When used, authority control data links can be found near the bottom of Wikipedia pages, linking to bibliographical records on worldwide library catalogs. Authority control is often used in biographical articles because it is quite common for more than one person to share the same name. It is commonly used in other subject material as well.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is a United Kingdom financial services regulatory body, formed as one of the successors to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The authority is responsible for the prudential regulation and supervision of banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers and major investment firms. It sets standards and supervises financial …

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is an independent airport authority, created with the consent of the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of the two major airports serving the U.S. national capital: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport.

Formal theory. Formally, a string is a finite, ordered sequence of characters such as letters, digits or spaces. The empty string is the special case where the sequence has length zero, so there are no symbols in the string.

The Nigerian Ports Authority started operating in April 1955 following the implementation of the Ports Act of 1954. In the beginning, the public corporation managed only the Lagos and Port Harcourt ports while some private companies mangaged the remaining Nigerian ports. In addition to managing cargo handling, quay and berthing facilities at the Lagos and Port Harcourt ports, …

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the UK Government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry. The FCA regulates financial firms providing services to consumers and maintains the integrity of the financial markets in the United Kingdom.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Arabic: جهاز أبوظبي للاستثمار, ADIA) is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (in the United Arab Emirates) founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.It manages the Emirate's excess oil reserves and is estimated to manage $790 billion.

Biografie. Jozua Douglas is geboren in Groningen (1977). Hij debuteerde als dichter op het 32e Poetry International festival in 2001. In 2009 verscheen zijn prentenboek De Kusjeskrokodil en andere lieve nachtbeesten'.Loes Riphagen verzorgde de illustraties. In 2012 debuteerde hij met het jeugdboek De verschrikkelijke badmeester, waarvoor hij de Hotze de Roosprijs ontving.

A competent authority is any person or organization that has the legally delegated or invested authority, capacity, or power to perform a designated function. ... it is any national agency responsible under its national law for the control or regulation of a particular aspect of the transportation of hazardous materials ...

In computer security, lattice-based access control (LBAC) is a complex access control model based on the interaction between any combination of objects (such as resources, computers, and applications) and subjects (such as individuals, groups or organizations).. In this type of label-based mandatory access control model, a lattice is used to define the levels of security that an …