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Misnomer: Permissions referred to as authorities #3500

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matthias-ronge opened this issue Apr 22, 2020 · 0 comments
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Misnomer: Permissions referred to as authorities #3500

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matthias-ronge commented Apr 22, 2020 •
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The concept of authority is misused here. An authority is either a person who exercises authority (for example a president) or an institution, such as a ministry. In addition, in library context, the term refers to norm files (like the GND). These are permissions.

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