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Standard Book Number

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Standard Book Number

Summary

Standard Book Number is a publication identifier[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (publication_identifier category, ranking #12 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Standard Book Number's instance of is recorded as publication identifier[3].
  • Standard Book Number's subclass of is recorded as non-persistent identifier[4].
  • Standard Book Number's subclass of is recorded as persistent identifier[5].
  • Standard Book Number's replaced by is recorded as International Standard Book Number[6].

Why It Matters

Standard Book Number draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (publication_identifier category, ranking #12 of 10).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved . blogs.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved . blogs.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Standard Book Number. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/standard-book-number
MLA “Standard Book Number.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/standard-book-number.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_standard-book-number_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Standard Book Number}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/standard-book-number}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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