ISSN Manual
E40104
The ISSN Manual is the official guideline document that defines the rules and procedures for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISSN Manual canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISSN Manual Context triple: [International Standard Serial Number, governedBy, ISSN Manual]
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A.
International Standard Serial Number
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.
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B.
Journal Interface
Journal Interface is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society that focuses on interdisciplinary research at the boundary between the physical and life sciences.
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C.
International Standard Book Number
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
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D.
Digital Object Identifier system
The Digital Object Identifier system is a standardized framework for assigning persistent, unique alphanumeric identifiers to digital content such as scholarly articles, enabling reliable citation, discovery, and long-term access.
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E.
DOI
DOI is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Department of the Interior, the federal executive department responsible for managing the nation’s natural resources and public lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISSN Manual Target entity description: The ISSN Manual is the official guideline document that defines the rules and procedures for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications worldwide.
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A.
International Standard Serial Number
The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.
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B.
Journal Interface
Journal Interface is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society that focuses on interdisciplinary research at the boundary between the physical and life sciences.
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C.
International Standard Book Number
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
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D.
Digital Object Identifier system
The Digital Object Identifier system is a standardized framework for assigning persistent, unique alphanumeric identifiers to digital content such as scholarly articles, enabling reliable citation, discovery, and long-term access.
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E.
DOI
DOI is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Department of the Interior, the federal executive department responsible for managing the nation’s natural resources and public lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guideline document
ⓘ
official ISSN documentation ⓘ standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
continuing resources
ⓘ
serial publications ⓘ worldwide ISSN assignment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ISSN International Centre
ⓘ
ISSN Network ⓘ
linked to:
ISSN International Centre
|
| category |
bibliographic standard
ⓘ
library and information science documentation ⓘ |
| concerns |
International Standard Serial Number
ⓘ
bibliographic control of serials ⓘ serial identification ⓘ |
| defines |
procedures for assigning International Standard Serial Numbers
ⓘ
procedures for managing International Standard Serial Numbers ⓘ rules for assigning International Standard Serial Numbers ⓘ rules for managing International Standard Serial Numbers ⓘ |
| hasEdition | multiple editions over time ⓘ |
| hasFormat | text document ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| hasTitle | ISSN Manual ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| provides |
criteria for what qualifies as a serial for ISSN assignment
ⓘ
guidelines for ISSN assignment to electronic serials ⓘ guidelines for ISSN assignment to other media ⓘ guidelines for ISSN assignment to print serials ⓘ guidelines for ISSN metadata elements ⓘ guidelines for ISSN structure and format ⓘ guidelines for handling title changes of serials ⓘ guidelines for linking related serials ⓘ |
| regulates |
assignment of ISSN
ⓘ
maintenance of ISSN records ⓘ modification of ISSN records ⓘ use of ISSN in serials identification ⓘ |
| relatedTo | ISO 3297 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
International Standard Serial Number system
ⓘ
linked to:
International Standard Serial Number
|
| supports | implementation of ISO 3297 standard ⓘ |
| usedBy |
ISSN International Centre
ⓘ
ISSN National Centres ⓘ bibliographic agencies ⓘ libraries ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
harmonization of ISSN records across countries
ⓘ
standardization of ISSN practices ⓘ training of ISSN cataloguers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ISSN Manual Description of subject: The ISSN Manual is the official guideline document that defines the rules and procedures for assigning and managing International Standard Serial Numbers for serial publications worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.