May We See Your Identification, Please?Navigating the ever-expanding world of publishing identifiers

Alphabet Soup

ISBN ISSN DOI ISRC/ISWC ISAN ISTC ISNI

ISBNInternational Standard Book Number

It All Began in Transylvania

From Here to Bookland

E-ISBN

ISSNInternational Standard Serial Number

A Trend Begins

Simpler Is Better

For Every Kitten, There Is An Equal and Opposite UnKitten

DOIDigital Object Identifer

Everything’s On the Web

Back to Smart Numbers

ISRC/ISWCInternational Standard Recording Code/International Standard Work Code

Musical Interlude

Smartening Up

ISANInternational Standard Audio-Visual Number

Let’s Go To The Movies

Another Smart Set

ISTCInternational Standard Text Code

It Doesn’t Always Stick

Governance

Now What?

ISNIInternational Standard Name Identifier

Identifying Creators

Bridging Systems

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A common name, disabiguated, with various non-English renderings

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An individual who has created works across various media (music, books)

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Disambiguating identical names shared by multiple people

How It Works

ISNI International AgencyAssignment Agency

Registration Agency

Clients Clients

Registration Agency

Clients Clients

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