Karen,

The URIs you gave get me to webpages *about* the Declaration of
Independence. I'm sure it's just a copy/paste mistake, but in this context
you want the exact right URIs of course. And by "better" I guess you meant
"probably more widely used" and "probably longer lasting"? :)

LOC URI for the DoI (the work) is without .html:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029194


VIAF URI for the DoI is without trailing /:
http://viaf.org/viaf/179420344

Ben
http://companjen.name/id/BC <- me
http://companjen.name/id/BC.html <- about me


On 05-11-13 19:03, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Eric, I found an even better URI for you for the Declaration of
>Independence:
>
>http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029194.html
>
>Now that could be seen as being representative of the name chosen by the
>LC Name Authority, but the related VIAF record, as per the VIAF
>definition of itself, represents the real world thing itself. That URI is:
>
>http://viaf.org/viaf/179420344/
>
>I noticed that this VIAF URI isn't linked from the Wikipedia page, so I
>will add that.
>
>kc