Catmandu::VIAF(3pm)

💖 Catmandu::VIAF 💖

okay bestie, so this is Catmandu::VIAF — it's the module that goes and gets you stuff from the VIAF authority file. That's the Virtual International Authority File, the whole big-deal name-authority situation. You want items? It retrieves items. It's giving authority file fairy godmother. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

First up, from the command line, no cap:

# 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
...

look at that. Jane Austen herself, slaying in YAML format. iconic. 👑

Then from a Catmandu Fix, like:

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

(yeah it's spelled authortName in there, that's literally how it's written, don't come for me 🫶)

Then if you wanna do a direct match between a name and a mainHeadingEl from VIAF:

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

And if you wanna search for a name in VIAF instead:

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

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🎀 MODULES 🎀

the whole squad, fr fr:

• Catmandu::Store::VIAF
• Catmandu::Fix::viaf_match
• Catmandu::Fix::viaf_search
• Catmandu::VIAF::API

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🦋 AUTHORS 🦋

the masterminds behind this masterpiece, give them their flowers 💐:

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

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👑 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. so yes, bestie, you can absolutely remix it, just respect the license. periodt. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, they're all connected, iykyk:

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

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and that's the whole thing! 🍓 this lil doc is perl v5.36.0, dated 2023-02-04, and it's filed under Catmandu::VIAF(3pm). mwah. go fetch some authority records. 🧚💜