International ISBN Agency
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The International ISBN Agency is the global authority responsible for overseeing and coordinating the International Standard Book Number system used to uniquely identify books and related publications worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International ISBN Agency canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9325779 — 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 ISBN Agency Context triple: [Rules for reuse of ISBNs, definedBy, International ISBN Agency]
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A.
International ISMN Agency
The International ISMN Agency is the central organization responsible for administering and coordinating the global system of International Standard Music Numbers used to identify printed music publications.
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B.
International ISRC Agency
The International ISRC Agency is the global body responsible for overseeing and coordinating the assignment and management of International Standard Recording Codes used to uniquely identify sound recordings and music videos worldwide.
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C.
International Publishers Association
The International Publishers Association is a global industry federation that represents the interests of book and journal publishers worldwide, promoting copyright, freedom to publish, and the development of publishing standards and policies.
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D.
International Standard Book Number
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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E.
ISNI International Agency
ISNI International Agency is the global organization responsible for administering and overseeing the International Standard Name Identifier system used to uniquely identify public identities of parties such as authors, creators, and organizations.
- 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 ISBN Agency Target entity description: The International ISBN Agency is the global authority responsible for overseeing and coordinating the International Standard Book Number system used to uniquely identify books and related publications worldwide.
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A.
International ISMN Agency
The International ISMN Agency is the central organization responsible for administering and coordinating the global system of International Standard Music Numbers used to identify printed music publications.
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B.
International ISRC Agency
The International ISRC Agency is the global body responsible for overseeing and coordinating the assignment and management of International Standard Recording Codes used to uniquely identify sound recordings and music videos worldwide.
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C.
International Publishers Association
The International Publishers Association is a global industry federation that represents the interests of book and journal publishers worldwide, promoting copyright, freedom to publish, and the development of publishing standards and policies.
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D.
International Standard Book Number
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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E.
ISNI International Agency
ISNI International Agency is the global organization responsible for administering and overseeing the International Standard Name Identifier system used to uniquely identify public identities of parties such as authors, creators, and organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
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organization ⓘ registration authority ⓘ |
| authorityOver |
assignment of ISBN prefixes
ⓘ
rules for ISBN allocation and use ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
booksellers
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libraries ⓘ metadata providers ⓘ national ISBN agencies ⓘ publishers ⓘ regional ISBN agencies ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
bibliographic control
ⓘ
publishing ⓘ standardization ⓘ |
| follows | ISO standards procedures ⓘ |
| goal |
to facilitate distribution and sales of books
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to improve bibliographic data management ⓘ to provide a unique identifier for books and related publications ⓘ |
| hasPart | network of national ISBN agencies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ISBN system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Standard Book Number NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | International ISBN Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| publicationTypeCovered |
audiobooks
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certain digital and mixed-media publications ⓘ e-books ⓘ printed books ⓘ |
| role |
allocation of ISBN ranges to national and regional agencies
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assignment of ISBN prefixes to countries and regions ⓘ coordination of the ISBN system ⓘ ensuring uniqueness of ISBN identifiers ⓘ global registration authority for ISBN ⓘ maintenance of the ISBN standard implementation guidelines ⓘ management of the international ISBN database ⓘ oversight of national ISBN agencies ⓘ promotion of the use of ISBN worldwide ⓘ support for publishers and ISBN agencies ⓘ |
| shortName | ISBN International Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardManaged |
ISBN
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Standard Book Number NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardNumber | ISO 2108 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | International ISBN Agency official website ⓘ |
| uses |
13-digit ISBN format
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EAN-13 barcoding system for books ⓘ |
| website | https://www.isbn-international.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: International ISBN Agency Description of subject: The International ISBN Agency is the global authority responsible for overseeing and coordinating the International Standard Book Number system used to uniquely identify books and related publications worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.