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				ABOUT ISNI


				ISNI is the ISO certified global standard number for identifying the millions of contributors to creative works and those active in their distribution, including researchers, inventors, writers, artists, visual creators, performers, producers, publishers, aggregators, and more. As ISO 27729, it is part of a family of international standard identifiers that includes identifiers of works, recordings, products and right holders in all repertoires, e.g. DOI, ISAN, ISBN, ISRC, ISSN, and ISWC.


				The mission of the ISNI International Agency (ISNI-IA) is to assign to the public name(s) of a researcher, inventor, writer, artist, performer, publisher, etc. a persistent unique identifying number in order to resolve the problem of name ambiguity in search and discovery; and diffuse each assigned ISNI across all repertoires in the global supply chain so that every published work can be unambiguously attributed to its creator wherever that work is described.


				By achieving these goals, the ISNI will act as a bridge identifier across multiple domains and become a critical component in Linked Data and Semantic Web applications.

			

		

	

			

			
	
		
			
				KEY STATISTICS


				
					
						
						12.22 million 

						ISNI holds public records of more than 12 million identities

					


					
						
						11.10 million 

						ISNI holds public records of over 11.10 million individuals (of which 2.93 million are researchers) 

					


					
						
						1.11 million

						ISNI holds public records of 1,119,480 organizations 

					


					
						
						104 sources

						The ISNI database is a cross-domain resource with direct contributions from 104 sources

					

				

			

		

	

			
				
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	The British Library launches its ISNI Portal: A Brand New, Online Service for ISNI Users

	
		
	
	

		 
		We are delighted and privileged to announce that the British Library has now launched its online, all-in-one service for the International Standard Name...

 
	
	
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	BDS Builds a New Website for ISNI

	
		
	
	

		BDSDigital, the web services and IT arm of BDS, has built a new ISNI website, which went live in June 2020. BDS also transferred existing content from the...

 
	
	
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	Music Industry ISNI Registrations Now Free and Automated

	
		
Sound Credit music credit cloud profile system offers world's only free and automated ISNI registration service
MEMPHIS, TENN., OCTOBER 23, 2020 – Every creative work...

 
	
	
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