A sub-registry of the Library of Congress Linked Data Service

Prefix
loc.authority
Keywords
registry
Links
Homepage Request Discussion Part of loc
Identifier Standards
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
Missing LUI pattern
Example Local Unique Identifier
subjects   Resolve
Example CURIE
loc.authority:subjects
Contacts
Contact
Missing Contact
Contributor
creator Charles Tapley Hoyt   ORCiD logo 0000-0003-4423-4370   cthoyt
Mappings to External Registries

Mappings from records in Semantic Farm to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 1 mapping to an external registry.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
Wikidata (E) Wikidata Entity logo wikidata.entity Q13219454
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier subjects is used to demonstrate the providers available for Library of Congress Authorities. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Provider Name Provider Code URI
Library of Congress Authorities loc.authority https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/loc.authority:subjects