Very cool!  Thanks!

Ralph

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Lovins, Daniel <[log in to unmask]>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
>
> / Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Ralph LeVan
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:23 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] wikipedia/author disambiguation
>
> >
> > Are there any guidelines us wikipedians should be using to increase the
> > likelihood of matches? I'm thinking in particular of the representation
> of
> > uncertain dates.
> >
>
> The first step in the process is identifying entries for people.  The
> presence of a Persondata block in the article is very helpful.
>
> An unambiguous way to encode titles would help.  Apparently there are
> markup
> rules for titles, but they are much abused by editors using them to
> emphasize text in articles and are unreliable to the point of being
> ignored.
>
> Dates is not a big deal.  Wikipedia records are full of dates and we cope
> with fuzziness in dates reasonably well.
>
>
> > Are there perhaps 'ground truth' URLs such as links into identities /
> VIAF
> > which we can use? If so, what is the exact form of those URLs?
> >
>
> There is a template for entering WorldCat Identities URLs.  I don't believe
> there is one yet for VIAF.
>
> We've been working for a couple of years now on getting permission to put
> Identities and VIAF links into Wikipedia records.  As it happens, several
> of
> us in Research are meeting again on Thursday to discuss this.  Apparently
> there has been some sort of movement on that topic.  Any help you can
> provide would be appreciated!
>
> Ralph
>