International Standard Book Number

Summary

International Standard Book Number is an ISO standard^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of iso_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,553 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• International Standard Book Number's instance of is recorded as ISO standard^[3].
• International Standard Book Number's instance of is recorded as publication identifier^[4].
• International Standard Book Number's maintained by is recorded as the International ISBN Agency^[5].
• International Standard Book Number is a type of European Article Number^[6].
• International Standard Book Number is a type of URN^[7].
• International Standard Book Number is a type of non-persistent identifier^[8].
• International Standard Book Number is a type of persistent identifier^[9].
• International Standard Book Number's Commons category is recorded as ISBN^[10].
• 1966 marks the founding of International Standard Book Number^[11].
• International Standard Book Number's topic's main category is recorded as Category:International Standard Book Number^[12].
• International Standard Book Number's replaces is recorded as Standard Book Number^[13].
• International Standard Book Number's topic has template is recorded as Template:ISBN^[14].
• International Standard Book Number's topic has template is recorded as Template:Cite isbn^[15].
• International Standard Book Number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/isbn^[16].
• International Standard Book Number's main Wikidata property is recorded as P957^[17].
• International Standard Book Number's main Wikidata property is recorded as P212^[18].
• International Standard Book Number's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3035^[19].
• International Standard Book Number's equivalent class is recorded as http://bibliograph.net/isbn^[20].
• International Standard Book Number's equivalent class is recorded as http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Isbn^[21].
• International Standard Book Number's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ISBN'}^[22].
• International Standard Book Number's different from is recorded as International Standard Music Number^[23].
• International Standard Book Number's different from is recorded as International Standard Dojin Numbering^[24].
• International Standard Book Number's studied by is recorded as library science^[25].
• International Standard Book Number's exact match is recorded as https://data.bnf.fr/ontology/bnf-onto/isbn^[26].
• International Standard Book Number's exact match is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/resource/International_Standard_Book_Number^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ISO standard^[3] and publication identifier^[4].

History and Context

1966 marks the founding of International Standard Book Number^[11].

Why It Matters

International Standard Book Number ranks in the top 3% of iso_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,553 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]