id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4142 Virtual International Authority File - Wikipedia .html text/html 2114 389 50 The VIAF concept was introduced at the 2003 World Library and Information Congress, hosted by the International Federation of Library Associations.[3] The project was initiated by the US Library of Congress (LC), the German National Library (DNB) and the OCLC on 6 August 2003.[4][5] The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) joined the project on 5 October 2007. A VIAF record receives a standard data number, contains the primary "see" and "see also" records from the original records, and refers to the original authority records. United States National Agricultural Library "Virtual International Authority File service transitions to OCLC; contributing institutions continue to shape direction through VIAF Council" (Press release). ISO 15511: International Standard Identifier for Libraries... Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Articles containing Arabic-language text Articles containing French-language text Articles containing Dutch-language text Articles containing Danish-language text Articles containing German-language text Articles containing Hebrew-language text Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles containing Afrikaans-language text ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4142.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4142.txt