authoritiesidentify
Authoritiesidentify is a term used in information organization to describe the process of tagging and linking a person, corporate body, or other entity to a canonical authority record. The goal is to establish a stable, machine-readable identity that remains constant even as name forms change across time and languages.
In practice, authoritiesidentify involves connecting local catalog records to external authority files such as VIAF, ORCID,
The process relies on metadata standards and technologies such as MARC, RDF, and BIBFRAME, and often uses
Benefits include improved search accuracy, interoperable metadata, and easier linking of authors to works, grants, and
Challenges include name variants, transliteration differences, pseudonyms, role distinctions (author, editor, corporate author), and updating authority