What is Integrated Authority File?
The '''Integrated Authority File''' ({{lang-de|Gemeinsame Normdatei}}) or '''GND''' is an international [[authority file]]. It is used by [[Librarian|librarians]] for the organisation of personal names, subject headings and corporate bodies. It is used mainly for [[documentation]] in [[library|libraries]] and increasingly also by [[archive]]s and [[museum]]s. The GND is managed by the [[German National Library]] in cooperation with various library networks in German-speaking Europe and other partners. The GND falls under the [[CC0|Creative Commons Zero]] (CC0) license.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnb.de/EN/Standardisierung/GND/gnd.html |title=Integrated Authority File (GND) |author=Brigitte Wiechmann |date=10 June 2014 |website= |publisher=Deutsch Nationalbibliothek |accessdate=9 August 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115920/http://www.dnb.de/EN/Standardisierung/GND/gnd.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Gemeinsame Normdatei 2012 Opera.png|thumb|GND screenshot]] == Predecessors == The Integrated Authority File became operational in April 2012 and integrates the content of the following authority files which have since been discontinued: * Name Authority File (German: ''Personennamendatei''; PND) * Corporate Bodies Authority File (German: ''Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei''; GKD) * Subject Headings Authority File (German: ''Schlagwortnormdatei''; SWD) * Uniform Title File of the Deutsches Musikarchiv (German: ''Einheitssachtitel-Datei des Deutschen Musikarchivs''; DMA-EST) At the time of its introduction (“GND-Grundbestand” from 5 April 2012), the GND holds 9,493,860 files, including 2,650,000 personalized names. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikidata property|P227|GND identifiers}} * [http://swb.bsz-bw.de/DB=2.104/SET=4/TTL=1/LNG=EN/START_WELCOME?retrace=0 Search via OGND] (Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg) {{Authority control}} [[Category:2012 establishments]] [[Category:Websites established in the 2010s]] [[Category:Dat