The RPPD is hosted by Rheinische Landesbibliothek Koblenz, a facility of the Landesbibliothekszentrums Rheinland-Pfalz.
The criterion for an entry is that a person was born on the territory of today's Rhineland-Palatinate (also before the establishment of the Bundesland in 1946) or has died there or has done some significant work there.
With authorization by the rights owners data from printed biographical reference works were added.
[1] As far as dead people are concerned, the name registers have been integrated into the biography portal in March 2012.
[2] A dataset includes the following information (if ascertainable): name forms, sex, life dates, places of life and work, occupations, fields of expertise, relations to other persons (inside and outside of the RPPD), own works, sources, biographical text.