The International Standard Content Code (ISCC) - why libraries, archives and museums should use it - TIB-Blog
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Summary:
"Today, libraries, archives and museums collect, create and distribute a wide range of digital content. For some time now, they have been ensuring that this content can be identified, referenced and permanently retrieved using persistent identifiers (PIDs). Identifiers such as DOI, URN, Handle or PURL are often used here.
These systems are established and widely accepted. They have become an essential part of modern scientific communication, as they make research results citable and research data referenceable, among other things…
At the end of May 2024, ISO 24138:2024, the International Standard Content Code (ISCC) was adopted as an international standard from the family of identifiers. In contrast to the established identifiers, which practically identify an intellectual work as a product, e.g. a publisher‘s publication, the ISCC refers to the media file itself. The driving force behind the identifier is the foundation of the same name (ISCC Foundation), with Lambert Heller (TIB), among others, as a member of its Advisory Board since 2020…"