International Standard Name Identifier ISO 27729 What is

International Standard Name Identifier ISO 27729

What is ISNI? • A 16 digit number (ex. 1422 4586 3573 0476) • Identifies contributors to creative works, public figures, researchers, performing artists, publishers, labels, studios, etc. • Disambiguates contributors with the same or similar names • Collocates contributors whose names can be rendered in multiple ways (different character sets, transliterations, middle names/initials) • Used as a “bridge identifier”, linking together multiple data sets • Used in search/discovery applications • Used in royalty tracking

What does ISNI do? • Just as an ISBN uniquely identifies a book, or an ISRC uniquely identifies a recording, ISNI uniquely identifies an author. • ISNI is part of the same family of ISO identifiers as ISRC, ISAN, ISBN, ISSN, and DOI.

Who is ISNI? • Founding members: • • • OCLC Proquest/Bowker Bn. F (National Library of France) British Library CISAC IFRRO (reproducing rights federation) • Registration Agencies: • • • Ringgold (for academic institutions) National libraries of Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Korea, New Zealand Numerical Gurus/ISNI-US (for US-based media, music, and publishing) Iconoclaste (for French-Canadian music) Electre (for French-language applications)

Who is using ISNI? • Wikipedia • Musicbrainz • TGi. T (music tagging service) • Bn. F • ORCID • Ebsco • Macmillan • Harvard Library (and other university libraries worldwide) • National libraries worldwide

Why should I get an ISNI? • Identifiers increase discoverability in search results (see https: //numericalgurus. com/2016/02/17/some-logic-around-searchidentifiers-and-linked-data ) • ISNI refers to you no matter if your name is rendered in English, French, Arabic, Japanese, Sanskrit, Russian, Hebrew or any other language (or character set) • ISNI distinguishes you from other individuals who have the same or a similar name • Complying with ISO identifier schemas confers both authoritativeness and uniqueness, qualities that search engines value

Show me an example A common name, disabiguated, with various non-English renderings

Show me an example An individual who has created works across various media (music, books)

Show me an example Disambiguating identical names shared by multiple people

What do I use it for? • Submit in ONIX to your trading partners • Publish on your website • Include with metadata about your books • Use in your Wikipedia entry • Include in profiles (Linked. In, Publishers Marketplace, etc. )

As an individual, how do I get one? • Go to https: //isni-us. com/registration/ • Fill out the form and submit • ISNIs are $25, billed via Pay. Pal

As a publisher, how do I get ISNIs for my authors? • Go to https: //isni-us. com/bulk-registration/ for rates on bulk registrations • Email info@isni-us. com and we will send you onboarding documents and final pricing • Then we work together to get your data into the submission format for bulk ISNI assignment

Questions? info@isni-us. com ljndawson@gmail. com