Hi, We also use Alternate Numbers. We capture the permalink as the alternate number and assign the source as the description. We do this with VIAF as well as other name authorities, such as ULAN and Library of Congress Authorities, etc. We pull the URL/source in our API, and deliver it alongside our objects data. Cheers, Marin _______________________________ Marin J. B. Lewis Collections Information Specialist Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (609) 258-0477 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Lowe Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 1:41 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents Jeffrey, Sylvia- We do use the AltNums field, but are using it in a somewhat unintuitive way in order to accommodate URLs of any length: The URL goes into Remarks. The Description is "Biography" (or you could use "Authority" or something else). And the AltNum field contains the name of the source, in this case VIAF. We currently collect the URLs for VIAF, Library of Congress Authorities, Getty's Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), as well as Wikidata and Wikipedia. I'm curious how you're harvesting the VIAF urls. David David Lowe | The New York Public Library Specialist II, Photography Collection Photographers' Identities Catalog<http://pic.nypl.org> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Smith, Jeffrey <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Constituent alternate numbers – using the full VIAF URL as the number. From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Welsh, Sylvia C. Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 11:20 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents Hello TMS list, I was wondering where in your Constituents Module you add information from VIAF, etc.? We are looking to start adding that data and were wondering if anyone had suggestions for best practices? Thank you, Sylvia, _____________________________ Sylvia Welsh, MS LIS, CSI, LEED AP BD+C Harvard Property Information Resource Center 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, 547 Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617-496-8275<tel:(617)%20496-8275> F 617-495-0559<tel:(617)%20495-0559> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. -- David Lowe | The New York Public Library Specialist II, Photography Collection Photographers' Identities Catalog<http://pic.nypl.org> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.