Template:Authority control/doc

See Authority control for more information.

Description
This metadata template links Wikipedia articles to various library catalogue systems (see authority control). At the moment, it is used almost exclusively in biographical articles.

The supported authority files include:
 * 1) Personennamendatei (PND)
 * 2) Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)
 * 3) Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
 * 4) SELIBR by the National Library of Sweden
 * 5) Gemeinsame Körperschaftsdatei (GKD)
 * 6) Schlagwortnormdatei (SWD)

Usage
The following data sources are accepted:

Example
  (for Alexander Graham Bell) produces