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International ISBN Agency: http://isbn-international.org
The ISBN is a unique machine-readable identification number, which marks any book unmistakably. This number is defined in ISO Standard 2108. The number has been in use now for thirty years and has revolutionised the international book-trade. 161 countries and territories are officially ISBN members. The ISBN accompanies a publication from its production onwards. The administration of the ISBN system is carried out on three levels: - International ISBN Agency; For more information refer to the ISBN Users' Manual which can be found on the ISBN website.
The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres was founded in 1951 to promote international cooperation and to support the interests of the professions. The membership comprises major music collections, music and audio-visual librarians, music archivists and documentation specialists, musicologists, music publishers and dealers. IAML's principal aims are:
The ISSN is a unique identifier for all kinds of serials. Certain publications, such as a year-book, annuals, monographic series, etc. should be assigned an ISSN for the serial title (which will remain the same for all the parts or individual volumes of the serial) and an ISBN for each individual volume. Publishers of serials should apply to the International ISSN Centre or to their national ISSN centre to obtain ISSNs for their serial publications.
Created by the merger of the Book and Serial Industry Systems Advisory Committees (BISAC and SISAC), BASIC is responsible for developing U.S. standards, policies, and procedures related to electronic business communication, bar coding, and electronic commerce. It develops the U.S. positions within EDItEUR and works closely with the U.S. ISBN Agency.
CERLALC is the Regional Centre for the Promotion of Books in Latin America
and the Caribbean. It was founded in 1971 as a result of an agreement
between the UNESCO and the Government of Colombia.
GS1 (formerly EAN International) manages a world-wide system that allows the identification and the communication of data on products, services, utilities, transport units and locations. It develops and maintains coding standards for all users. Its aim is to develop a global, multi-sectorial standards system thus providing a common language for national and international trade.
EDItEUR is the Pan-European Book Sector EDI Group. It's brief is to coordinate
the development, promotion and implementation of EDI in the books and
serials sectors.
IFPI is the International Trade Association representing some 1,300 record
producers in over seventy countries around the world.
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is an identification system for intellectual property in the digital environment. Developed by the International DOI Foundation on behalf of the publishing industry, its goals are to provide a framework for managing intellectual content, link customers with publishers, facilitate electronic commerce, and enable automated copyright management.
The URN (Uniform Resource Name) is an identification system for elecronic information, not limited to publications. The URN syntax allows the integration of the ISBN and other international standard numbers if so desired. Under the Nordic Metadata Project a proposal was made to use URNs for the identification of the legal deposit in European national libraries, provided no other international standard numbers were assigned to the item. The use and function of URNs would be very similar to DOIs.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards.
Intern. ISWC Agency: http://www.iswc.org
The mission of the UCC is to take a global leadership role in establishing and promoting multi-industry standards for product identification and related electronic communication. The goal is to enhance supply chain management thus contributing added value to the customer.
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© International ISMN Agency, e-mail: ismn@ismn-international.org
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