International Standard Book Number
unique numeric book identifier
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Summary
International Standard Book Number is an ISO standard[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of iso standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,844 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: publication identifier[3]
- Maintained by: the International ISBN Agency[4]
- Subclass of: European Article Number[5], URN[6], non-persistent identifier[7], persistent identifier[8]
- Commons category: ISBN[9]
- Inception: 1966[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:International Standard Book Number[11]
- Replaces: Standard Book Number[12]
- Topic has template: Template:ISBN[13], Template:Cite isbn[14]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/isbn[15]
- Main Wikidata property: P957[16], P212[17], P3035[18]
- Equivalent class: http://bibliograph.net/isbn[19], http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Isbn[20]
- Short name: ISBN[21]
- Different from: International Standard Music Number[22], International Standard Dojin Numbering[23], International Standard Serial Number[24]
- Studied by: library science[25]
- Exact match: https://data.bnf.fr/ontology/bnf-onto/isbn[26], http://dbpedia.org/resource/International_Standard_Book_Number[27]
- Permanent duplicated item: ISBN[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Books[29], WikiProject Libraries[30], WikiProject Retailing[31], WikiProject Unique Identifiers[32], WikiProject Mathematics[33]
Why It Matters
International Standard Book Number has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]