Integrated Authority File (GND)
The Integrated Authority File (GND) is a service facilitating the collaborative use and administration of authority data. These authority data represent and describe entities, i.e. persons, corporate bodies, conferences and events, geographic entities, topics and works relating to cultural and academic collections. Authority data make cataloguing easier, offer definitive search entries and forge links between different information resources.
It is operated cooperatively by the German National Library, all German-speaking library networks and the associated libraries, the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB) and numerous other institutions. Contributions to the GND are made either via the networks or in direct agreement with the German National Library.
The Common Authority File (GND) is a service for the cooperative use and management of authority data. This authority data represents and describes entities, i.e. persons, corporate bodies, conferences, geographies, subject headings and works that are related to cultural and scientific collections. Standardised data facilitates indexing, provides clear search access points and links different information resources.
The SSH Open Marketplace is maintained and will be further developed by three European Research Infrastructures - DARIAH, CLARIN and CESSDA - and their national partners. It was developed as part of the "Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud" SSHOC project, European Union's Horizon 2020 project call H2020-INFRAEOSC-04-2018, grant agreement #823782.
