D-Lib Article on Identifier Interoperability

D-Lib Magazine April 2006 Volume 12 Number 4 Identifier Interoperability A Report on Two Recent ISO Activities Norman Paskin Tertius Ltd Two significant activities within ISO, the International Organisation for Standardization, are underway, each of which has potential implications for the management of content by digital libraries and their users: the first activity investigates the practical implications of interoperability across the family of ISO TC46/SC9 identifiers (better known as the ISBN and related identifiers); the second activity is the implementation of an ontD-Lib Magazine April 2006 Volume 12 Number 4 Identifier Interoperability A Report on Two Recent ISO Activities Norman Paskin Tertius Ltd Two significant activities within ISO, the International Organisation for Standardization, are underway, each of which has potential implications for the management of content by digital libraries and their users: the first activity investigates the practical implications of interoperability across the family of ISO TC46/SC9 identifiers (better known as the ISBN and related identifiers); the second activity is the implementation of an ontology-based data dictionary that could provide a mechanism for this, the ISO/IEC 21000-6 standard.