BnF authorities

authority file for persons, organisations, works, topics, and geographic places, of the French National Library
Organization authority_file Q19938912
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BnF authorities was founded in July 2011[1].

BnF authorities

Summary

BnF authorities is an authority file[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (authority_file category, ranking #9 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • BnF authorities authored Bibliothèque nationale de France[3].
  • BnF authorities is in the country of France[4].
  • BnF authorities's instance of is recorded as authority file[5].
  • BnF authorities's instance of is recorded as online database[6].
  • BnF authorities's instance of is recorded as open data portal[7].
  • BnF authorities's instance of is recorded as graph database[8].
  • BnF authorities is owned by Bibliothèque nationale de France[9].
  • BnF authorities is operated by Bibliothèque nationale de France[10].
  • BnF authorities is part of Semantic Web[11].
  • BnF authorities's language of work or name is recorded as French[12].
  • BnF authorities's software engine is recorded as CubicWeb[13].
  • July 2011 marks the founding of BnF authorities[14].
  • BnF authorities began on July 2011[15].
  • BnF authorities's official website is recorded as https://data.bnf.fr/[16].
  • BnF authorities's described at URL is recorded as https://data.bnf.fr/en/opendata[17].
  • BnF authorities's used by is recorded as Virtual International Authority File[18].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'اوپن ڈیٹا پلیٹ فارم'}[19].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'платформа відкритих даних'}[20].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'платформа открытых данных'}[21].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'plateforme de données ouvertes'}[22].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'piattaforma di dati aperti'}[23].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Opendata-Plattform'}[24].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'otevřená data platforma'}[25].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'åben-data-platform'}[26].
  • BnF authorities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'տվյալների բաց շտեմարան'}[27].

Body

Founding

July 2011 marks the founding of BnF authorities[14].

Identity

BnF authorities is part of Semantic Web[11]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'BNF'}[28].

Operations

BnF authorities is operated by Bibliothèque nationale de France[10].

Ownership

BnF authorities is owned by Bibliothèque nationale de France[9].

Why It Matters

BnF authorities draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (authority_file category, ranking #9 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . data.bnf.fr. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . jlis.it. Retrieved . jlis.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . data.bnf.fr. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Lemoncheddar · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'fr', 'ja', 'pt']
    Described at url → https://data.bnf.fr/en/opendata
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://data.bnf.fr/en/opendata, Sourced metadata correction; https://github.com/SteveHedden/open-knowledge-graphs/issues/122"
  2. 22w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of triples → {'amount': '+616521409'}
    Owned by → —
    Country → France
    Software engine → CubicWeb
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1535]]: [[Q54919]], #pwb Copy label Add gebruikt door (P1535)"
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