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Integrated Authority File

German National Library authority file for personal names, subject headings and corporate bodies
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Integrated Authority File
DNB/Kolja21 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Integrated Authority File is an authority file[1]. It draws 4,304 Wikipedia views per month (authority file category, ranking #4 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: German National Library[3], Berlin State Library[4], Bavarian State Library[5], Austrian National Library[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Instance of: thesaurus[8], data set[9]
  • Main regulatory text: Q140373792[10]
  • Founder: German National Library[11], Berlin State Library[12], Bavarian State Library[13], Austrian National Library[14]
  • Operator: German National Library[15]
  • Copyright license: Creative Commons CC0 License[16]
  • Commons category: GND[17]
  • Language of work or name: German[18]
  • Inception: April 19, 2012[19], 2012[20]
  • Official website: https://gnd.network/[21], https://www.dnb.de/gnd[22], https://www.dnb.de/EN/Professionell/Standardisierung/GND/gnd_node.html[23]
  • Email address: mailto:gnd-info@dnb.de[24]
  • Described at URL: https://www.verwaltungsdaten-informationsplattform.de/register/145[25], https://www.evifa.de/de/ueber-uns/fid-projekte/gemeinsame-normendatei-gnd[26]
  • Described by source: Q140373792[27]
  • Replaces: Name Authority File[28], Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei[29], Schlagwortnormdatei[30], Einheitssachtitel-Datei des Deutschen Musikarchivs[31]
  • Topic has template: Template:GND[32]
  • Collection or exhibition size: 10,233,340 item[33], 11,060,638 item[34], 11,269,767 item[35], 13,604,012 item[36], 14,671,728 item[37], 15,208,093 item[38], 15,512,769 item[39], 8,630,754 item[40], 8,827,735 item[41], 9,132,445 item[42], 9,409,221 item[43], 9,679,131 item[44], 9,202,257 item[45], 599,710 item[46]
  • Title: Gemeinsame Normdatei[47]
  • Used by: Virtual International Authority File[48]
  • Has characteristic: tertiary source[49], quaternary reference[50]
  • Related Wikidata property: P227[51]
  • Short name: GND[52]
  • Different from: GND[53]
  • Uses: trauer-anzeigen.de[54]
  • Dataset distribution: lobid-gnd[55]

Why It Matters

Integrated Authority File has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Related Entities

Bojan Krkić Germany Ľudmila Gregušová public domain

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . dnb.de. Retrieved . dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . dnb.de. Retrieved . dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . d-nb.info. d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . d-nb.info. d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Q88401021. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Q88401021. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . data.dnb.de. Retrieved . data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . data.dnb.de. Retrieved . data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . data.dnb.de. data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . data.dnb.de. Retrieved . data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . data.dnb.de. Retrieved . data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . data.dnb.de. Retrieved . data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . data.dnb.de. Retrieved . data.dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Authority control
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Authority control"
  2. 7d ago · Kolja21 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bartoc id → 430, 698
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bs
    Main regulatory text → Q140373792
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||0 */ Changing order of values for [[Property:P2689|P2689]]"
  3. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Q140373792
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Q140373792"
  4. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Language of work or name → German
    Uses → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Sparql endpoint url: https://sparql.dnb.de/"
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