The International Standard Name Identifier: extending identity management across the global metadata supply chain

MacEwan, Andrew The International Standard Name Identifier: extending identity management across the global metadata supply chain. JLIS.it, 2022, vol. 13, n. 1, pp. 185-195. [Journal article (Paginated)]

Preview

Text jlis_430_1.pdf - Published version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (804kB) | Preview

English abstract

This article describes how ISNI is being adopted as a common identifier across disparate sectors of publishing. Whether publishing and distributing recorded music, film or text ISNI is making good identity management a staple element in the global metadata supply chain. As the content creation industries become more engaged with the value of embedding good metadata from the point of publication libraries can look forward to benefitting from a truly global revolution in the metadata supply flow. A case study describes how a British Library project has taken ISNIs already in the British National Bibliography and cross-matched them with data from UK publishers’ own databases to embed ISNIs into the book supply chain. It also describes plans for ongoing publisher engagement through implementation of ISNI assignment into its cataloguing-in-publication workflows for UK legal deposit.

Italian abstract

This article describes how ISNI is being adopted as a common identifier across disparate sectors of publishing. Whether publishing and distributing recorded music, film or text ISNI is making good identity management a staple element in the global metadata supply chain. As the content creation industries become more engaged with the value of embedding good metadata from the point of publication libraries can look forward to benefitting from a truly global revolution in the metadata supply flow. A case study describes how a British Library project has taken ISNIs already in the British National Bibliography and cross-matched them with data from UK publishers’ own databases to embed ISNIs into the book supply chain. It also describes plans for ongoing publisher engagement through implementation of ISNI assignment into its cataloguing-in-publication workflows for UK legal deposit

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Authority control; Identity management; Identifiers and Names
Date deposited:	15 Sep 2026 05:10
Last modified:	15 Sep 2026 05:10
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48863

References

DDEX, n.d. Accessed June 2021. https://ddex.net/

EDItEUR, n.d. Accessed June 2021. https://www.editeur.org/

EIDR, n.d. Accessed June 2021. https://www.eidr.org/standards-and-interoperability/

ISNI, n.d. Accessed May 2021. https://isni.org/

Joint Steering Committee for Review of AACR, “RDA/ONIX Framework for Resource Categorisation”. Last modified august 3, 2006. https://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2007/5chair10.pdf

Matthews, Peter. 2020, “Introducing the BICMetadata Capability Directory”. EDItEUR website last accessed June 2021. https://www.editeur.org/3/Events/Event-Details/561

MVB. 2020. “MVB becomes an ISNI Registration Agency”. Press release posted on ISNI website, January 2, 2020. https://isni.org/page/article-detail/mvb-becomes-an-isni-registration-agency/

Movielabs. 2019. “Creating a Talent Identifier for the Entertainment Industry”. Last modified August 28, 2019. https://movielabs.com/talentid/Talent_ID.pdf

Paskin, N & Rust, G. April 2014. “Linked Content Coalition Principles of Identification”. Linked Content Coalition website. http://doi.org/10.1000/287

Sound Credit. 2020. “Music industry ISNI registrations now free and automated”. Press release posted on ISNI website October 23, 2020. https://isni.org/page/article-detail/music-industry-isni-registrations-now-free-and-automated/

Downloads

Actions (login required)

View Item