ISNI and VIAF – Transforming ways of trustfully consolidating identities

This article presents ISNI and VIAF as major initiatives leveraging the library Authority control. They are significantly changing the international landscape of bibliographic control addressing the challenge of reliably identifying people in the rapidly emerging global knowledge network. Both systems are built on the principles of UBC. Further, they are revitalising these principles by promoting a global economy in which the library authority data are playing a leading role in the Linked Data chain. The article presents ISNI and VIAF in complementary relation with one another and invites libraries worldwide to become full players in both initiatives.

本文介绍了两大依托图书馆权威控制（Library Authority Control）的核心倡议：国际标准名称标识符（International Standard Name Identifier，ISNI）与虚拟国际权威文件（Virtual International Authority File，VIAF）。二者正深刻重塑国际书目控制的整体格局，有效应对了快速兴起的全球知识网络中可靠识别人物实体的核心挑战。两大系统均基于UBC（通用书目控制，Universal Bibliographic Control）原则构建，并通过推动构建以图书馆权威数据在关联数据（Linked Data）链条中占据主导地位的全球体系，为这些原则注入了全新活力。本文阐述了ISNI与VIAF二者互为补充的协作关系，并呼吁全球图书馆积极参与这两项倡议，成为其完整参与者。