<idno>

<idno> (identifier) supplies any form of identifier used to identify some object, such as a bibliographic item, a person, a title, an organization, etc. in a standardized way. [13.3.1. Basic Principles 2.2.4. Publication, Distribution, Licensing, etc. 2.2.5. The Series Statement 3.12.2.4. Imprint, Size of a Document, and Reprint Information]
Module header
Attributes Attributes att.global (xml:id, n, xml:lang) (lim.att.global.fragmentable (part)) (att.global.rendition (rendition)) (att.global.source (source)) att.datable (calendar) (att.datable.w3c (when, notBefore, notAfter, from, to)) (att.datable.custom (when-custom, notBefore-custom, notAfter-custom, from-custom, to-custom, datingMethod))
type categorizes the identifier, for example as an ISBN, Social Security number, etc.
Derived from att.typed
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Suggested values include:
ISBN
International Standard Book Number: a 13- or (if assigned prior to 2007) 10-digit identifying number assigned by the publishing industry to a published book or similar item, registered with the International ISBN Agency.
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number: an eight-digit number to uniquely identify a serial publication.
DOI
Digital Object Identifier: a unique string of letters and numbers assigned to an electronic document.
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier: a string of characters to uniquely identify a resource, following the syntax of RFC 3986.
VIAF
A data number in the Virtual Internet Authority File assigned to link different names in catalogs around the world for the same entity.
ESTC
English Short-Title Catalogue number: an identifying number assigned to a document in English printed in the British Isles or North America before 1801.
OCLC
OCLC control number (record number) for the union catalog record in WorldCat, a union catalog for member libraries in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative.
Member of
Contained by
May contain
gaiji: g
header: idno
character data
Note
idno should be used for labels which identify an object or concept in a formal cataloguing system such as a database or an RDF store, or in a distributed system such as the World Wide Web. Some suggested values for type on idno are ISBN, ISSN, DOI, and URI.
Examples

<idno type="ISBN">978-1-906964-22-1</idno>
<idno type="ISSN">0143-3385</idno>
<idno type="DOI">10.1000/123</idno>
<idno type="URI">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185922478</idno>
<idno type="URI">http://authority.nzetc.org/463/</idno>
<idno type="LT">Thomason Tract E.537(17)</idno>
<idno type="Wing">C695</idno>
<idno type="oldCat">
   
<g ref="#sym"/>345</idno>
In the last case, the identifier includes a non-Unicode character which is defined elsewhere by means of a glyph or char element referenced here as
#sym
.
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<elementSpec module="header" ident="idno">
   
<gloss>identifier</gloss>
   
<desc>supplies any form of identifier used to identify some
object, such as a bibliographic item, a person, a title, an organization, etc. in a standardized
way.
</desc>
   
<classes>
      
<memberOf key="att.global"/>
      
<memberOf key="att.datable"/>
      
<memberOf key="att.typed"/>
      
<memberOf key="model.msItemPart"/>
      
<memberOf key="model.nameLike"/>
      
<memberOf key="model.publicationStmtPart.detail"/>
   
</classes>
   
<content>
      
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
         
<textNode/>
         
<classRef key="model.gLike"/>
         
<elementRef key="idno"/>
      
</alternate>
   
</content>
   
<attList>
      
<attDef ident="type" usage="opt" mode="change">
         
<desc>categorizes the identifier, for example as an
    ISBN, Social Security number, etc.
</desc>
         
<datatype>
            
<dataRef key="teidata.enumerated"/>
         
</datatype>
         
<valList type="semi" mode="add">
            
<valItem ident="ISBN">
               
<desc>International Standard Book Number: a 13- or
         (if assigned prior to 2007) 10-digit identifying number assigned by the publishing
        industry to a published book or similar item, registered with the 
<ref target="https://www.isbn-international.org"> International ISBN Agency.</ref>
               
</desc>
            
</valItem>
            
<valItem ident="ISSN">
               
<desc>International Standard Serial Number: an
        eight-digit number to uniquely identify a serial publication.
</desc>
            
</valItem>
            
<valItem ident="DOI">
               
<desc>Digital Object Identifier: a unique string of
        letters and numbers assigned to an electronic document.
</desc>
            
</valItem>
            
<valItem ident="URI">
               
<desc>Uniform Resource Identifier: a string of
        characters to uniquely identify a resource, following the syntax of 
<ref target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986">RFC 3986</ref>.</desc>
            
</valItem>
            
<valItem ident="VIAF">
               
<desc>A data number in the Virtual Internet
        Authority File assigned to link different names in catalogs around the world for the
        same entity.
</desc>
            
</valItem>
            
<valItem ident="ESTC">
               
<desc>English Short-Title Catalogue number: an
        identifying number assigned to a document in English printed in the British Isles or
        North America before 1801.
</desc>
            
</valItem>
            
<valItem ident="OCLC">
               
<desc>OCLC control number (record number) for the
        union catalog record in WorldCat, a union catalog for member libraries in the Online
        Computer Library Center global cooperative.
</desc>
            
</valItem>
         
</valList>
      
</attDef>
   
</attList>
</elementSpec>