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The '''International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)''' is an 8-digit code used to identify unambiguously newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals of all kinds and on all media–print and digital. | The '''International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)''' is an 8-digit code used to identify unambiguously newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals of all kinds and on all media–print and digital. | ||
* [https://portal.issn.org/ ISSN Database] by [https://www.issn.org/ ISSN International Centre] - '''2.665.621''' titles are registered as of 22.11.2018 | * [https://portal.issn.org/ ISSN Database] by [https://www.issn.org/ ISSN International Centre] - '''2.665.621''' titles are registered as of 22.11.2018 | ||
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Revision as of 04:51, 23 November 2018
This section should contain some information about existing international and national registers of
- countries and rulers (see e.g. ISO Country codes, CIA World Leaders, Rulers.org)
- citizens and residents (see e.g. Global Identity Summit, Biometric Consortium, World Identity Network, Aadhaar)
- authors - ISNI contains names of authors and publishers of books, music, films etc. since the time of Diogenes of Sinope. Try to find yourself there. If you fail - write a book, send it to Library of Congress and wait...
- books and serial publications (see ISSN, ISBN)
- domains, sites and blogs (see TLD)
- legal entities (see LEI), businesses (see DUNS), banks (Swift BIC)
- mass media
TWG also intends to create registers of
- states, including States that ceased to exist and States with limited recognition - http://states.world
- global political parties/internationals and organizations - http://org.world
- world religions - http://rel.world
- world languages
Legal Entities
Worldwide Legal Entities Register is being built under G20 Cannes Summit decision (2011) by Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Now (November 2018) the LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) database includes about 1.3 million entities. Registration is voluntary, but in some countries LEI number is required for securities trade.
- Official LEI Database by GLEIF
- LEI.info - Extended LEI Database by Makolab (Poland) including data added by companies (website URL etc.) with advanced search options
There still exist some private initiatives, e.g. Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S Number). It started in 1963 and now includes more than 300 million businesses worldwide.
Banks
- SWIFT BIC (Bank Identifier Codes) Database - more than 11.000 banks in the World
Books and publishers
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is 13-digit (formerly 9-digit in 1966-70; 10-digit in 1970-2006) number for books published since the standard was introduced. Includes EAN-prefix (3 digits: 978 or 979); country or lanuage area code (1 to 5 digits); publisher code (1 to 6 digits); publication number (1 to 6 digits); check digit (one).
- Global Register of Publishers by International ISBN Agency - contains 2.060.257 publishers as of 22.11.2018.
- ISBN Wikipedia Article
Serials (Periodicals)
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an 8-digit code used to identify unambiguously newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals of all kinds and on all media–print and digital.
- ISSN Database by ISSN International Centre - 2.665.621 titles are registered as of 22.11.2018
- ISSN Wikipedia Article
