| --- |
| 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<string> | 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. |
|
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