The or PND (translated as ''Name Authority File'') is an
authority file
In information science, authority control is a process that organizes information, for example in library catalogs, by using a single, distinct spelling of a name (heading) or a numeric identifier for each topic. The word ''authority'' in ''au ...
of people, which served primarily to access literature in libraries. The PND has been built up between 1995 and 1998 and was published by the
German National Library
The German National Library (DNB; german: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to colle ...
(DNB) until 2012. For each person there is a record with his or her name, birth and occupation connected with a unique identifier, the PND number.
The PND comprises more than two million entries and is comparable with the
Library of Congress Name Authority File
The LC Linked Data Service is an initiative of the Library of Congress that publishes authority data as linked data.
It is commonly referred to by its URI: id.loc.gov.
The first offering of the LC Linked Data Service was the Library of Congress ...
(LCNAF). Since April 2012 the PND (which have since been discontinued) is part of the ' (GND) (aka ''Integrated Authority File'').
For the exchange of name records, there is a separate machine exchange format for libraries called
MAB-PND.
See also
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...
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External links
Information pages of the DNBabout the PND (Wayback Machine)
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1995 establishments in Germany
2012 disestablishments in Germany
Library cataloging and classification
Identifiers