ISSN Register
E220766
The ISSN Register is the authoritative global database of serial publications, assigning and recording International Standard Serial Numbers for periodicals and other continuing resources.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISSN Register canonical | 1 |
| global ISSN Register | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1919953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISSN Register Context triple: [ISSN International Centre, maintains, ISSN Register]
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A.
ISSN International Centre
The ISSN International Centre is the global organization responsible for assigning and maintaining International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications and other continuing resources.
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B.
ISSN Newsletter
ISSN Newsletter is a periodic publication produced by the ISSN International Centre that provides updates, news, and information related to the ISSN system and serials community.
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C.
ISSN Manual
The ISSN Manual is the official guideline document that defines the rules and procedures for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications worldwide.
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D.
ISSN National Centres
ISSN National Centres are national agencies responsible for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) for serial publications within their respective countries.
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E.
International Standard Serial Number
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISSN Register Target entity description: The ISSN Register is the authoritative global database of serial publications, assigning and recording International Standard Serial Numbers for periodicals and other continuing resources.
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A.
ISSN International Centre
The ISSN International Centre is the global organization responsible for assigning and maintaining International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications and other continuing resources.
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B.
ISSN Newsletter
ISSN Newsletter is a periodic publication produced by the ISSN International Centre that provides updates, news, and information related to the ISSN system and serials community.
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C.
ISSN Manual
The ISSN Manual is the official guideline document that defines the rules and procedures for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications worldwide.
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D.
ISSN National Centres
ISSN National Centres are national agencies responsible for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) for serial publications within their respective countries.
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E.
International Standard Serial Number
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
authority file
ⓘ
bibliographic database ⓘ serials registry ⓘ |
| containsDataAbout |
International Standard Serial Number
ⓘ
surface form:
ISSN-L
cessation status ⓘ country of publication ⓘ key title ⓘ language of serial ⓘ links between related serials ⓘ medium of publication ⓘ publisher ⓘ start date of publication ⓘ title of serial ⓘ |
| hasAccessMode | online ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | subscription-based access (for full data) ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | multilingual data elements ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
assign International Standard Serial Numbers
ⓘ
identify serial publications uniquely ⓘ record International Standard Serial Numbers ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| isBasedOnContributionsFrom | national ISSN centres ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs | authoritative global database of serial publications ⓘ |
| isMaintainedBy | ISSN International Centre ⓘ |
| isManagedWithin |
International Standard Serial Number
ⓘ
surface form:
ISSN system
|
| isPartOf | services of the ISSN International Centre ⓘ |
| isUpdated | continuously ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
indexing and abstracting services
ⓘ
information intermediaries ⓘ libraries ⓘ publishers ⓘ subscription agencies ⓘ |
| records |
continuing resources
ⓘ
electronic serials ⓘ ongoing integrating resources ⓘ periodicals ⓘ print serials ⓘ serial publications ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
bibliographic control of continuing resources
ⓘ
global serials control ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
discovery of serial publications
ⓘ
identification of serials in library catalogues ⓘ linking of print and electronic versions of serials ⓘ management of subscriptions ⓘ standardized citation of serials ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
ISO 3297
ⓘ
International Standard Serial Number ⓘ |
| usesIdentifier | ISSN ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ISSN Register Description of subject: The ISSN Register is the authoritative global database of serial publications, assigning and recording International Standard Serial Numbers for periodicals and other continuing resources.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
global ISSN Register