Help:P214

Help page for VIAF ID (P214) . This help page will be included in Property talk:P214. Please be careful editing it not to break the included page.

Not all VIAF numbers are valid. Please note:

VIAF changes numbers with dashes

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Q268072)

1. GND 1026669-0 (correct)
2. VIAF-GND 004164695 ("404 Not Found")

Similar problem with Bibliothèque nationale de France ID (P268): VIAF has problems with IDs containing numbers and letters.

VIAF identifier

1. VIAF 120062731 Stan Lauryssens = Yes
2. VIAF 293348885 Stan Lauryssens ("undifferentiated") = No

Compare: GND identifier (Help:P227)

1. GND 1019646128: Stan Lauryssens (b. 1946), type p (person) = Yes
2. unvalid ID 122968751: Stan Lauryssens (no info), type n (name) = No