ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number)
What is ISAN? ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) is a voluntary numbering system and metadata schema for the unique and persistent identification of any audiovisual works and versions thereof including films, shorts, documentaries, television programs, sports events, advertising, etc. Through the ISAN Version, it is possible to ...
What is ISAN? – ISAN
ISAN (pronounced eye-san) is a global numbering system for AudioVisual content, a standard developed under the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). ISAN is a unique, permanent and universal identifier, designed by the industry to identify with a thin level of granularity, all kinds of audiovisual works with their related versions .
How to register with ISAN?
The easiest way to register a work or a work in project/development with ISAN is to connect online to the ISAN registry interface and fill in the online registration form to obtain (almost) instantaneously the ISAN.
List of Supported Codes (schema 3.0) – ISAN - support.isan.org
The article outlines the lists of supported codes in the ISAN bulk excel form (isan3.0) and the ISAN API for the following data fields: ...
Who is using or supporting ISAN?
Public and private organizations worldwide use existing ISAN identifiers in their processes or workflows for managing audio-visual content or projects or rights, processing reports or analytics, protecting content, etc…
What is the structure of ISAN? – ISAN
The structure of ISAN has been designed to meet the diverse needs of the entire audiovisual supply chain. The ISAN is comprised of three segments: the root, the episode and the version component. The root segment is assigned to a root work (i.e. a distinct intellectual creation).
Records, relations and hierarchies in the ISAN Registry
In the ISAN registry, works are organized in 4 record types: Series, Group, Episode, Single. Each ISAN work record type has its own metadata schema. Series: Series are on the top of the Works hierarchy. Series Record are described with a full set of metadata (similar to episodes).
ISAN Registration best practices
For a proper identification with ISAN and to facilitate the search and reuse of the ISAN by other stakeholders, descriptive metadata associated to a work must be of good quality and formatted properly.
ISAN F.A.Q – ISAN - support.isan.org
Where can I use ISAN? What is ISAN? Who developed the ISAN? What is the structure of ISAN? What is the difference between an ISAN and a V-ISAN? What are the benefits of having ISAN? What is an "audiovisual work" and a Version of an audiovisual work? How does ISAN apply to versions of audiovisual works? How does the ISAN affect copyright ...
ISAN API - Introduction
The ISAN Registry API is a collection of Rest web services for reading and writing information in the ISAN registry. The ISAN API enables a wide range of operations such as ISAN code validations, ISAN resolutions (lookups), search for registered ISAN, ISAN applications, ISAN record updates, metadata matching, ...