Wikidata has lots of authority control info and crosswalks many, primarily
based on en.wiki edits. See the list at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Authority_control /
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Authority_control

Wikidata can be queried of batch downloaded.

cheers
stuart

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On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 3:57 AM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > ...
> > My questions are:
> >
> >   * What remote authority databases are available programmatically? I
> > already know of one from the Library of Congress, VIAF, and probably
> > WorldCat Identities. Does ISNI support some sort of API, and if so, where
> > is some documentation?
> >
>
> Depends on what you have in mind. For databases similar to your example, I
> believe ORCID has an API. GNIS, ULAN, CONA, and TGN might be interesting to
> you, but there are tons more, particularly if you add subject authorities
> (e.g. AAT, MeSH). The Getty stuff is all available as LoD.
>
>   * I believe the Library Of Congress, VIAF, and probably WorldCat
> > Identities all support linked data. Does ISNI, and if so, then how is it
> > implemented and can you point me to documentation?
> >
> >   * When it comes to updating the local (MARC) authority records, how do
> > you suggest the updates happen? More specifically, what types of values
> do
> > you suggest I insert into what specific (MARC) fields/subfields? Some
> > people advocate $0 of 1xx, 6xx, and 7xx fields. Other people suggest 024
> > subfields 2 and a. Inquiring minds would like to know.
> >
>
> Implementation would be specific to your system and those you wish to
> interact with. The MARC record is used to represent/transmit data, but it
> doesn't actually exist in the sense that systems use it internally as is.
>
> Having said that, I think the logical place to put control numbers from
> different schema is in 024 because that field allows you to differentiate
> the source so it doesn't matter if control numbers overlap
>
> kyle
>