Ringgold, an ISNI Registration Agency, has released a free service to provide open access to the ISNI Identifiers and data for organisations. This includes an API to obtain and resolve existing ISNIs for organisations; a complete dataset download of ISNIs, organization names, locations, alternate names, and URLs; and a free online look-up service to search and obtain ISNI records.
ISNI is an ISO international standard bridge identifier used to link data among disparate datasets. Any dataset mapped to ISNIs, whether open or proprietary, can be linked together to provide interoperability between systems to benefit the entire scholarly community.
The ISNI number and associated data may be used openly and without restriction.
Ringgold is in no way taking over responsibility of ISNI for organisations; the management and governance of ISNI remains with the ISNI International Agency, a non-profit organisation.
For access to this free service and for more information interested parties may visit: http://isni.ringgold.com.
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