This part of ISO/IEC 15459 specifies the procedural requirements to maintain a non-significant, unique identifier for item management applications, and outlines the obligations of the Registration Authority and Issuing Agencies.
This part of ISO/IEC 15459 excludes those items where ISO has designated Maintenance Agencies or Registration Authorities to provide identification schemes. It does not apply to
— freight containers, because their unique coding is specified in ISO 6346, Freight containers — Coding, identification and marking;
— vehicles, because their unique identification is specified in ISO 3779, Road vehicles — Vehicle identification number (VIN) — Content and structure;
— car radios, because their unique identification is specified in ISO 10486, Passenger cars — Car radio identification number (CRIN).
The exclusion also applies to ISO 2108, Information and documentation —International standard book number (ISBN) and ISO 3297, Information and documentation — International standard serial number (ISSN).
NOTE The scope of each of ISO 2108 and ISO 3297 identifies the title rather than the individual copy of a book or periodical. As such, the level of identification achieved is at a level higher than the unique identity required to be compliant with this part of ISO/IEC 15459.
ISO/IEC 15459-2:1999 history
2015ISO/IEC 15459-2:2015 Information technology - Automatic identification and data capture techniques - Unique identification - Part 2: Registration procedures
2006ISO/IEC 15459-2:2006 Information technology - Unique identifiers - Part 2: Registration procedures
1970ISO/IEC 15459-2:1999/Cor 1:2004 Information technology — Unique identifiers of transport entities — Part 2: Registration procedures — Technical Corrigendum 1
1999ISO/IEC 15459-2:1999 Information technology - Unique identification of transport units - Part 2: Registration procedures