Catmandu::Store::VIAF - Retrieve items from VIAF
# From the command line $ catmandu export VIAF --id 102333412 to YAML --- dcterms:identifier: '102333412' guid: http://viaf.org/viaf/102333412 schema:birthDate: 1775-12-16 schema:deathDate: 1817-07-18 schema:description: English novelist skos:prefLabel: Jane Austen ... # From a Catmandu Fix lookup_in_store( objectName, # objectName is a field containing the VIAF identifier VIAF ) # From Perl code use Catmandu; my $store = Catmandu->store('VIAF')->bag; my $item = $store->get('102333412'); print $item->{'skos:prefLabel'} , "\n"; # Jane Austen
A Catmandu::Store::VIAF is a Perl package that can query the <VIAF|http://viaf.org/> authority file.
This store supports only one method get to retrieve an AAT record by its identifier
get
The lang parameter is optional and defaults to nl-NL. It sets the language of the returned prefLabel. If no prefLabel for the viaf_id in provided lang exists, the prefLabel for the fallback_lang is used.
lang
Optional. Default en-US.
Create a new Catmandu::Store::VIAF
Retrieve a VIAF record given an identifier. Returns a record like:
{ 'dcterms:identifier' => 'The identifier', 'guid' => 'The VIAF URL', 'schema:birthDate' => 'Birth date, if provided', 'schema:deathDate' => 'Death date, if provided', 'schema:description' => 'Description, if provided', 'skos:prefLabel' => 'prefLabel, in lang or fallback_lang' }
Not supported
Pieter De Praetere <pieter at packed.be >
Copyright 2017- PACKED vzw
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Catmandu Catmandu::VIAF Catmandu::Fix::viaf_search Catmandu::Fix::viaf_match
To install Catmandu::VIAF, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Catmandu::VIAF
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Catmandu::VIAF
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.