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
14.7 million
ISNI holds public records of more than 14 million identities
13.13 million
ISNI holds public records of over 13.11 million individuals (of which 2.97 million are researchers)
1.6 million
ISNI holds public records of 1,645,434 organizations
78 sources
The ISNI database is a cross-domain resource with direct contributions from 78 sources
NEWS
ISNI Press Release, April 2022: Bibliographic Data Services becomes an ISNI Registration Agency
The ISNI International Agency (ISNI-IA) is pleased to announce that Bibliographic Data Services (BDS) has recently joined its membership as a new ISNI...
ISNI Press Release, March 2022: The National Library of Finland & Finnish Copyright Management Organizations commence cross sector ISNI project
The ISNI International Agency (ISNI-IA) is delighted to report that a brand new, cross-sector ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier) project commenced...
DDEX Press Release, February 2022: DDEX & ISNI announce signing of liaison agreement
New York, NY (7 February 2021) – DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the...