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What happens when you don't do authority control on aggregate works.
"Preferred term" is problematic for internationalization and humanities research; researchers also need name provenance (akin to literary warrant but more rigorous).
Herbarium data from the Smithsonian, and plans for making it LOD.
"A is the reincarnation of B" as necessary author metadata for Tibetans. Good for cultural sensitivity.
On FOAF, identifiers, and authority control.
HOLY CRAP GIMME.
ISO standard for uniquely identifying people and organizations, including fictional ones.
Example of authority control on messy data.