ISO/TC 46/SC 9 - Identification and description

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Secretariat: ANSI (United States)

Committee Manager:

Ms Keondra Bailey
Chairperson (until end 2026):

Mr Todd Carpenter
ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:

Mme Blandine Garcia

ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:

Mrs Martha Casantosan
Creation date: 1987

Scope

Standardization of information identifiers, description and associated metadata and models for use in information organizations (including libraries, museums and archives) and the content industries (including publishing and other content producers and providers).

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This committee contributes with 34 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goal:

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Reference	Title	Type
ISO/TC 46/SC 9/CAG	Chair’s Advisory Group	Working group
ISO/TC 46/SC 9/WG 7	Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system	Working group
ISO/TC 46/SC 9/WG 8	Structured vocabularies	Working group
ISO/TC 46/SC 9/WG 12	Indexes and indexing	Working group
ISO/TC 46/SC 9/WG 18	NP 24138 International Standard Content Code	Working group

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 46/SC 9

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 46/SC 9:

Reference	Title	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29	Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information	ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 37	Language and terminology	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 1	Principles and methods	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 2	Terminology workflow and language coding	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3	Management of terminology resources	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 4	Language resource management	ISO
ISO/TC 171/SC 2	Document file formats, EDMS systems and authenticity of information	ISO
ISO/TC 211	Geographic information/Geomatics	ISO
ISO/TC 307	Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies	ISO

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 46/SC 9

ISO/TC 46/SC 9 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference	Title	ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29	Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information	ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 37/SC 1	Principles and methods	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 3	Management of terminology resources	ISO
ISO/TC 37/SC 4	Language resource management	ISO

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym	Title	Category
AGICOA	The Association for the International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works	A
CalConnect	The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium	A
CIDOC	International Documentation Committee, International Council of Museums	A
CISAC	International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers	A
DDEX	Digital Data Exchange	A
DOI	The International DOI Foundation, Inc	A
EASE	European Association of Science Editors	A
EC - European Commission	European Commission	A
Europeana F.	Europeana Foundation (Stichting Europeana)	A
FERA	Federation of European Film Directors	A
FIAPF	International Federation of Film Producers Associations	A
GS1	GS1	A
IAML	International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres	A
ICIA	ICIA	A
ICSSD	International Committee for Social Sciences Information and Documentation	A
IFLA	International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions	A
IFPI	IFPI Secretariat	A
IFSE	International Federation of Science Editors	A
IPA - Publishing	International Publishers Association	A
ISAN	ISAN International Agency	A
ISBN	International ISBN Agency Ltd	A
ISMN	International ISMN Agency	A
ISNI International Agency	ISNI International Agency	A
ISSN International Center	ISSN International Centre	A
IVF	International Video Federation	A
SMPTE	Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)	A
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	A
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization	A

ISO/TC 46/SC 9 - Secretariat

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About

Secretariat: ANSI (United States)

Scope

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Work programme

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ISO Electronic applications

Structure

Liaisons

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 46/SC 9

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 46/SC 9

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

ISO/TC 46/SC 9 - Secretariat

ANSI (United States)

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