bibliographic authority data set

C1037
concept

A bibliographic authority data set is a structured collection of standardized records that uniquely identify and describe entities (such as persons, organizations, works, and subjects) used to control and link names and headings in bibliographic and library catalogs.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
subject heading system 4
BNF authority record 1
authoritative data source 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: bibliographic authority data set
Generated description
A bibliographic authority data set is a structured collection of standardized records that uniquely identify and describe entities (such as persons, organizations, works, and subjects) used to control and link names and headings in bibliographic and library catalogs.

Instances (11)

Instance Via concept surface
MasterSource authoritative data source
Library of Congress authority record authority record
Name Authority File
FRBNF11864601 BNF authority record
MeSH subject heading system
Medical Subject Headings subject heading system
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus subject heading system
GND authority control system
MADS (Metadata Authority Description Schema)
surface form: MADS
authority data schema
Library of Congress Subject Headings subject heading system
VIAF authority control service