NLB Name Authorities

Last updated: 19 Jun 2025, 10:40 SGT

This is a list of standardised names established and maintained by National Library Board to be used uniquely and consistently when identifying and naming entities in resource description. Name authorities are created as a means of organising information so as to facilitate discovery of information.

This service establishes authorised forms of mainly Singapore-related names of People, Organisations, Buildings and Places to enable consistency of use in indexing or tagging of information resources, and to improve their discoverability. The names created are mainly names of Singapore personalities, organisations, buildings and places. Names included are usually of significance to Singapore’s political, economic, social, cultural or historical context.

Different forms or variations of names and previously-known names are also included.

2 related datasets

Related datasets are grouped into a collection based on themes, topics or common attributes for easier access and exploration. All datasets within a collection are published and managed by the same agency.

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the metadata for this collection. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
collection_id = 1476          
url = "https://api-production.data.gov.sg/v2/public/api/collections/{}/metadata".format(collection_id)
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())