Book Item and Component Identifier
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The Book Item and Component Identifier, or BICI, is a draft standard of the United States National Information Standards Organization
(NISO) that would provide a unique identifier for items or components within a book or publication to which an ISBN has been assigned. It is related to the Serial Item and Contribution Identifier
.
National Information Standards Organization
The National Information Standards Organization is a United States non-profit standards organization that develops, maintains and publishes technical standards related to publishing, bibliographic and library applications. It was founded in 1939, incorporated as a not-for-profit education...
(NISO) that would provide a unique identifier for items or components within a book or publication to which an ISBN has been assigned. It is related to the Serial Item and Contribution Identifier
Serial Item and Contribution Identifier
The Serial Item and Contribution Identifier is a code used to uniquely identify specific volumes, articles or other identifiable parts of a periodical...
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