International Standard Music Number

E43617

international standard music publication identifier

The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely catalog and manage printed music publications.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
ISMN	4
International Standard Music Number canonical	4
ISMN system	1
International Standard Music Number system	1
International Standard Musical Work Code	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341772 — 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: International Standard Music Number
Context triple: [International Standard Book Number, relatedStandard, International Standard Music Number]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. International Standard Name Identifier
The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) is a globally recognized unique identifier used to distinguish the public identities of contributors such as authors, musicians, researchers, and organizations in the creative and scholarly sectors.
D. USIC
USIC is the commonly used acronym for the United States Intelligence Community, the federation of U.S. government agencies responsible for intelligence and national security activities.
E. Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is a music sales tracking system that monitors and reports physical and digital music purchases in the United States and Canada for industry charts and analysis.
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: International Standard Music Number
Target entity description: The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely catalog and manage printed music publications.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. International Standard Name Identifier
The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) is a globally recognized unique identifier used to distinguish the public identities of contributors such as authors, musicians, researchers, and organizations in the creative and scholarly sectors.
D. USIC
USIC is the commonly used acronym for the United States Intelligence Community, the federation of U.S. government agencies responsible for intelligence and national security activities.
E. Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is a music sales tracking system that monitors and reports physical and digital music purchases in the United States and Canada for industry charts and analysis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international standard ⓘ music publication identifier ⓘ
abbreviation	ISMN ⓘ linked to: International Standard Music Number
appliesTo	anthologies of music ⓘ digital representations of notated music when treated as publications ⓘ individual parts of a musical work ⓘ microform editions of printed music ⓘ scores ⓘ sets of parts ⓘ sheet music ⓘ songbooks ⓘ vocal scores ⓘ
category	bibliographic control ⓘ information standards ⓘ music publishing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	International ⓘ
describedAs	globally recognized identifier for printed music publications ⓘ
governingBody	International ISMN Agency ⓘ
identifierType	machine-readable identifier ⓘ numeric identifier ⓘ
introduced	1993 ⓘ
notApplicableTo	audio CDs ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ
predecessor	publisher-specific music plate numbers ⓘ
purpose	enable efficient rights management for music publishers ⓘ facilitate distribution of printed music ⓘ facilitate ordering of printed music ⓘ support inventory control for music retailers ⓘ support library cataloging of music ⓘ
relatedStandard	ISBN ⓘ ISSN ⓘ
relatedTo	International Standard Book Number ⓘ International Standard Serial Number ⓘ
scope	notated music ⓘ printed music publications ⓘ
standardizedBy	International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
standardNumber	ISO 10957 ⓘ
use	catalog printed music publications ⓘ manage printed music inventories ⓘ uniquely identify printed music ⓘ
usedBy	collecting societies ⓘ libraries ⓘ music distributors ⓘ music publishers ⓘ music retailers ⓘ
usedIn	bibliographic databases ⓘ library catalogs ⓘ supply chain systems for music ⓘ

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