ISNI database
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The ISNI database is a global registry that assigns and maintains unique identifiers for public identities such as authors, researchers, and organizations to ensure accurate attribution and disambiguation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISNI database canonical | 1 |
| ISNI registry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1920029 — 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: ISNI database Context triple: [International Standard Name Identifier, hasRegistry, ISNI database]
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A.
Artis
Artis is a masculine given name most notably borne by Hall of Fame basketball center Artis Gilmore.
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B.
Ussishkin
Ussishkin is a Jewish family name most prominently associated with Zionist leader Menachem Ussishkin.
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C.
Vitae Scherer
Vitae Scherer was a screenwriter best known for co-writing the pioneering early sound gangster film "Lights of New York" (1928).
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D.
Nikolas Rose
Nikolas Rose is a British sociologist and social theorist known for his influential work on governmentality, biopolitics, and the social implications of the life sciences.
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E.
Eugenia Brin
Eugenia Brin is the mother of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and a Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union who worked as a research scientist in the United States.
- 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: ISNI database Target entity description: The ISNI database is a global registry that assigns and maintains unique identifiers for public identities such as authors, researchers, and organizations to ensure accurate attribution and disambiguation.
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A.
Artis
Artis is a masculine given name most notably borne by Hall of Fame basketball center Artis Gilmore.
-
B.
Ussishkin
Ussishkin is a Jewish family name most prominently associated with Zionist leader Menachem Ussishkin.
-
C.
Vitae Scherer
Vitae Scherer was a screenwriter best known for co-writing the pioneering early sound gangster film "Lights of New York" (1928).
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D.
Nikolas Rose
Nikolas Rose is a British sociologist and social theorist known for his influential work on governmentality, biopolitics, and the social implications of the life sciences.
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E.
Eugenia Brin
Eugenia Brin is the mother of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and a Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union who worked as a research scientist in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
authority control database
ⓘ
global registry ⓘ |
| accessPolicy |
licensed bulk data
ⓘ
public search interface ⓘ |
| contains |
associated identifiers
ⓘ
links to external authority files ⓘ public identities ⓘ variant names ⓘ |
| countryOfStandardization | International ⓘ |
| covers |
authors
ⓘ
fictional characters ⓘ musicians ⓘ organizations ⓘ performing artists ⓘ publishers ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| dataModel | entity-based ⓘ |
| dataUpdateFrequency | regularly updated ⓘ |
| governedBy |
ISNI International Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
ISNI International Agency Board
|
| hasCheckDigit | true ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| hasStandard | ISO 27729 ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 2012 ⓘ |
| identifierFormat | 16-digit numeric code ⓘ |
| identifierType |
International Standard Name Identifier
ⓘ
surface form:
ISNI
|
| language | multilingual ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
ORCID
ⓘ
VIAF ⓘ national library authority files ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
ISNI International Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
International ISNI Agency
|
| operatedBy |
ISNI-IA
ⓘ
surface form:
International ISNI Agency
|
| primaryKey | ISNI identifier ⓘ |
| purpose |
assign unique identifiers to public identities
ⓘ
disambiguate public identities ⓘ ensure accurate attribution ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
International Standard Name Identifier
ⓘ
ORCID identifier ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| supportsDisambiguationOf |
homonymous identities
ⓘ
name variants ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authority control
ⓘ
library catalogues ⓘ metadata aggregation ⓘ publishing industry ⓘ research information systems ⓘ rights management ⓘ |
| usesAlgorithm |
ISO 27729
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO 27729 check digit algorithm
|
| website | https://isni.org ⓘ |
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: ISNI database Description of subject: The ISNI database is a global registry that assigns and maintains unique identifiers for public identities such as authors, researchers, and organizations to ensure accurate attribution and disambiguation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ISNI registry