URI Schemes for Identifiers
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When representing identifiers in RDF it's preferable to use a URI so that the identifier can be easily disambiguated. The following table lists a number of commonly encountered bibliographic identifiers and their commonly accepted URI schemes
| !Identifier Type | URI Example |
| ARK (Archival Resource Key) | http://loc.gov/ark:/12025/654xz321 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1000/182 or info:doi/ |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/4263537/4069 or info:hdl/ |
| ISBN (International Standard Book Number) | urn:isbn:1565921496 |
| ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) | urn:issn:13613200 |
| SICI (Serial Item and Contribution Identifier) | info:sici/1046-8188(199501)13:1%3C69:FTTHBI%3E2.0.TX;2-4 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | info:lccn/ (see http://www.loc.gov/marc/lccn-namespace.html#syntax) |
| OCLC Worldcat Control Numbers | info:oclcnum/3393962 |
| RLG Database Record identifiers | info:rlgid/ |
| National Bibliography Number | ?? |
| ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) | ?? |
| UPC (Universal Product Code) | ?? |
| ISMN (International Standard Music Number) | ?? |
| EAN (International Article Number) | ?? |
| Fingerprint | ?? |
| Publisher number (commonly used for audio and video recordings) | ?? |
| CODEN (used for chemical journal articles) | ?? |
| Musical Incipits (only used by a few specialist libraries) | ?? |
| System Control Number (unique id for a record from a given institution) | ?? |
[edit] Sources
- Guidelines for using resource identifiers in Dublin Core metadata and IEEE LOM
- Registered "info" URI Schemes
- Using info URIs with RDF
- Official IANA Registry of URN Namespaces
- RFC2288: Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names
- RFC3187: Using International Standard Book Numbers as Uniform Resource Names
- RFC3044: Using The ISSN (International Serial Standard Number) as URN (Uniform Resource Names) within an ISSN-URN Namespace
- RFC4452: The "info" URI Scheme for Information Assets with Identifiers in Public Namespaces

