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['VIAF and the linked data ecosystem', 'VIAF and the linked data ecosystem']
This article reviews the founding, current state, and potential future of VIAF, the Virtual International Authority File. VIAF consists of an aggregation of bibliographic and authority data from over 50 national agencies and infrastructures, systems that follow different cataloging practices and contain hundreds of languages.
Nathan Putnam
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Parsing and Matching Dates in VIAF
The Virtual International Authority File (OCLC Online Computer Library Center 2013) http://viaf.org is built from dozens of authority files with tens of millions of names in more than 150 million authority and bibliographic records expressed in multiple ...
Jenny A. Toves, Thomas B. Hickey
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This paper aims at studying The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) in terms of its origins, objectives and projects which facilitate the Authority Control all over the world, will also view the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI), one
Rana Kamal
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A Novel Hadoop Security Model for Addressing Malicious Collusive Workers. [PDF]
With the daily increase of data production and collection, Hadoop is a platform for processing big data on a distributed system. A master node globally manages running jobs, whereas worker nodes process partitions of the data locally. Hadoop uses MapReduce as an effective computing model.
Sauber AM +3 more
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Modulation of Biofunctional and Structural Properties in Stevia-Sweetened Ice Cream by Lactic Fermentation. [PDF]
This study investigated the viability of probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis and Lactobacillus gasseri in a dietetic ice cream matrix. Overall, the findings suggest that the stevia‐sweetened cocoa ice cream matrix can serve as a promising synbiotic frozen carrier for maintaining probiotic viability, while retaining acceptable functional ...
Ozcan T +4 more
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An automatic data quality approach to assess semantic data from cultural heritage institutions
Abstract In recent years, cultural heritage institutions have been exploring the benefits of applying Linked Open Data to their catalogs and digital materials. Innovative and creative methods have emerged to publish and reuse digital contents to promote computational access, such as the concepts of Labs and Collections as Data.
Gustavo Candela
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This paper aims to investigate the reciprocal relationship between VIAF® and Wikidata and their possible roles in the semantic web environment. It deals with their data, their approach, their domain, and their stakeholders, with particular attention to identification as a fundamental goal of Universal Bibliographic Control.
Carlo Bianchini +2 more
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ORCID growth and field‐wise dynamics of adoption: A case study of the Toulouse scientific area
Abstract Research‐focused information systems harvest and promote the scientific output of researchers. Disambiguating author identities is key when disentangling homonyms to avoid merging several persons' records. ORCID offers an identifier to link one's identity, affiliations and bibliography.
Marie‐Dominique Heusse +1 more
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Harmonizing and publishing heterogeneous premodern manuscript metadata as Linked Open Data
Abstract Manuscripts are a crucial form of evidence for research into all aspects of premodern European history and culture, and there are numerous databases devoted to describing them in detail. This descriptive information, however, is typically available only in separate data silos based on incompatible data models and user interfaces.
Mikko Koho +15 more
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Measuring Human Capital: from WorldCat Identities to VIAF
This note is a summary of how we can measure scholars’ human capital after the retirement of theWorldCat Identities project on March 23, 2023. WorldCat Identities was previously providing us measures of scholars’ output and recognition.
Curtis, Matthew, De la Croix, David
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