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Questioning Authority Wiki

Welcome to Questioning Authority (QA) Wiki. You will find information here on using QA to connect to authorities and information on how to contribute new authorities to QA.

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Using Questioning Authority

Connecting to authorities via predefined modules

• Connecting to GeoNames
• Connecting to Getty
• Connecting to Library of Congress (LOC)
• Connecting to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Connecting to OCLC FAST

Customized Controlled Vocabularies

• Creating custom controlled vocabularies
  • Connecting to States local controlled vocabulary
  • Creating a custom controlled vocabulary via YAML
  • Creating a custom controlled vocabulary via a database
  • Loading RDF data into database tables
  • Adding a local authority module

Connecting to authorities via linked data

• Using the Linked Data module to access authorities
• Configuring access to a Linked Data authority
• Language processing in linked Data authorities

Additional Usage Documentation

• Autocomplete Examples using QA

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Contributing to Questioning Authority

• Contributing a new external authority
• Template for authority documentation
• Understanding Existing Authorities

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