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 ABOUT ISNI

 ISNI is the ISO certified global standard number for identifying the millions of contributors to creative works and those active in their distribution, including researchers, inventors, writers, artists, visual creators, performers, producers, publishers, aggregators, and more. As ISO 27729, it is part of a family of international standard identifiers that includes identifiers of works, recordings, products and right holders in all repertoires, e.g. DOI , ISAN , ISBN , ISRC , ISSN , and ISWC .

 The mission of the ISNI International Agency (ISNI-IA) is to assign to the public name(s) of a researcher, inventor, writer, artist, performer, publisher, etc. a persistent unique identifying number in order to resolve the problem of name ambiguity in search and discovery; and diffuse each assigned ISNI across all repertoires in the global supply chain so that every published work can be unambiguously attributed to its creator wherever that work is described.

 By achieving these goals, the ISNI will act as a bridge identifier across multiple domains and become a critical component in Linked Data and Semantic Web applications.

 KEY STATISTICS

 16.69 million 

 ISNI holds public records of more than 16.6 million identities

 14.6 million  

 ISNI holds public records of over 14.6 million individuals (of which over 2.9 million are researchers) 

 2 million 

 ISNI holds public records of 2,076,462 organizations or groups

 100 sources

 The ISNI database is a cross-domain resource with direct contributions from 100 sources

 NEWS

 CBL Brings ISNI Assignment to Latin America with New Service Launch 

 The global reach of the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) continues to expand with the launch of a new ISNI registration service from Câmara

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 Bowker Launches New International ISNI Assignment Service for the Book Industry 

 Bowker has today announced the launch of a new ISNI assignment service via its online portal, enabling individuals and organisations across the book industry and

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 ISNI Press Release, February 2026: The ISNI International Agency Launches Guidance to Help Authors and Creators Protect Their Digital Identity 

 New resource explains how ISNI helps authors and contributors strengthen attribution, improve discoverability and ensure their work is correctly identified across 

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