47 month ago
plasticbag : ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) - "The ISAN identifies works, not publications or broadcasts. The ISAN remains the same for an audiovisual work regardless of the various formats in which the work is distributed (e.g. DVD, video recording) or the uses to which it is put."
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47 month ago
jkottke : All ISBNs will move from 10 digits to 13 digits in 2007 - I wonder how Amazon will handle old URLs with the 10 digit ISBNs.
plasticbag : ISBNs go 13 digit. After the PIPs project at work I have a bit of a thing about identifiers like ISBNs... Seems really badly designed to me, but hey... - "The new 13-digit ISBN has been approved and plans are underway to transition to the new number industry-wide, world-wide by January 1, 2007. Find out how the expansion of the ISBN from 10-digits to 13-digits will impact your business and operations."
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48 month ago
plasticbag : MusicBrainz come to the BBC's learning lunch - After working on a project around programme information for most of the last year, I've started to get really interested in standard identifiers and metadata for all kinds of things. A universal CRID for songs is - I think - just a question of time...
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