oxford dictionary of national biography
It’s interesting to see that the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has created Cool URIs for their index of notable people. So for example if you want an identifier for JRR Tolkien you can use:
Alas, the full content of the biography isn’t available (unless you subscribe), but I guess some publishers still have business models to hold on to. To see all the entries you have to browse them.
I think it’s a nice simple example of how authority files can be integrated into the web as we know it. Thanks to Caroline Arms for forwarding this on to me…