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The Library of Congress Name Authority File

Look! I am in the The Library of Congress Name Authority File (NAF) file! How cool is that.

So the LCNAF is “The Library of Congress Name Authority File (NAF) file provides authoritative data for names of persons, organizations, events, places, and titles. Its purpose is the identification of these entities and, through the use of such controlled vocabulary, to provide uniform access to bibliographic resources. Names descriptions also provide access to a controlled form of name through references from unused forms” (https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html).

Yes, this is totally a geeky librarian kind of thing.

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014037445