ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 27729 First edition 2012-03-15 Information and documentation - International standard name identifier (ISNI) Information et documentation Code international normalise des noms (ISNI) Reference number ISO 27729:2012(E) @ ISO 2012 THS under Not for Resale ISO 27729:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 - All rights reserved itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 27729:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Structure and syntax of the ISN... 5 Allocation of an ISNI. 6 Administration of the ISNI system... 7 Association of an ISNI with ISNI metadata . 8 Association of an ISNI with other identifiers.... 2 Annex A (normative) Method for calculating the check character of an ISNl.. Annex B (normative) General principles for the allocation and use of ISNl .. Annex C (normative) Administration of the ISNI system . Annex D (normative) Registration metadata for ISNI assignment ... 9 Annex E (informative) Relationship between ISNI and other identifiers Bibliography.... Copyright International Organization for Standardizalon ghts reserved ii from IHS Not for Re