VIAF
Service that links the name authority files of national libraries and merges records for the same person or organization into one cluster. Begun in 1998 by the Library of Congress, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and OCLC; it now draws on more than 50 organizations in over 30 countries.
Part of the thread From catalogue card to web data proposes
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Library of Congress
organization
1800
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With the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and OCLC, from a 1998 proof of concept.
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OCLC
organization
1967
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With the Library of Congress and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, from a 1998 proof of concept.