Common Standard File, GND Entity Work

The Common Norm File (GND) is a standard file for persons, entities, conferences, geographics, keywords and titles of work, which is primarily used for cataloguing literature in libraries, but is also increasingly used by archives, museums, projects and web applications. It is managed jointly by the German National Library, all German-speaking library associations with the associated libraries, the journal database (ZDB) and numerous other institutions. The section “Work” includes collections, written monuments, provenance features and titles of literary and musical works.