Business Profile
VIAF provides a single, OCLC-hosted name authority service by combining multiple name authority files, aiming to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority data by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web.
Libraries and library professionals (e.g., librarians, catalogers, library IT staff) who manage or use name authority data.
Consolidates multiple name authority files into one merged, web-accessible view hosted by OCLC, with a broad network of contributing libraries.
Not disclosed
A single, web-based, OCLC-hosted service that combines multiple name authority files into one merged authority dataset to improve reliability, consistency, and accessibility of authority data.
Libraries (national, public, academic) and library networks that manage name authority information.
A unified, web-accessible authority dataset drawn from multiple libraries, reducing cost and increasing the usefulness of authority data.
Web-based service; hosted by OCLC; search interface available on VIAF pages.
Not disclosed
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