Template:Authority control
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Description
This metadata template links Wikipedia articles to various library (and other) catalogue systems, for biographies and other topics.
This template draws most of its values from Wikidata, but they can be overridden by locally entered data. Adding the data to Wikidata is preferable.
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, so this template should be added to all biographies, whether or not there are authority control identifiers in Wikidata already.
User pages
The template may also be placed on user pages, but then data must be entered locally.
Data types
Wikidata content is used as fallback for all identifiers.
The template validates digits for all values and shows an error if the check fails.
Wherever possible, the template also generates a link to WorldCat Identities, using VIAF or LCCN values, or manually via |WORLDCATID=.
Position
As a metadata template, the Authority control template should be placed after the external links section and navigation templates, right before the categories.
Usage
As a general guideline:
- 1: insert the empty version,
- 2: click "Show preview" to see which sources are automatically pulled from Wikidata,
- 3a: if you know of more sources, add them in the template using their named parameter,
- 3b: alternatively, consider adding those sources to the article's "Wikidata item", so that all versions of Wikipedia will automatically benefit.
In addition to the mixed-case parameter names listed on this page, the template also supports all-lowercase alias names of all parameters (except for deprecated ones).
Examples
{{Authority control |VIAF=9847974 |LCCN=n/79/091479 |ISNI=0000 0001 2120 0982 |GND=118554654 |SELIBR=206651 |SUDOC=026927608 |BNF=cb11907966z |BIBSYS=90054094 |ULAN=500032572 |HDS=011461 |MBA=c0c99c8f-4779-4c35-9497-67d60a73310a |NLA=35212404 |NDL=00443985 |NKC=jn19990003739 |Léonore=LH//1320/26 |ICCU=IT\ICCU\CFIV\000163 |RSL=000081185 |BNE=XX874892 |CINII=DA00460099 |RKDartists=40381}}
{{Authority control |VIAF=59263727 |LCCN=n/79/113947 |ISNI=0000 0000 8138 6064 |GND=119408643 |SUDOC=066924146 |BNF=13746617f |MBA=9dd93d09-24b4-41f1-a48b-ef48b07499c3 |NDL=00620343}}
{{Authority control |VIAF=66861474 |LCCN=n/87/142671 |ISNI=0000 0001 0911 2808 |GND=117421863 |SUDOC=090162897}}
Rendering
The template is split into seven sections: "General", "National libraries", "Art galleries and museums", "Art research institutes", "Biographical dictionaries", "Scientific databases", and "Other". If all identifiers are in the same section, |state= is ignored, and the template displays on one line:
Otherwise, the template displays as a navbox with a header:
Starting visibility: currently automatically selects itself to autocollapse
To set this template's starting visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:
|state=collapsed:{{Authority control|state=collapsed}}to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar|state=expanded:{{Authority control|state=expanded}}to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible|state=autocollapse:{{Authority control|state=autocollapse}}
If the |state= parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's starting visibility is taken from the |default= parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse.
Wikidata and tracking categories
The template can get its information from the following properties on Wikidata:
| Wikidata property | Identifier | Section | Appears as |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISNI (P213) | International Standard Name Identifier | International | |
| 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 ID | International | |
| ℹ️ International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) | |||
| GND ID (P227) | GND ID | National | |
| 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 Service | National | |
| ℹ️ See Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN for formatting instructions | |||
| Union List of Artist Names ID (P245) | Union List of Artist Names | Artists | |
| 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 France | National | |
| 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 France | National | |
| IdRef ID (P269) | IdRef | Other | |
| 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 ID | Academics | |
| 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) | Joconde | Other | |
| NDL Authority ID (P349) | Web NDL Authorities | National | |
| ℹ️ Authority data listed in the catalog of the national library of Japan. Search also available via VIAF. | |||
| RKDimages ID (P350) | RKDimages | Other | |
| Mérimée ID (P380) | monument historique inscrit | Geographic | |
| SBN author ID (P396) | OPAC SBN | National | |
| 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 Authorities | National | |
| 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 Index | Academics | |
| 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) | MusicBrainz | Artists | |
| ℹ️ MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. | |||
| MusicBrainz work ID (P435) | MusicBrainz work ID | Other | |
| MusicBrainz release group ID (P436) | MusicBrainz release group ID | Other | |
| Structurae structure ID (P454) | Structurae | Geographic | |
| ORCID iD (P496) | ORCID iD | Academics | |
| 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 | Academics | |
| ℹ️ Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. | |||
| RKDartists ID (P650) | RKDartists | 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 Portaal | People | |
| ℹ️ Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands. | |||
| NL CR AUT ID (P691) | Czech National Authority Database | National | |
| 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 Database | Other | |
| SIKART person ID (P781) | SIKART | Artists | |
| 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 Organizations | People | |
| ℹ️ Libraries, museums and archives, decentralized national databases. | |||
| ACM Digital Library author ID (P864) | ACM Digital Library | Academics | |
| BMLO ID (P865) | Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online | People | |
| Lexicon istoric retic ID (P886) | Lexicon istoric retic | Other | |
| ℹ️ Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh. | |||
| HDS ID (P902) | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland | Other | |
| ℹ️ Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. | |||
| RSL ID (person) (P947) | Russian State Library | National | |
| 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 file | National | |
| 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 ID | Other | |
| MusicBrainz area ID (P982) | MusicBrainz area ID | Geographic | |
| National Library of Romania ID (P1003) | National Library of Romania authority file | National | |
| MusicBrainz place ID (P1004) | MusicBrainz place ID | Geographic | |
| Portuguese National Library author ID (P1005) | OpenData BNP | National | |
| Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID (P1006) | Dutch National Thesaurus for Author Names | National | |
| BIBSYS ID (P1015) | Norwegian Authority File: Persons and Corporate Bodies | National | |
| 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 | People | |
| NCL ID (P1048) | National Central Library | National | |
| ℹ️ National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China. | |||
| ResearcherID (P1053) | ResearcherID | Academics | |
| 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 database | People | |
| ℹ️ The IAAF athlete database lists information about sport of athletics competitors. | |||
| Scopus author ID (P1153) | Scopus | Academics | |
| 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 identifier | People | |
| 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 Parliament | People | |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier (P1225) | National Archives Identifier | Other | |
| 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) | KulturNav | Artists | |
| 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) | Trove | People | |
| Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID (P1323) | Terminologia Anatomica | Other | |
| MusicBrainz instrument ID (P1330) | MusicBrainz instrument ID | Other | |
| Theaterlexikon der Schweiz ID (P1362) | Theaterlexikon der Schweiz | Other | |
| 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 Significance | National | |
| NSK (VIAF) ID (P1375) | NSK | National | |
| MusicBrainz series ID (P1407) | MusicBrainz series ID | Other | |
| zbMATH author ID (P1556) | zbMATH author ID | Academics | |
| Pleiades ID (P1584) | Pleiades | Geographic | |
| 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 Online | Artists | |
| Information Center for Israeli Art artist ID (P1736) | Information Center for Israeli Art | Artists | |
| Global Volcanism Program ID (P1886) | Global Volcanism Program | Geographic | |
| CCAB ID (P1890) | Collective Catalog of Bibliographic Authorities of Chile | National | |
| Australian Dictionary of Biography ID (P1907) | Australian Dictionary of Biography | People | |
| CWGC person ID (P1908) | Commonwealth War Graves Commission database | People | |
| Google Scholar author ID (P1960) | Google Scholar author ID | Academics | |
| Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID (P1986) | Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani | People | |
| National Gallery of Victoria artist ID (P2041) | National Gallery of Victoria | Artists | |
| FAST ID (P2163) | Faceted Application of Subject Terminology | International | |
| Museum of Modern Art artist ID (P2174) | Museum of Modern Art online collection | Artists | |
| Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID (P2268) | Répertoire des artistes | Artists | |
| Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID (P2349) | The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950 | Artists | |
| Structurae person ID (P2418) | Structurae | People | |
| DBLP author ID (P2456) | dblp computer science bibliography | Academics | |
| NCES school ID (P2484) | NCES School ID | Geographic | |
| autores.uy ID (P2558) | Autores.uy | People | |
| 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 Catalog | Artists | |
| ℹ️ PIC is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library. | |||
| ARLHS lighthouse ID (P2980) | ARLHS lighthouse ID | Geographic | |
| Online List of Lights ID (P3223) | Online List of Lights | Geographic | |
| PhilPeople profile (P3233) | PhilPapers | Academics | |
| World Waterfall Database ID (P3326) | World Waterfall Database | Geographic | |
| National Library of Greece ID (P3348) | National Library of Greece | National | |
| Auckland Art Gallery artist ID (P3372) | Auckland Art Gallery online collection | Artists | |
| Klosterdatenbank ID (P3407) | Database of Monasteries | Geographic | |
| SNAC ARK ID (P3430) | SNAC | Other | |
| Te Papa agent ID (P3544) | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collections Online | Other | |
| Admiralty number (P3562) | Admiralty number | Geographic |
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| NGA lighthouse ID (P3563) | NGA number | Geographic | |
| MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID (P3601) | MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID | Geographic | |
| USCG lighthouse ID (P3723) | USCG Lighthouse ID | Geographic | |
| BNMM authority ID (P3788) | Catálogo de autoridades BNMM | National | |
| Publons author ID (P3829) | Publons | Academics | |
| Italian Navy Lighthouses and Beacons ID (P3863) | Fari e Segnalamenti | Geographic | |
| Canadian Coastguard Lighthouse ID (P3920) | Canadian Coastguard Lighthouse ID | Geographic | |
| 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 | Geographic |
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| Danish List of Lights and Fog signals ID (P4038) | Dansk Fyrliste | Geographic |
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| Norwegian List of Lights ID (P4055) | Norwegian List of Lights | Geographic |
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| ADK member ID (P4114) | Artists | ||
| Finnish List of Lights ID (P4143) | Finnish List of Lights | Geographic |
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| Australian Women's Register ID (P4186) | Australian Women's Register | People | |
| Portuguese lighthouse ID (P4423) | Portuguese lighthouse identifier | Geographic |
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| DAHR artist ID (P4457) | Discography of American Historical Recordings | Artists | |
| EUTA person ID (P4534) | EUTA person ID | People | |
| EUTA theatre ID (P4535) | EUTA theatre ID | Geographic | |
| Städel Museum artist ID (P4581) | Städel Museum | Artists | |
| Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID (P4613) | Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine | Other | |
| MR Author ID (P4955) | MR Author ID | Academics | |
| National Library of Korea ID (P5034) | National Library of Korea | National | |
| BRAHMS artist ID (P5226) | B.R.A.H.M.S. | Artists | |
| 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.com | Geographic | |
| BRAHMS work ID (P5302) | B.R.A.H.M.S. | Other | |
| 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.es | Artists | |
| National Gallery of Canada artist ID (P5368) | National Gallery of Canada online collection | Artists | |
| RISM ID (P5504) | Répertoire International des Sources Musicales | Other | |
| Libris-URI (P5587) | LIBRIS | National | |
| SELIBR ID (P906) | LIBRIS | National | |
| ℹ️ Authority data from the National Library of Sweden | |||
| Minor Planet Center body ID (P5736) | Minor Planet Center database | Other | |
| BGCI garden ID (P5818) | Botanic Gardens Conservation International | Geographic | |
| UK Parliament ID (P6213) | Parliament of the United Kingdom | People | |
| ℹ️ UK parliament member data | |||
| Archaeology Data Service person ID (P6734) | Archaeology Data Service | People | |
| Find NZ Artists ID (P6792) | Find New Zealand Artists | Artists | |
| Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID (P6804) | AGSA online catalogue | Artists | |
| Dictionary of Irish Biography ID (P6829) | Dictionary of Irish Biography | People | |
| National Library of Poland MMS ID (P7293) | MAK | National | |
| NLP ID (P1695) | National Library of Poland | National | |
| Grammy Awards artist ID (P7303) | Grammy Awards artist ID | Artists | |
| TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID (P7314) | TDV Islamic Encyclopedia | Other | |
| Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID (P7902) | Deutsche Biographie | People | |
| Vatican Library VcBA ID (P8034) | opac.vatlib.it | National | |
| ℹ️ Vatican Library document data | |||
| National Library of Israel J9U ID (P8189) | National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File | National | |
| Emmys person ID (P8381) | Emmy Award | Artists | |
| Deutsche Bahn station code (P8671) | Deutsche Bahn station code | Other | |
| ℹ️ Deutsche Bahn station code, identifier for train stations and other operating points used by Deutsche Bahn | |||
| KANTO ID (P8980) | KANTO | National | |
| Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID (P9070) | Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine | Other | |
| LexM ID (P9692) | Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit | Artists | |
| ℹ️ Identifier for a musician in the Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit | |||
| EBIDAT ID (P9725) | EBIDAT | Geographic | |
| ℹ️ Identifier for an entry in the castles inventory database EBIDAT | |||
| CANTIC ID (P9984) | CANTIC ID | National | |
| Parliament of Australia MP ID (P10020) | Template:Cite Au Parliament | People | |
| Leopoldina member ID (new) (P10299) | www.leopoldina.org | Academics | |
| FID performing arts ID (P10608) | Specialised Information Service Performing Arts | Artists | |
| ℹ️ FID performing arts | |||
| WorldCat Entities ID (P10832) | WorldCat Entities | International | |
| ℹ️ WorldCat Entities for persons and works, by OCLC | |||
| KBR person ID (P11249) | Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) Online Catalogue | National | |
| Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID (P11646) | Deutsche Synchronkartei | People | |
| ℹ️ Online database of voice actors in film and television productions | |||
| Kulturenvanteri monument ID (P11729) | Cultural Inventory | Other | |
| ELMCIP ID (P12204) | ELMCIP Knowledge Base | Other | |
| 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 Victoria | People | |
| Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID (P12754) | Marburg Picture Index | Other | |
| DDB person (GND) ID (P13049) | Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek | People | |
| ℹ️ Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek | |||
| Yale LUX ID (P13591) | Yale LUX | Other | |
| ℹ️ Yale Cultural Heritage IT Collaboration | |||
Additional tracking categories
This template may add the following categories:
- Category:Pages with red-linked authority control categories (0) – error category to identify missing categories
- Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (0) – fix/migrate/remove deprecated IDs
- Category:Articles with suppressed authority control identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
- Category:Articles with multiple identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
- Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (0) – migrate IDs to Wikidata if possible (no error)
- Category:Pages using authority control with parameters different on Wikidata (0) – determine/remove incorrect IDs & migrate to Wikidata
- Category:Pages using authority control with parameters all matching Wikidata (0) – template parameters may safely be removed
Error reports
See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles.
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.
See also
- Wikipedia:Authority control – editor information
- Help:Authority control – reader help
- Template:Authority control (arts) – Art-only version
- Template:Taxonbar – authority control style template for taxonomic databases
- Template:Infobox book – supporting some library classification systems
- Template:Wikidata entity link
- Template:German National Library portal
- User:UBX/Authority control – for self-identifying as an AC user
- For more information:
- de:Wikipedia:Normdaten (in German)
- de:Hilfe:GND (in German)
- Commons:Template:Authority control
- m:Interwiki map – definition of global custom interwiki prefixes
TemplateData
TemplateData for Authority control
A template to link Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIAF | VIAF viaf | International authority data from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
| Number | optional |
| LCCN | LCCN lccn | Library of Congress Control Number. See [[Wikipedia:Authority control#LCCN]] for formatting instructions.
| String | optional |
| ISNI | ISNI isni | International Standard Name Identifier is a method for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, TV programmes, and newspaper articles.
| String | optional |
| ORCID | ORCID orcid | Authority data on researchers, academics, etc. The ID range has been defined as a subset of the forthcoming ISNI range.
| String | optional |
| GND | GND gnd GKD PND SWD | Authority data on people, corporations and subjects from the German National Library.
| String | optional |
| SELIBR | SELIBR selibr | Authority data from the National Library of Sweden.
| String | optional |
| SUDOC | SUDOC sudoc | Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the University Documentation System of France.
| String | optional |
| BNF | BNF bnf | Authority data of people listed in the general catalogue of the National Library of France.
| String | optional |
| BPN | BPN bpn | Dutch project with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, including former colonies of the Netherlands.
| Number | optional |
| RID | RID rid | 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.
| String | optional |
| BIBSYS | BIBSYS bibsys | 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.
| String | optional |
| ULAN | ULAN ulan | ULAN is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists.
| String | optional |
| HDS | HDS hds | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland.
| Number | optional |
| LIR | LIR lir | Historical Dictionary of Switzerland: Lexicon Istoric Retic (LIR) is a two volume version with a selection of articles published in Romansh.
| Number | optional |
| MBA | MBA mba | MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
| String | optional |
| MGP | MGP mgp | Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians.
| Number | optional |
| NLA | NLA nla | Authority control number issued by the National Library of Australia.
| String | optional |
| NDL | NDL ndl | Authority control number issued by the National Diet Library (National Library of Japan).
| Number | optional |
| NCL | NCL ncl | National Central Library is the national library of Taiwan, Republic of China.
| Number | optional |
| NKC | NKC nkc | National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic.
| String | optional |
| Léonore | Léonore léonore | Léonore database (Base Léonore) is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.
| String | optional |
| ICCU | ICCU iccu | 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 (SBN: Servizio bibliotecario nazionale).
| String | optional |
| RSL | RSL rsl | Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека) is the national library of Russia.
| Number | optional |
| Botanist | Botanist botanist | 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).
| String | optional |
| NARA | NARA nara NARA-person NARA-organization | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
| Number | optional |
| NARA-person | NARA-person | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
| Number | deprecated |
| NARA-organization | NARA-organization | National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records.
| Number | deprecated |
| USCongress | USCongress uscongress | 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.
| String | optional |
| BNE | BNE bne | National Library of Spain (BNE: Biblioteca Nacional de España) is a major public library, the largest in Spain.
| String | optional |
| CINII | CINII cinii | CiNii is a bibliographic database service for material in Japanese academic libraries. It is maintained by the [[National Institute of Informatics]].
| String | optional |
| TLS | TLS tls | 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.
| String | optional |
| SIKART | SIKART sikart | 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).
| Number | optional |
| KULTURNAV | KULTURNAV kulturnav | 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]].
| String | optional |
| RKDartists | RKDartists rkdartists | RKDartists is an online database using a controlled vocabulary currently containing around 200,000+ names and other information about artists
| Number | optional |
| autores.uy | autores.uy | autores.uy is an author's database, that focus on uruguayan authors. It also provides access to digitized works of the authors in public domain.
| Number | optional |
| PIC | PIC pic | Photographers' Identities Catalog (PIC) is a photographer's database. It is maintained by the New York Public Library.
| Number | optional |
| ACM-DL | ACM-DL acm-dl | Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library (ACM DL) author identifier.
| Number | optional |
| BALaT | BALaT balat | Identifier for images in the Photo Library database of BALaT (Belgian Art Links & Tools), maintained by KIK-IRPA, Belgium's Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage.
| Number | optional |
| Bildindex | Bildindex bildindex | Picture index of art and architecture.
| Number | optional |
| DBLP | DBLP dblp | Identifier for person entries in the DBLP (Digital Bibliography & Library Project) computer science bibliography.
| Number | optional |
| IAAF | IAAF iaaf | Identifier for athletes in International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) database and website.
| String | optional |
| Joconde | Joconde joconde | Identifier in the Joconde database of the French Ministry of Culture.
| String | optional |
| LNB | LNB lnb | Identifier assigned by the National Library of Latvia.
| Number | optional |
| NSK | NSK nsk | Identifier for an item in the National and University Library in Zagreb (including leading zeroes).
| Number | optional |
| RKDID | RKDID rkdid | Identifier per RKDimages of the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
| Number | optional |
| SNAC-ID | SNAC-ID snac-id | Identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system.
| String | optional |
| NLB | NLB ID nlb | Identifier of a person, organisation or place from the name authorities of National Library Board.
| String | optional |
| UKPARL | UKPARL urparl | UK Parliament member ID
| String | optional |
| KANTO | KANTO ID finaf Asteri | Finnish national agent database ID
| String | optional |
| VcBA | VcBA vcba | Vatican Library ID
| String | optional |
| state | state | Initial state of the template
| Unknown | suggested |