Creators, subjects, correspondents — with the links intact.
Every person mentioned in your archive becomes a proper authority record. Raw entities extracted by AI can be linked, merged, or rejected — with a full history of who resolved what.
- Authority lookup
- Live, inline
- Duplicate records
- None — by design
- External IDs
- VIAF · LCNAF · ORCID
Link raw entities to canonical records.
When AI extracts a person name from an OCR or transcript, it lands in an inbox of unresolved entities. Curators pick the matching authority record — or create a new one — in a single click.
- AI-suggested matches ranked by confidence
- Merge duplicates with field-by-field preview
- Every link records the curator and timestamp
A working record, not just a name.
Each authority record carries dates, biographical note, roles, related people and organizations, and every item where the person appears.
- Inline biographical note with citation markers
- Related-to graph (parent, colleague, correspondent)
- All items and collections mentioning this person
Authority records, without the paste-and-pray.
Type a name in the editor and matching records from international authority files appear inline. Pick one and every cross-walked identifier — VIAF cluster, LCNAF naco, ORCID iD, ISNI, Wikidata — drops into the record at once, along with the canonical name forms. Or paste an identifier you already know and it resolves directly.
- Live search across VIAF, LCNAF, and ORCID as you type
- Paste an ORCID, VIAF cluster id, or LCNAF naco — it resolves
- One pick fills every cross-walked identifier the authority record carries
Never two records for the same person.
When two curators add the same author from the same authority record, the second add returns the first record instead of making a duplicate. Catches the most common authority-file duplication trap — same canonical record, two near-identical names typed by two different curators.
- Authority identifier dedupes on create — same ORCID, same record
- Case-insensitive name dedupe when no identifier is supplied
- Different identifier with the same name → distinct people (no silent merges)
Ready to see it on your collection?
Load a few records. Run the AI. Review and publish — before lunch.