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NAMING: A Key Component of Robust Resolution/Linking. Albert Simmonds Business Manager Open Names Service Online Computer Library Center Dublin, Ohio, USA. ISBN ISSN ISMN ISWC ISAN ISRC. BICI SICI DOI UPC/EAN ISTC IPI SAN. What are Names? ( Works--Manifestations--Entities).
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NAMING: A Key Component of Robust Resolution/Linking Albert Simmonds Business Manager Open Names Service Online Computer Library Center Dublin, Ohio, USA
ISBN ISSN ISMN ISWC ISAN ISRC BICI SICI DOI UPC/EAN ISTC IPI SAN What are Names?(Works--Manifestations--Entities)
A Multiplicity of Names Each with its own Functions, Supply Chain, Naming Authorities and Rules for Application
Metadata • INDECS • ONIX • Dublin Core • MARC
INTEROPERABILITY • Especially with multi-media products • MPEG21 • The Identifiers Consortium: ISBN/ISSN/ISTC/ISAN/ISWC/ISRC
ISBN APPLIED TO DIGITAL FILES: A Case Study • The pool of numbers • How to assign them • Core metadata • Concept of publisher: Authority to assign ISBNs • Print on Demand
RESOLUTION/LINKING • Cheaper than loading data • More timely than loaded data • Easier to bundle data & content delivery • Owners more comfortable with linking than with loading
Open Names Service Resolution and linking utilized to manage the basic transactions of e-commerce & DRM within a secure, neutral environment
One interface to all linked data To manage traffic to sites relevant to specific identifiers (“names”)
Base Service • Profiling of customers • Authentication
Joint technology development Joint marketing Profiling of services Supply chain consulting Separation of Names from services Trusted third party Requests simple enough to hand enter; complete enough for services like SFX Value Added Services
Prototype at the annual meeting of the American Library Association In production: January 2002 Development Schedule
BICI: www.niso.org/standards.html#drafts ISBN: bowker.com/standards/ Useful Sites
Albert Simmonds albert_simmonds@oclc.org