International Standard Book Number

E6851

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf identifier standard
publishing standard
10DigitInUseFrom 1970
10DigitInUseUntil 2006
13DigitIntroduced 2007
abbreviation ISBN
appliesTo audiobooks
book-like products
books
e-books
monographic publications
basedOn EAN-13 barcode system
checkDigitAlgorithm modulus 10 with weights 1 and 3 for ISBN-13
modulus 11 for ISBN-10
component check digit
prefix element
publication element
registrant element
registration group element
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
developedFrom Standard Book Numbering code
doesNotApplyTo continuing resources
periodicals
field book trade
librarianship
publishing
governingBody International ISBN Agency
hasFormat 10-digit ISBN
13-digit ISBN
hasISOStandardNumber ISO 2108
hasWebsite https://www.isbn-international.org/
headquartersLocation London
identifierType numeric
introduced 1970
language multilingual documentation
purpose cataloging of books
facilitate ordering and distribution of books
inventory control in book trade
unique identification of books
relatedStandard Digital Object Identifier
International Standard Music Number
International Standard Serial Number
replaced Standard Book Numbering code
scope international
standardizedBy ISO
typicalRepresentation grouped with hyphens
usedBy booksellers
distributors
libraries
metadata providers
publishers


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