ISO 3297:2020

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST ISO 3297:2018
Informatika in dokumentacija - Mednarodna standardna številka serijske
publikacije (ISSN)
Information and documentation -- International standard serial number (ISSN)
Information et documentation -- Numéro international normalisé des publications en série
(ISSN)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ISO 3297:2020
ICS:
01.140.20 Informacijske vede Information sciences
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3297
Sixth edition
2020-10
Information and documentation —
International standard serial
number (ISSN)
Information et documentation — Numéro international normalisé
des publications en série (ISSN)
Reference number
©
ISO 2020
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Metadata . 1
3.2 Stakeholders . 2
3.3 Resources identified . 3
3.4 Identifiers and locators. 4
4 Construction of ISSN and cluster ISSN . 5
5 Assignment of ISSN — Principles . 6
6 Establishment of the key title and the abbreviated key title . 6
7 Continuing resource clusters identified with cluster ISSN . 7
[17]
8 Display of ISSN and cluster ISSN. 7
9 ISSN Machine legibility . 9
10 ISSN Metadata .11
11 Administration of the ISSN network .11
Annex A (normative) Check digit for ISSN .12
Annex B (normative) Linking ISSN (ISSN-L) .13
Annex C (normative) ISSN Metadata profile .14
Annex D (normative) Administration of the ISSN network .17
Annex E (informative) Interoperability of ISSN .19
Bibliography .25
Foreword
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ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
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iso/ foreword .html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 46, Information and documentation,
Subcommittee SC 9, Identification and description.
This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition (ISO 3297:2017), which has been technically
revised. The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— the Cluster ISSN concept has been broadened to identify groups of serial titles based on new types
of relations;
— the list of resource types eligible for ISSN assignment has been expanded;
— the construction of the ISSN, its machine legibility, and ISSN metadata profile have been detailed;
— the interoperability of ISSN with other identification systems has been specified.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html.
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Introduction
The need for a brief, unique and unambiguous identification code for serials and other continuing
resources is internationally recognized. The exchange of information among libraries, abstracting
services and other content users, system suppliers, distributors and other intermediaries, and
publishers and other content producers justifies the requirement for a standard code. Communication
between the different organizations transcends national boundaries and therefore requires an
international code which is numeric, since no single alphabet is used by the majority of producers and
users of serials. In response to these requirements, the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
has been established as the identification code for serials. The ISSN is an opaque identifier where no
meaning is to be inferred from the code itself.
The International Serials Data System (ISDS) was established as an inter-governmental organization
within the framework of the UNESCO/UNISIST program to be the designated authority for controlling
the assignment of ISSN. In 1993, the ISDS became the ISSN network which is the inter-governmental
organization comprising ISO 3297 Registration Authority and ISO 3297 Registration Agencies to which
some Registration services have been delegated, including ISSN assignment.
The first three editions of this document pertained only to serials. However, in 2002 a new category of
resources, "continuing resources", was defined by the library community to encompass new kinds of
resources, such as updating databases. The scope of the fourth edition was broadened to cover serials
and other continuing resources. The fifth edition removed any reference to the business model from
the standard. This sixth edition responds to sector requests by establishing the ability to group and
identify related continuing resources into new types of clusters. Furthermore, this document specifies
richer metadata elements to allow the communication of additional characteristics of a resource.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3297:2020(E)
Information and documentation — International standard
serial number (ISSN)
1 Scope
This document defines and promotes the use of a standard code (ISSN) for the unique identification of
serials and other continuing resources.
Each International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique identifier for a serial or other continuing
resource in a defined medium whether print or electronic.
This document also allows for grouping related continuing resources into clusters identified by a
separately-prefixed ISSN as defined in this document.
ISSNs are applicable to serials and to other continuing resources, whatever the business model or modes
of distribution (e.g. free, open access, on subscription, etc.) and irrespective of whether the serial is
currently in publication, has ceased publication, or publication is planned for the foreseeable future.
Continuing resources include whatever the medium of production (print or electronic):
— serials, such as newspapers, periodicals, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, monographic
series with no predetermined conclusion, annual or other periodic reports, and
— ongoing integrating resources that are updated, such as loose-leaf publications, updating websites,
blogs, institutional repositories, directories and databases.
Monographs, sound and video recordings, notated music publications, audiovisual works, textual
works and musical works have their own standard identifiers and are not specifically mentioned in this
document. Such items can carry an ISSN in addition to their appropriate identifiers when they are part
of a continuing resource.
NOTE This document does not contain any operational guidance for its practical implementation.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1 Metadata
3.1.1
abbreviated key title
specific title established by the ISSN network by replacing each significant word of a key title with
the corresponding abbreviation from the List of Title Word Abbreviations managed by the ISO 3297
Registration Authority for ISO 4
Note 1 to entry: See Reference [2] for the List of Title Word Abbreviations.
[3]
Note 2 to entry: Abbreviations are based on ISO 4 .
3.1.2
ISSN metadata
descriptive data recorded as part of the ISSN assignment process that provides elements by which the
continuing resource is identified and distinguished from other continuing resources
Note 1 to entry: It is updated by the ISSN network when needed.
3.1.3
ISSN Register
official registration database managed by the ISO 3297 Registration Authority containing all ISSN and
associated metadata records for those ISSN that have been assigned to date
Note 1 to entry: The database is made available in the ISSN
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