The purpose of this International Standard is to establish the specifications for the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) as a unique international identification system for each product form or edition of a monographic publication published or produced by a specific publisher. It specifies the construction of an ISBN, the rules for its assignment and use, the metadata to be associated with the ISBN allocation, and the administration of the ISBN system.
This International Standard is applicable to monographic publications (or their individual sections or chapters where these are made separately available) and certain types of related products that are available to the public. Examples of applicable and non-applicable products are provided in Annex A.
NOTE More detailed, operational guidance is provided in a users' manual available from the Registration Authority for this International Standard (see Clause 8).
ISO 2108:2005 Referenced Document
ISO 3166-1 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country code*, 2020-08-25 Update
ISO 639-2 Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 2: Alpha-3 code
ISO 8601 Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange - Representation of dates and times
ISO/IEC 15420:2000 Information technology - Automatic identification and data capture techniques - Bar code symbology specifications; EAN/UPC
ISO 2108:2005 history
2017ISO 2108:2017 Information and documentation - International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
2005ISO 2108:2005 Information and documentation - International standard book number (ISBN)
1992ISO 2108:1992 Information and documentation; international standard book numbering (ISBN)
1978ISO 2108:1978 Documentation — International standard book numbering (ISBN)
1972ISO 2108:1972 Title missing - Legacy paper document