Thanks Thad. That was very helpful.
So Jeff, if you aren't the contact from OCLC who works with VIAF, can you
tell us who is, and if they have any plans to address this issue? :-)
Best,
- Erika
*Erika Herzog*
Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>*
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Young,Jeff (OR) <jyoung(a)oclc.org> wrote:
I agree that “named entity” makes more sense. I’ll
pass that edit
suggestion along to the folks who maintain the page.
Here is a blog post from 2011 where we talk about remodeling VIAF into a
coherent hub-and-spoke model revolving around the entity itself.
http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2011/04/changes-to-viafs-rdf.html
Jeff