ISNI
ISNI, the International Standard Name Identifier, is an identifier given to a public identity of a person or an organisation.
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About ISNI in English (opens a new tab)Service description
ISNI, the International Standard Name Identifier, is an identifier given to a public identity of a person or an organisation. The ISNI is useful in distinguishing e.g. two persons with identical names. It also helps to recognise two expressions of a name (e.g. in different writing systems) as referring to the same entity.
The National Library of Finland is one of the Registation Agencies.
For more information please contact us: toimijakuvailu-posti@helsinki.fi.
Background information
- The ISNI International Agency is responsible for the international ISNI database and supervision of the ISNI assignation process: https://www.isni.org/
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Service users
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Standards used
- ISO 27729:2012 International standard name identifier (ISNI) by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
- SFS-ISO 27729 Nimien kansainvälinen standarditunnus (ISNI) by The Finnish Standards Association SFS.
- KANTO - National agent metadata
Organisation model
Service is developed as part of basic operation of National Library
Steering responsibility
The National Library of Finland