NAME

Catmandu::VIAF - Retrieve items from the VIAF authority file

SYNOPSIS

# From the command line
$ catmandu export VIAF --id 102333412 to YAML
---
dcterms:identifier: '102333412'
guid: http://viaf.org/viaf/102333412
schema:birthDate: 1775-12-16
schema:deathDate: 1817-07-18
schema:description: English novelist
skos:prefLabel: Jane Austen
...

# From a Catmandu Fix
lookup_in_store(authortName, VIAF, lang:'nl-NL', fallback_lang:'en-US')

# Perform a direct match between a name and a mainHeadingEl from VIAF
viaf_match(authorName, -lang:'nl-NL', -fallback_lang:'en-US')

# Perform a search for a name in VIAF
viaf_search(authorName, -lang:'nl-NL', -fallback_lang:'en-US')

MODULES

AUTHORS

Matthias Vandermaesen <matthias.vandermaesen@vlaamsekunstcollectie.be> Pieter De Praetere <pieter@packed.be>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by PACKED, vzw, Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, vzw.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007.

SEE ALSO

Catmandu Catmandu::Store::VIAF Catmandu::Fix::viaf_search Catmandu::Fix::viaf_match