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ISBN Seed Metadata

ISBN Seed Metadata for interoperable Meta-Code generation. See IEP-0002 for details on Meta-Code generation.

JSON Schema: isbn.json

Example

{
  "@context": "http://purl.org/iscc/context",
  "@type": "ISBN",
  "$schema": "http://purl.org/iscc/schema/isbn.json",
  "isbn": "9789295055124",
  "productform": "EA",
  "title": "The Never Ending Story",
  "language": "eng",
  "imprint": "Penguin Classics",
  "publisher": "Penguin Random House",
  "country": "US",
  "pubdate": "20240214"
}

Required fields: isbn, productform, title, language, imprint, publisher, country, pubdate

@context

Name Type Default Definition
@context string-uri http://purl.org/iscc/context The JSON-LD Context URI for ISCC metadata.

@type

Name Type Default Definition
@type string ISBN The type of seed metadata.

$schema

Name Type Default Definition
$schema string-uri http://purl.org/iscc/schema/isbn.json The JSON Schema URI for ISBN seed metadata.

isbn

http://schema.org/isbn

Name Type Default Definition
isbn string none International Standard Book Number in 13-digit format, without spaces or hyphens.

Example: 9789295055124

productform

http://purl.org/iscc/terms/#productform

Name Type Default Definition
productform string none Product form code indicating the medium and format of the publication (ONIX codelist 150).

Example: EA

title

http://schema.org/name

Name Type Default Definition
title string none The title of the publication.

Example: The Never Ending Story

language

http://schema.org/inLanguage

Name Type Default Definition
language string none ISO 639-2/B three-letter language code.

Example: eng

imprint

http://schema.org/publisherImprint

Name Type Default Definition
imprint string none The brand name under which the publication is published.

Example: Penguin Classics

publisher

http://schema.org/publisher

Name Type Default Definition
publisher string none The person or organization that owns the imprint at the date of publication.

Example: Penguin Random House

country

http://schema.org/countryOfOrigin

Name Type Default Definition
country string none Country of publication in accordance with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes.

Example: US

pubdate

http://schema.org/datePublished

Name Type Default Definition
pubdate string none The date of first publication under this ISBN in ISO 8601 basic format (YYYYMMDD).

Example: 20240214