What are the main benefits of using ISAN?
• Unique ID: a unique international identifier of each audiovisual work is linked to its descriptive information (metadata), & hosted in a central repository managed by ISAN International. • Identifier: Each work (including all its components and versions) has one unique ISAN, which is a permanent identifier and is never reused or changed. • Version Identifier: Each version of an work can have a different unique ISAN and cannot be used to identify any other version of that or any other work. • Representative of the Industry: ISAN has been defined by the audiovisual industry. • Availability: ISAN and its related descriptive information are accessible through the Internet at all times by users (both registrants and readers). • Reliability: ISAN and its related descriptive information are hosted in secure and highly available data centers. • Data Integrity: Each work has one unique ISAN. Each ISAN identifies only one work. ISAN is a permanent identifier for a work and is never reused. • A
