International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number canonical | 7 |
| ISBN | 4 |
| Standard Book Numbering code | 2 |
| ISBN system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T68092 — 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: International Standard Book Number Context triple: [Library of Congress Online Catalog, usesIdentifier, International Standard Book Number]
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A.
Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
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B.
International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international body that develops and publishes globally recognized standards to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperability across a wide range of industries and technologies.
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C.
Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
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D.
MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
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E.
International Classification of Diseases
The International Classification of Diseases is a globally used diagnostic system that standardizes codes for diseases, health conditions, and related medical problems to support clinical care, research, and health statistics.
- 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: International Standard Book Number Target entity description: The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
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A.
Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
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B.
International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international body that develops and publishes globally recognized standards to ensure quality, safety, efficiency, and interoperability across a wide range of industries and technologies.
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C.
Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
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D.
MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
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E.
International Classification of Diseases
The International Classification of Diseases is a globally used diagnostic system that standardizes codes for diseases, health conditions, and related medical problems to support clinical care, research, and health statistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 |
International Standard Book Number
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Book Numbering code
|
| doesNotApplyTo |
continuing resources
ⓘ
periodicals ⓘ |
| field |
book trade
ⓘ
librarianship ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| governingBody |
ISSN International Centre
ⓘ
surface form:
International ISBN Agency
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| hasFormat |
10-digit ISBN
ⓘ
13-digit ISBN ⓘ |
| hasISOStandardNumber | ISO 2108 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.isbn-international.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
International Standard Book Number
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Book Numbering code
|
| scope | international ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
International Organization for Standardization
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO
|
| typicalRepresentation | grouped with hyphens ⓘ |
| usedBy |
booksellers
ⓘ
distributors ⓘ libraries ⓘ metadata providers ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
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: International Standard Book Number Description of subject: The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
International Standard Book Number
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developedFrom
→
International Standard Book Number
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Standard Book Numbering code
International Standard Book Number
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replaced
→
International Standard Book Number
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Standard Book Numbering code
this entity surface form:
ISBN
this entity surface form:
ISBN
subject surface form:
Open Library
this entity surface form:
ISBN
this entity surface form:
ISBN