isni and libraries - anila angjeli, bibliotheque nationale de france
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Anila AngjeliAnila Angjeli
1The European Library annual meeting, Amsterdam 17 September 2013
Member of the Board of directors of ISNI-International AgencyMember of the Board of directors of ISNI-International Agency
Global, persistent identifierGlobal, persistent identifierbridging identities across domainsbridging identities across domains
Public identitiesPublic identities of parties (of parties (individuals individuals oror organizationsorganizations) )
that create, produce, manage, distribute or feature that create, produce, manage, distribute or feature in creative contentsin creative contents
including writers, artists, creators, performers, researchers, including writers, artists, creators, performers, researchers, producers, publishers, aggregators, and more) producers, publishers, aggregators, and more)
ISO 27729 International Standard Name Identifier ISO 27729 International Standard Name Identifier
forfor
ISNI and librariesISNI and libraries
A simple, unique number, that everyone in the world could use to identify the same person or corporate body!
… an alluring idea, proposed over and over
FRANAR IFLAFRANAR IFLA group charged:
To study the feasibility of an International Standard Authority Data Number
over the past 30 yearsover the past 30 years
14 years ago14 years ago
FRANARFRANAR group recommended:
« IFLA should continue to monitor the progress of efforts of the ISO 27729 ISNI Working Group and the VIAF Project and any potential numbering that may result from those efforts.
IFLA member institutions should also actively seek to influence the ISNI with a view to identifying common purposes with other communities. »
5 years ago5 years ago
ISO 2779:2012 - International Standard Name Identifier
(approved in 2009, published in 2012)
1 year ago1 year ago
ISNI public database LIVE www.isni.org (with 1 million identities)
2 years ago2 years ago
ISNIISNI International AgencyInternational Agency
3 years ago3 years ago
Bibliothèque nationale de France
founding member
Other members: OCLC, ProQuest, CISAC, IFRRO, SCAPR
6,8 million ISNIs assigned
Unique, Persistent, Actionable soon in RDF , and exposed as LOD
NowNow
in library workflows in library workflows example of the National Library of France (BnF)example of the National Library of France (BnF)
Workflows with publishers(Legal deposit)
Bibliographic and authority
products(BnF patrons)
Register of out of commerce
works
Research and discovery(LOD)
Future Links with academic bibliographic resources and others
Future Links with academic bibliographic resources and others
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Integrated in
database
soon
(in project)
(will use ISNI)
soon
in public view , in RDF dumps
Libraries
Text Rights
Music RightsTrade Sources
Encyclopaedias
Researchers & Professional
cross-domain cross-domain bridging-domains bridging-domains
Other future cultural heritage
sources
FiguresFigures+ % confidence
- % confidence
Assigned ISNIs to VIAF July 2013
5,797,075
Provisional: Unassigned9,563,590
Provisional: Possible580,738
Assigned
6.87 million
Number of data contributors
From VIAF 39
Others 25
Total(in permanent growth)
64
Cross links among sources through local IDs
Over 7,6 million
Governance & control infrastructureGovernance & control infrastructureISNI-IA
ISO Registration Authority(the governing body)
Quality Teamlibraries
ISNI-AAAssignment Agency
(manages the central database)
MemberMember
Registration Agency
Registration Agency
Registration Agency
Registration Agency
Registration Agency
Registration AgencyRegistration
AgencyRegistration
Agency
MemberMember
MemberMember
MemberMember
Enduserinput
enduser
database
ISNI Quality TeamISNI Quality Team
• Samples data regularly – c. 2% VIAF clusters have mixed identities– c. 5% of clusters duplicate
• Makes corrections at cluster level
– Merges, splits, error notifications– Access to cataloguing client / macros
• Makes system recommendations• Gives approval for single source assignment• Responds to End User input
VIAF-ISNI interVIAF-ISNI inter
Monthly updatesMonthly updates
ISNIISNIssReprocessing
after notification
Error notificationsError notifications
Quality Team Quality
control
matching
Assignment
Error detection
VIAF seed database for ISNI
VIAF-ISNI Task ForcePolicy on pseudonyms Study notification work flows Participate in cluster sampling in VIAF and ISNI Help define new anomaly detectors, etc
-relationship-relationship-operability-operability
LinkedLinked
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ISNI - 0000 0001 2144 7715
Identifiant international : ISNI 0000 0001 2144 7715
Mandela, Nelson (1918-....) forme internationale
From current Non-VIAF sources From current Non-VIAF sources to VIAF clustersto VIAF clusters
•VIAF source links to ISNI => 7.3 VIAF source links to ISNI => 7.3 millionmillion
Links generated Links generated by ISNIby ISNI
Non-VIAFNon-VIAFsourcessources
Libraries in VIAF and in ISNILibraries in VIAF and in ISNI
Quality control
VIAFFederates authority filesNo full coverage of all identities in library catalogues
ISNIIncludes more sourcesConsolidates identities (ID)No sparse recordsNo undifferentiated
Public Identities
How do libraries get ALL the ISNIs they need?
➙ Go through an existing Registration Agency➙ Become a Registration Agency or an ISNI Member