ISBN - ISSN - CODEN
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
The ISBN is a unique machine-readable identification number and cataloging number for books, which marks them unmistakably. For 30 years the ISBN has revolutionized the international book-trade. It is based on an ISO International Standard that was first published in 1972 as ISO 2108. Guidelines are drafted by a subgroup of the ISO committee (ISO/TC46/SC9/WG4).
Group is 1-3 digits.
Publisher is 2-7 digits.
Title is 2-7 digits.
Total must be 10 digits for now.
The ISBN will be updated to a 13-digit on 1st January 2007.
For further information see ISBN Standard Revision at ISO.
159 countries and territories are officially ISBN members. The International ISBN Agency
is located in Berlin at:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
- Preussischer Kulturbesitz -
10772 Berlin, Germany
Tel: (+49)-(0)30-266-2496, -2338, -2498
Fax: (+49)-(0)30-266-2378
E-mail: isbn@sbb.spk-berlin.de
URL: http://isbn-international.org
The National ISBN Agency for the US is located at:
U.S. ISBN Agency
630 Central Avenue
New Providence, NJ 07974
Tel: (+1)-877-310-7333
Fax: (+1)-908-219-0188
E-mail: isbn-san@bowker.com
The National ISBN Agency for Germany could be contacted at:
MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH
ISBN-Agentur für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Att. Ms. Anke Lehr
Postfach 10 04 42
60004 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: (+49)-(0)69-130 63 87
Fax: (+49)-(0)69-130 62 58
E-mail: a.lehr@mvb-online.de
URL: http://www.german-isbn.org
International Standard Serials Number (ISSN)
A cataloging system to identify serial publications (journals, newspapers).
Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) augments the ISSN in order to identify individual issues of serial publications, or components within those issues (such as an individual article, or the table of contents of a given issue).
The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is an eight-digit code assigned and administered by the ISSN International Center.
For further information see http://www.issn.org/
The e-ISSN (Electronic ISSN) is the ISSN for the electronic version of a serial.
The International ISSN Center is located in Paris at:
ISSN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
20 Rue Bachaumont
75002 Paris, FRANCE
Tel: (+33)-(0)1-44 88 22 20
Fax : (+33)-(0)1-40 26 32 43
E-mail: issnic@issn.org
URL:http://www.issn.org/
The National ISSN Center for the US is located at:
NSDP - National Serials Data Program, Serial Record Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-4160
Tel: (+1)-202-707-4776
Fax: (+1)-202-707-6333
E-mail: issn@loc.gov
URL: http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/issn/
The National ISSN Center for Germany could be contacted at:
Die Deutsche Bibliothek
Nationales ISSN-Zentrum für Deutschland
Adickesallee 1
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: (+49)-(0)69-1525-1481
Fax: (+49)-(0)69-1525-1414
E-mail: issn@dbf.ddb.de
URL: http://www.ddb.de/professionell/issn.htm
CODEN (CODEN)
The CODEN is a unique serial and nonserial identifier consisting of six characters and assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service of the American Chemical Society, but it is not limited to chemical publications. Each CODEN consists of four mnemonic letters and a fifth letter, A-F. The 6th character is a calculated check character which can be alphabetic (A-Z) or numeric (0-9). It is used to identify and eliminate typographical errors.
For further information see http://www.cas.org/
Uniform Resource Names (URN)
A Request for Comments (RFC) in the Internet Community under the The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
A system for Uniform Resource Names (URNs) must be capable of supporting identifiers from existing widely-used naming systems.
RFC 2288 discusses how three major bibliographic identifiers (the ISBN, ISSN and SICI) can be supported within the URN framework and the currently proposed syntax for URNs.
See RFC 2288, RFC 2611
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
The NISO, the National Information Standards Organization, is a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and ever-more digital environment. NISO standards apply both traditional and new technologies to the full range of information-related needs, including retrieval, re-purposing, storage, metadata, and preservation. The ANSI-accredited standards body serving libraries, publishers and information services.
For further information see http://www.niso.org/
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), for further information see http://www.iso.org/. The ISO are working also on standars for information and documentation of bibliographic references (ISO 690:1987) and also provides standards for information and documentation of bibliographic references in electronic documents or parts thereof (ISO 690-2)
CODEN and ISSN of serials cited in curcuma.net
Group is 1-3 digits.Publisher is 2-7 digits.
Title is 2-7 digits.
Total must be 10 digits for now.
The ISBN will be updated to a 13-digit on 1st January 2007.
For further information see ISBN Standard Revision at ISO.
159 countries and territories are officially ISBN members. The International ISBN Agency is located in Berlin at:
The National ISBN Agency for the US is located at:
The National ISBN Agency for Germany could be contacted at:
Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) augments the ISSN in order to identify individual issues of serial publications, or components within those issues (such as an individual article, or the table of contents of a given issue).
The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is an eight-digit code assigned and administered by the ISSN International Center.
For further information see http://www.issn.org/
The e-ISSN (Electronic ISSN) is the ISSN for the electronic version of a serial.
The International ISSN Center is located in Paris at:
The National ISSN Center for the US is located at:
The National ISSN Center for Germany could be contacted at:
CODEN (CODEN)
For further information see http://www.cas.org/
A system for Uniform Resource Names (URNs) must be capable of supporting identifiers from existing widely-used naming systems. RFC 2288 discusses how three major bibliographic identifiers (the ISBN, ISSN and SICI) can be supported within the URN framework and the currently proposed syntax for URNs.
See RFC 2288, RFC 2611
For further information see http://www.niso.org/
CODEN and ISSN of serials cited in curcuma.net