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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 -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky 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 >