GND ID (Integrated Authority File of the German National Library)

ID gnd_id

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Identifier of a record in the Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND), the authority file for persons, corporate bodies, places, subjects and works kept by the German National Library and library networks in German-speaking countries. In 2012 it replaced the separate name (PND), corporate body (GKD) and subject heading (SWD) authority files. GND IDs come in several formats; the last character is a check character, a digit or X, and in some formats a hyphen precedes it.

Categories: Objects identifiers
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Bioregistry: gnd
Wikidata: P227
Quality: 85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^(?:1[01234]?\d{7}[0-9X]|[47]\d{6}-\d|[1-9]\d{0,7}-[0-9X]|3\d{7}[0-9X])$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
4079154-3	Subject heading: universe
4010921-5	Geographic name: Dakar
1231643-X	Corporate body: Slovenian Red Cross
4132700-7	Subject heading: member of parliament
7505698-7	Tomb of the Scipios
4079154 invalid	The check character is missing

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Authority_File
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinsame_K%C3%B6rperschaftsdatei
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personennamendatei
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlagwortnormdatei
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227

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