OTHER IDENTIFIERS

Global Location Number/Standard Address Number

The GLN/SAN Agency is managed for BIC by Nielsen Book. The GLN is an identifier of a location and is an essential part of EDI and other e-commerce transactions.

www.san.nielsenbookdata.co.uk

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

www.issn.org

and:

http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/issn.html

 International Standard Text Code (ISTC)

The International Standard Text Code is a new ISO identifier which is used to collocate or link the various manifestations of a textual work. 

The UK registration agency is operated by Nielsen Registration Services, Midas House, 62 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6LQ, telephone 0870 777 8712. 

For more information click here.

ISTC: A Work in Progress by Michael Holdsworth (March 2010) has been jointly published by BIC and the Book Industry Study Group.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

www.doi.org