On 25/05/11 02:36, Lovins, Daniel 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

Excellent!

The page history indicates that it's an import from the German language 
wikipedia, thus the good support for German Persons, Corporations and 
Subjects.

I suspect that the template would get more widely used if it were 
discussed at 
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM_getting_started 
(recently renamed from 
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_the_cultural_sector 
) which is a canonical starting-point for libraries people.

The structure of the template is interesting.

Due to the way wikipedia works, the barriers to adding something to a 
page (in this case, a template) are much lower than adding a new page. 
So adding a new authority to the page should be relatively easy, 
providing it works in the same way as the other authorities already there.

cheers
stuart
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Stuart Yeates
Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/