| Subject | English | German |
| work.fl., commun. | authority file | Schlagwortliste |
| work.fl., commun. | authority file | verbindliche Liste |
| gen. | authority file | Normdatei (authority list; A collation of terms or names that serves as a standard for cataloguing purposes) |
| work.fl., commun. | name authority file | verbindliche Namensliste |
| work.fl., commun. | subject authority file | verbindliche Schlagwortliste |