1. Consolidate Identities at universal scale
Anila ANGJELI
Bibliothèque nationale de France
and
ISNI-International Agency
ISNI
Workshop :
Fonds & Bonds: Archival Metadata, Tools, and Identity Management
8 October 2014

2. ISO 27729 International Standard Name Identifier
for
Public identities of parties
individuals or organizations
that create, produce, manage, distribute or feature in creative contents
including writers, artists, creators, performers, researchers, producers, publishers, aggregators, and more
e.g.: ISNI  
Universal scope
Unique, Persistent
Public, Expressed as HTTP URI, e.g.:
Centrally managed / Widely diffused

3. from project to fully operational
4 years ago
ISNI International Agency
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Founding members represented by
as ISNI Assignement Agency
Other members: ProQuest, CISAC, IFRRO, SCAPR
3 years ago
Right management societies and content industries - ready to rely on libraries’ data
BL + BnF + OCLC have proposed to use VIAF data as a platform for matching all candidates data for the initiation of the future ISNI database.
On this bases, successful tests have been run by OCLC since the beginning of 2009 and the ISNI concept has proved its validity.
OCLC proposes to make use of advanced networking technologies such as:
FRBR Work set algorithm
Technologies developed especially for the purposes of VIAF project
It also envisages to develop other technologies for the purposes of ISNI project
Candidate members of the consortium:
1) BL + BnF (regarded as the representatives of the national libraries)
2) OCLC has manifested its will to be a full member of the consortium. He has a special position as compared to the BL and to the Bnf, his intention being to become the service provider for ISNI system: (management of ISNI’s processing database and running of matchings)
That’s why the need of deciding the mode of participation of the BL and the BnF becomes urgent
The other candidates are groups of societies or federations :
3) CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers)
4) IFRRO (International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations) : equally one of the main actors in ARROW project
5) IPDA (International Performers’ Database Association) : whose representative in the project is ADAMI
6) Bowker (Books in Print organization operating in the North American area)
ISNI public database LIVE (with 1 million identities)
1 year ago
6 million ISNIs assigned
8 + million ISNIs Assigned and diffused in datasets
Now

4. Bridging layers of identifiers
International
Standard
Global
Cross-domain
International IDs
specific communities of users
(ARK ID)
Archives
(US+)
VIAF ID
libraries +
IPI
International CISAC
authors/composers
IPD
International
performers
Researchers E X A M P L S
DAI
Netherlands
IDs operating at regional or consortium level
GND
(Germany
DNB + cooperative)
IdRef
(French universities cooperative)
NACO
(LC + cooperative)
Research institutions
ARK ID (authority files)
Rights (authors, composers) z
Archives
German libraries +
Publishers
NACO member libraries
Rights (text)
Rights
(performers)
Local IDs
(each institution system - its own local ID)
French public libraries +
French
Universities libraries
Dutch institutions

5. ≈16 million cross-links among data sources
A hub of links
≈16 million cross-links among data sources
HTTP URI
Link through an international “community” ID
Clickable whenever available as URIs
Linking through local IDs

6. Consolidate identities, bridge domains
data policy
control & curation
+ confidence
Quality Team
8+ million
Assigned
No Sparse
No Undifferentiated
Library data not covered by authority files
ISNI Assignment Agency
~ 10,3 Million
Unassigned
possible matches
and
provisional
Archives
(soon)
Encyclopedic
- confidence
Research
Trade
Cross-domain
Professional societies
Performersrights
Text rights
Music rights

7. Control infrastructure (Registration Agencies
International Agency
Data policy
Database management
Data control & curation
Assignment Agency
Quality Team
sample, analyse,
system recommendations,
data policy recommendations,
correct,
merge, split, enrich,
response to end users,
s to sources for error corrections
Human experts
match,
merge,
split,
sampling,
anomaly checks,
reprocess, …
Notifications
Algorithms
Data contributors
(Registration Agencies
Members)
End User

8. 2 Public Identities  1 VIAF cluster
Identity issues
2 Public Identities  1 VIAF cluster
Data policy
Example
Le Carré, John (pseudonym)
Cornwell, David John Moore (real name)
Le Carré, John (pseudonym)
Cornwell, David John Moore (real name)

9. Identity issues 1 person, 2 Public Identities  2 separate ISNIs
Le Carré, John (pseudonym)
Cornwell, David John Moore (real name)
ISNI Quality Team
Relationship is public
Image from:

10. Algorithmic processing①
Example
From clustering to ISNI assignment
assigned ②
date error
Rejected ③
Rejected ⑥
Rejected
Search: Bethmann-Hollweg, Moritz

11. End User input to ISNI Quality Team
Data curation
End User input to ISNI Quality Team
Example
Dear Sir / Madam,
The ISNI refers to "Marco Antonio
Casanova", Professor at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
I am not the author of "Fragmentos póstumos. - Nietzsche uma introdução filosófica" or "Segunda consideração intempestiva da utilidade e desvantagem da história para a vida".
The author of these works is "Marco Antonio dos Santos Casa Nova".
You may confirm this information by consulting our CVs at the Brazilian Research Council:
Marco Antonio Casanova (me): Marco Antonio dos Santos Casa Nova
(the other author):

12. Makes correction to the database
Data curation
Makes correction to the database
Example
Replies to End User
s to the Source of error
I am part of the the ISNI Quality Team (experts from the British Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France in charge of the quality of the ISNI database). We perform manual checking and corrections in the ISNI database such as splits, merges/deduplications and data corrections.
ISNI Quality team received a request from an enduser about ISNI records and   , VIAF and their related
Authority record  XXX mixes 2 identities (see the snapshot below) :
1/ Marco Antonio Casanova (ISNI )
2/ Nova, Marco Antonio dos Santos Casa
(ISNI   )
Philosoph, and author of "Segunda consideração intempestiva da utilidade e desvantagem da história para a vida"
I hope this information will be useful.
Thank you for using the ISNI database and suggesting improvements to your record. There is now another ISNI record for Marco Antonio dos Santos Casa Nova
(ISNI ).
I have corrected your record, removed the erroneous titles and added a link to your online CV (Lattes database).
If you have any further queries, please let me know.

13. French archives use case
Archives soon in ISNI
French archives use case
Motivation for a global ID:
To interconnect to other archival and cultural heritage resources
For transactions with stakeholders in electronic archiving
To control at global scale the identification of their own CPF
(a specialized domain of expertise)
are becoming direct ISNI Member
CPF Authority File
future
French Archival portal
to coordinate participation of French archival services
territorial and other archival services
coordinated by

14. (with public access to the database)
website
(with public access to the database)
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Anila ANGJELI
ISNI