metadata
license: etalab-2.0
language:
- fr
- mul
tags:
- entity-linking
- authority-control
- bnf
- rdf
- cultural-heritage
pretty_name: BnF authorities (persons, orgs, works) for entity linking
size_categories:
- 1M<n<10M
configs:
- config_name: persons
data_files: persons/data.parquet
- config_name: orgs
data_files: orgs/data.parquet
- config_name: works
data_files: works/data.parquet
BnF authorities for entity linking
Curated authority records extracted from the data.bnf.fr RDF/XML dump (Bibliothèque nationale de France), flattened into three Parquet files for use as an entity-linking authority and cross-identifier hub.
Each record is keyed by its BnF ARK and carries cross-walk IDs to external authorities (Wikidata, VIAF, ISNI, IdRef, …), so a match to BnF also yields those identifiers.
Files
| File | Rows | Entities |
|---|---|---|
persons/data.parquet |
2,240,885 | Established person authorities (foaf:Person) |
orgs/data.parquet |
443,654 | Organisation authorities (foaf:Organization) |
works/data.parquet |
1,969,410 | Works (works + musworks + computed_works) |
Common columns (all three files)
| Column | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
id |
string | BnF ARK stem, e.g. cb144398879 (works may be temp-work/<hash>) |
uri |
string | Full URI, e.g. http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb144398879 |
source |
string | Always bnf |
type |
string | person | org | work |
preferredName |
string | Primary name / title |
aliases |
list | Alternate names / titles |
wikidata_qid |
string | Wikidata QID (e.g. Q42) |
viaf_id |
string | VIAF cluster id |
isni |
string | ISNI |
frbnf |
string | BnF legacy FRBNF number |
wikipedia_fr |
string | French Wikipedia page URL |
Type-specific columns
- persons:
description,birthYear,deathYear,birthDate,deathDate,gender,language,country,idref - orgs:
description,foundingYear,dissolutionYear,language,country,idref - works:
publicationYear,creator(list of author ARKs),language,isan(films)
Scope
- Included: established person/org authorities + works.
- Excluded: "elementary" persons (provisional stubs), editions, RAMEAU subjects, places, events.
Source & licence
Derived from the public data.bnf.fr dump. BnF open data is published under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — please confirm and attribute accordingly. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the BnF.