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The article explores the significance of naming systems like ISBN, ISSN, and more in managing digital content. It discusses how these identifiers function within supply chains and are governed by naming authorities. Additionally, it highlights the application of core metadata frameworks like INDECS and ONIX, focusing on interoperability with multimedia products. The piece also considers the advantages of using open name services for resolution and linking in e-commerce and digital rights management, emphasizing improved customer profiling and metadata management.
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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