A dataset of International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL) codes, an ISO standard (ISO/DIS 15511) for uniquely identifying libraries, archives, and heritage institutions worldwide. The dataset is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties via the eu_open_data platform under a CC0-1.0 license. It is intended to support standardization and interoperability within and between archival, library, and heritage systems.
Use Cases
- Disambiguating the origin of archival pieces based on the ISIL standard mentioned in the description.
- Enabling data linking between archives, libraries, and heritage institutions based on the described standardization.
- Increasing digital visibility and findability of information within archival systems based on the described application of ISIL.
- Connecting to future joint data infrastructures based on the described major advantage of the standard.
Strengths
- Based on an established ISO standard (ISO/DIS 15511).
- Designed for global use, assigning unique identifiers to any library or related organisation worldwide.
- Licensed under CC0-1.0, allowing for maximum reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
- Collection Method
- Delegated organisation and award of ISIL codes by the Royal Library to the National Archives.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global