Abstract Authority lists or indices are key components of cataloging and metadata work as they provide critical anchoring points to disambiguate between various entities. This article describes the creation of a glacier index at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Snow and Ice Data Center which required synthesizing various data sources into a comprehensive list. This paper explores the background of this project, criteria used to justify the creation of the index, the complications inherent in creating a data source for two different types of memory institutions, publishing that data in Wikidata, and the impacts the index has for describing aspects of climate change.

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创建和使用冰川权威指数记录气候变化

摘要权限列表或索引是编目和元数据工作的关键组成部分，因为它们提供了关键的锚点，以消除各个实体之间的歧义。本文介绍了在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校和国家冰雪数据中心创建冰川索引的过程，该冰川索引要求将各种数据源综合为一个综合列表。本文探讨了该项目的背景，用于证明创建索引合理性的标准，为两种不同类型的存储机构创建数据源，将数据发布到Wikidata中所固有的复杂性，以及索引对描述方面的影响气候变化。