7. Finding an Authority Path

A name authority is a Harvard organizational entity given the ability to create and maintain persistent identifiers. An authority path is a representation of the name authority that is used in the construction of NRS persistent identifiers.

NRS has 26 top-level authorities defined - corresponding to the main adminstrative units of the University.

Identifier	Adminsitrative Unit
ARB	Arnold Arboretum
CADM	Central Administration
DIV	Divinity School
DOAK	Dumbarton Oaks
FCOR	Faculty of Arts and Sciences Core
FDCE	FAS Continuing Education
FGS	Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
FHCL	Harvard College Library
FMUS	FAS Museums
GSD	Graduate School of Design
GSE	Graduate School of Education
HBS	Harvard Business School
HIID	Harvard Institute for International Development
HLNC	Hellenic Center
HLS	Harvard Law School
HMS	Harvard Medical School
HPRE	Harvard Planning and Real Estate
HSDM	Harvard School of Dental Medicine
HUAM	Harvard University Art Museums
HUL	Harvard University Library
HUP	Harvard University Press
KSG	Kennedy School of Government
MAG	Harvard Magazine
RAD	Radcliffe Institute
SPH	School of Public Health
VIT	Villa I Tatti

Consult the NRS Status Page to view all top-level authorities and any sub-authorities that have been defined. Accompanying each authority path is its status (active or inactive) and name of the local NRS administrator for that authority.

A test/qa NRS Status Page is also available - useful for checking authority paths defined in the qa/test instance of NRS.