Name Authority File
E1359
authority control file
bibliographic authority data set
controlled vocabulary
library cataloging tool
The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Name Authority File canonical | 2 |
| BNF authority file | 1 |
| LC/NACO Authority File | 1 |
| Name Authority Cooperative Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10902 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Name Authority File Context triple: [Library of Congress, hasIdentifierSystem, Name Authority File]
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A.
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.
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B.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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C.
NLS
NLS (oN-Line System) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative editing.
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D.
Lynn
Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
NMTI
NMTI is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to technological innovation and advancement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Name Authority File Target entity description: The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
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A.
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.
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B.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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C.
NLS
NLS (oN-Line System) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative editing.
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D.
Lynn
Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
NMTI
NMTI is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to technological innovation and advancement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
authority control file
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bibliographic authority data set ⓘ controlled vocabulary ⓘ library cataloging tool ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
corporate bodies
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families ⓘ geographic names ⓘ persons ⓘ subjects ⓘ works ⓘ |
| followsStandard |
authority data standards
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cataloging rules ⓘ |
| goal |
enable interoperability between catalogs
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ensure consistent cataloging ⓘ improve search precision ⓘ support data sharing ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
authorized access points
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classification codes ⓘ links to bibliographic records ⓘ scope notes ⓘ see references ⓘ see-also references ⓘ unique identifiers ⓘ variant names ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
bibliographic agencies
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consortia of institutions ⓘ libraries ⓘ national libraries ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
authority record
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bibliographic record ⓘ controlled access point ⓘ name heading ⓘ subject authority file ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
MARC standards
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surface form:
MARC authority format
RDA cataloging rules ⓘ linked data formats ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authority control
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cataloging consistency ⓘ disambiguating similar names ⓘ improving information retrieval ⓘ linking bibliographic records ⓘ standardizing conference names ⓘ standardizing corporate names ⓘ standardizing personal names ⓘ standardizing subject headings ⓘ standardizing uniform titles ⓘ |
| usedIn |
archival information systems
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integrated library systems ⓘ library catalogs ⓘ museum information systems ⓘ national bibliographies ⓘ union catalogs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Name Authority File Description of subject: The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
LC/NACO Authority File
this entity surface form:
Name Authority Cooperative Program
this entity surface form:
BNF authority file