Identities Catalog ID (P2750)Photographers’ Identities CatalogArtists
  • Photographers' Identities
ℹ️ PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.
ARLHS lighthouse ID (P2980)ARLHS lighthouse ID [Wikidata]Geographic
  • ARLHS
Online List of Lights ID (P3223)Online List of Lights [Wikidata]Geographic
  • OLL
PhilPeople profile (P3233)PhilPapersAcademics
  • PhilPeople
World Waterfall Database ID (P3326)World Waterfall Database [Wikidata]Geographic
  • World Waterfall
National Library of Greece ID (P3348)National Library of GreeceNational
  • Greece
Auckland Art Gallery artist ID (P3372)Auckland Art Gallery online collection [Wikidata]Artists
  • Auckland
Klosterdatenbank ID (P3407)Database of MonasteriesGeographic
  • Klosterdatenbank
SNAC ARK ID (P3430)SNACOther
  • SNAC
Te Papa agent ID (P3544)Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collections OnlineOther
  • Te Papa (New Zealand)
Admiralty number (P3562)Admiralty numberGeographic
  • Admiralty: A5274
NGA lighthouse ID (P3563)NGA numberGeographic
  • NGA
MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID (P3601)MarineTraffic Lighthouse IDGeographic
  • MarineTraffic
USCG lighthouse ID (P3723)USCG Lighthouse IDGeographic
  • USCG: 1-0005
BNMM authority ID (P3788)Catálogo de autoridades BNMMNational
  • Argentina
Publons author ID (P3829)PublonsAcademics
  • Publons
Italian Navy Lighthouses and Beacons ID (P3863)Fari e SegnalamentiGeographic
  • Italy
Canadian Coastguard Lighthouse ID (P3920)Canadian Coastguard Lighthouse IDGeographic
  • CCG: A1761
ℹ️ Identifier from one of 4 volumes of List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals issued by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Vitaskrá ID (P3993)Vitaskrá [Wikidata]Geographic
  • Iceland: 184
Danish List of Lights and Fog signals ID (P4038)Dansk FyrlisteGeographic
  • Denmark: 4500
Norwegian List of Lights ID (P4055)Norwegian List of LightsGeographic
  • Norway: 000100
ADK member ID (P4114)Academy of Arts, BerlinArtists
  • ADK
Finnish List of Lights ID (P4143)Finnish List of Lights [Wikidata]Geographic
  • Finland: 7243
Australian Women's Register ID (P4186)Australian Women's RegisterPeople
  • Australian Women's Register
Portuguese lighthouse ID (P4423)Portuguese lighthouse identifier [Wikidata]Geographic
  • Portugal: 186
DAHR artist ID (P4457)Discography of American Historical RecordingsArtists
  • Discography of American Historical Recordings
EUTA person ID (P4534)EUTA person ID [Wikidata]People
  • EUTA
EUTA theatre ID (P4535)EUTA theatre ID [Wikidata]Geographic
  • EUTA theatre
Städel Museum artist ID (P4581)Städel MuseumArtists
  • Städel
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID (P4613)Encyclopedia of Modern UkraineOther
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
MR Author ID (P4955)MR Author ID [Wikidata]Academics
  • MathSciNet
National Library of Korea ID (P5034)Korean Authority FileNational
  • Korea
BRAHMS artist ID (P5226)B.R.A.H.M.S.Artists
  • BRAHMS
ℹ️ Identifier of an artist in the B.R.A.H.M.S. (Base Relationnelle d'Articles Hypertextes sur la Musique du 20e Siècle database), by the IRCAM
StadiumDB ID (P5288)StadiumDB.comGeographic
  • StadiumDB
BRAHMS work ID (P5302)B.R.A.H.M.S.Other
  • BRAHMS
ℹ️ Identifier for a musical work in the B.R.A.H.M.S. (Base Relationnelle d'Articles Hypertextes sur la Musique du 20e Siècle database) database, by the IRCAM
Museo del Prado artist ID (P5321)www.museodelprado.esArtists
  • Prado
National Gallery of Canada artist ID (P5368)National Gallery of Canada online collection [Wikidata]Artists
  • National Gallery of Canada
RISM ID (P5504)Répertoire International des Sources MusicalesOther
  • RISM
Libris-URI (P5587)LIBRISNational
  • Sweden
SELIBR ID (P906)LIBRISNational
  • Sweden
ℹ️ Authority data from the National Library of Sweden
Minor Planet Center body ID (P5736)Minor Planet Center database [Wikidata]Other
  • MPC
BGCI garden ID (P5818)Botanic Gardens Conservation InternationalGeographic
  • BGCI garden
UK Parliament ID (P6213)Parliament of the United KingdomPeople
  • UK Parliament
ℹ️ UK parliament member data
Archaeology Data Service person ID (P6734)Archaeology Data ServicePeople
  • Archaeology Data Service
Find NZ Artists ID (P6792)Find New Zealand ArtistsArtists
  • New Zealand Artists
Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID (P6804)Art Gallery of South AustraliaArtists
  • South Australia
Dictionary of Irish Biography ID (P6829)Dictionary of Irish BiographyPeople
  • Ireland
National Library of Poland MMS ID (P7293)MAKNational
  • Poland
NLP ID (P1695)National Library of PolandNational
  • Poland
Grammy Awards artist ID (P7303)Grammy Awards artist IDArtists
  • Grammy Awards
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID (P7314)TDV Islamic EncyclopediaOther
  • İslâm Ansiklopedisi
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID (P7902)Deutsche BiographiePeople
  • Deutsche Biographie
Vatican Library VcBA ID (P8034)opac.vatlib.itNational
  • Vatican
ℹ️ Vatican Library document data
National Library of Israel J9U ID (P8189)National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority FileNational
  • Israel
Emmys person ID (P8381)Emmy AwardArtists
  • Emmy Awards
Deutsche Bahn station code (P8671)Deutsche Bahn station codeOther
  • Deutsche Bahn
ℹ️ Deutsche Bahn station code, identifier for train stations and other operating points used by Deutsche Bahn
KANTO ID (P8980)KANTONational
  • Finland
Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID (P9070)Internet Encyclopedia of UkraineOther
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
LexM ID (P9692)Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-ZeitArtists
  • LexM
ℹ️ Identifier for a musician in the Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit
EBIDAT ID (P9725)EBIDATGeographic
  • EBIDAT
ℹ️ Identifier for an entry in the castles inventory database EBIDAT
CANTIC ID (P9984)Name and Title Authority File of CataloniaNational
  • Catalonia
Parliament of Australia MP ID (P10020)Template:Cite Au ParliamentPeople
  • Australian Parliament
Leopoldina member ID (new) (P10299)www.leopoldina.org [Wikidata]Academics
  • Leopoldina
FID performing arts ID (P10608)Specialised Information Service Performing Arts [Wikidata]Artists
  • FID
ℹ️ FID performing arts
WorldCat Entities ID (P10832)WorldCat EntitiesInternational
  • WorldCat
    • 2
ℹ️ WorldCat Entities for persons and works, by OCLC
KBR person ID (P11249)Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) Online Catalogue [Wikidata]National
  • Belgium
Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID (P11646)Deutsche SynchronkarteiPeople
  • Deutsche Synchronkartei
ℹ️ Online database of voice actors in film and television productions
Kulturenvanteri monument ID (P11729)Cultural Inventory [Wikidata]Other
  • Kulturenvanteri monument
ELMCIP ID (P12204)ELMCIP Knowledge Base [Wikidata]Other
  • ELMCIP
ℹ️ Identifier for an entry in the Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELNCIP) Knowledge Base
Parliament of Victoria website ID (P12362)Parliament of VictoriaPeople
  • Victorian Parliament
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID (P12754)Bildindex der Kunst und ArchitekturOther
  • Bildindex
DDB person (GND) ID (P13049)Deutsche Digitale BibliothekPeople
  • DDB
ℹ️ Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
‎Yale LUX ID (P13591)Yale LUX [Wikidata]Other
  • Yale LUX
ℹ️ Yale Cultural Heritage IT Collaboration

Additional tracking categories

This template may add the following categories:

  • Category:Pages with authority control identifiers needing attention (0) – category to track errors
    • Category:Pages using authority control with unknown parameters (0) – identifiers should be migrated to Wikidata
    • Category:Articles with faulty authority control information (0) – faulty identifiers to fix

Error reports

See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.

See also

  • Wikipedia:Authority control – editor information
  • Help:Authority control – reader help
  • Template:Taxonbar – authority control style template for taxonomic databases
  • Template:Sports links – authority control style template for sports articles
  • User:UBX/Authority control – for self-identifying as an AC user
  • Commons:Template:Authority control – template on Commons

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Authority control in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Authority control

A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
whitelistshow country

Whitelist (e.g. arts) or country code (e.g. ES) or property (e.g. P214) to show. If not specified, then every supported identifier will be displayed.

Suggested values
arts
Example
ES
Stringoptional
suppresssuppress

Comma-separated list of identifers to suppress from the template, in the form of the Wikidata property ID (e.g. P227),

Example
P227, P1986
Stringoptional
qidqid

Wikidata QID number for an article not yet connected to a Wikidata item. Once the article is connected to a Wikidata item, then this parameter will be ignored.

Example
Q49605590
Stringoptional
additionaladditional

Comma-seprated list of additional Wikidata QIDs of items to display data for. Each should be related and covered by the article. Use "auto" to automatically include members of a couple, band, etc.

Suggested values
auto
Example
Q28831543
Stringoptional
statestate

Initial state of the template

Suggested values
autocollapse expanded collapsed
Default
autocollapse
Stringoptional
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Authority control/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
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