Standardization: templates and formats
International identifiers
International identifiers
Note: the international identifiers presented below are based on international standards published by ISO and then translated into French and published by AFNOR. The description of these standards is available on the AFNOR website.
ISAN - Audiovisual works
Status: Approved standard
Current edition: 2002, November; 2003, October (fr)
- NF ISO 15706 (ISO 15706-1:2002). ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Audiovisual Item Number (ISAN). 2003.
Status: Approved standard
Current edition: 2007, June; November (en)
- NF ISO 15706-2 (ISO 15706-2:2007). ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Audiovisual Item Number (ISAN) - Part 2: Version identifier. 2007.
ISBN - Books
Status : Approved standard
1st edition : 1972
Current edition : 2017, December ; 2018, August (fr)
- NF ISO 2108 (ISO 2108:2005). ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Book Number (ISBN). 2006.
ISCI - Library holdings
Status: Draft International Standard
- ISO/FDIS 27730. ISO. Information and documentation - International standard collection identifier (ISCI).
- see the description on the ISO website
ISIL - Libraries
Status: International standard
Current edition: 2019, June
- ISO 15511:2019. ISO. Information and Documentation - International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL).
i.e.: as theagency ISIL nationalAbes is in charge of assigning an ISIL identifier to any requesting library, including those not participating in theAbes networks. This service is used in particular for the RFID equipment of libraries.
- applications for the allocation of ISIL numbers should be submitted to the ABESstp helpdesk
- consult the associated web services
- consult the list of French libraries with an ISIL number
ISMN - Music
Status: International standard
Current edition: 2009, August
- ISO 10957:2009. ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Music Number (ISMN). 2009.
ISNI - Names, Public Identities
Status: international standard
Current edition: 2012
- ISO 27729:2012. ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Code of Names (ISNI). Description on the ISO website
- ISNI International Agency
- national agency ISNI-BnF
- consult : ISNI database (free access)
Namely: the ORCID(Open Researcher and Contributor ID), dedicated to the identification of researchers as authors and contributors of scientific publications, is structured according to the ISNI standard, in the framework of an interoperability agreement. ORCID uses for example ISNI for the identification of researchers' affiliation institutions (see below)
ISRC - Registrations
Status: Approved standard
1st edition: 1986
Current edition: 2019, February; 2019, August (fr)
- NF ISO 3901 (ISO 3901:2001). ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Recording Code (ISRC). 2003.
ISSN - Serial Publications
Status : Approved standard
Current edition : 2017, October ; 2017, October (fr)
- NF ISO 3297 (ISO 3297:2007). ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). 2007.
namely: members of the networks Sudoc and Sudoc PS contribute to the quality of ISSN data. The professional application CIDEMIS is available to them to submit requests for ISSN assignment and/or correction of ISSN records to the 90 ISSN network centres around the world. More information
ISTC - Textual works
Status: International standard
Current edition: 2009, March; October (en)
- ISO 21047:2009. ISO. Information and documentation - International Standard Text Code (ISTC). 2009.
ISWC - Musical Works
Status: Approved standard
Current edition: 2001, November; 2003, October (fr)
- NF ISO 15707 (ISO 15707:2001). ISO. Information and Documentation - International Standard Musical Works Code (ISWC). 2003.