DCMI Citations Working Group
Identifier Encoding Schemes
Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative - Citation Working Group
24 October 2006
This version: http://dublincore.org/groups/citation/citids.html
Editor: Ann Apps < [email protected]>
MIMAS, The University of Manchester, UK
Status of this document: Completed Working Group Resource
Description: This document contains a list of identifier encoding schemes relevant to journal articles.
1. Standard Identifier Encoding Schemes
The table below lists standard identifers which may be used when capturing bibliographic citation information about resources such as journal articles and books.
It is unclear at present whether it will be necessary to register these identifers as encoding schemes with DCMI, or whether the DCMI recommendation will be to encode them within a string value according to scheme "URI". The table indicates the encoding for each identifier as a URI by example. But note that some of these identifiers have not yet been registered as URNs with the relevant bodies. These encodings are based on the draft 'Guidelines for encoding identifiers in Dublin Core™ metadata' [1].
| Identifier | Identifier Name | Standard Agency | Example Encoding |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier | International DOI Foundation | doi:10.1060/abcdefg |
| ISSN | International Standard Serials Number | ISSN Internationl Centre | urn:issn:0740-8188 |
| ISBN | International Standard Book Number | International ISBN Agency | urn:isbn:1-56592-149-6 |
| SICI | Serial Item and Contribution Identifier | ANSI/NISO Z39.56-1996 Version 2 | urn:sici:07408188(200010) 22:3%3C311:SEUB%3E2.0.CO;2-X |
2. Other Identifier Encoding Schemes
The table below lists other significant identifiers relevant to bibliographic citation information. Because these are not standard identifiers, it will be necessary to encode them within Dublin Core™ records using application-specific schemes.
| Identifier | Identifier Name | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| BICI | Book Item and Contributor Identifier | NISO Committee AP |
| CODEN | http://www.oclc.org/oclc/bib/030.htm | |
| PII | Publisher Item Identifier | Elsevier |
| PubMed | National Library of Medicine | |
| OpenURL | NISO Committee AX | |
| OAI | Open Archives Initiative |
3. References
[1] Powell, A. (2002) Guidelines for encoding identifiers in Dublin Core™ metadata.