BS ISO 3297:2020 pdf download – Information and documentation — International standard serial number (ISSN) 5 Assignment of ISSN — Principles 5.1 An ISSN shall be assigned only by a member of the ISSN network upon request from an applicant or as part of internal library processing such as legal deposit and digitization projects. 5.2 A request for an ISSN may be made to the ISSN network by any individual or organization that needs to identify serials and other continuing resources, e.g. a publisher or their representative, a library, a content provider, a preservation organization. 5.3 A request for an ISSN shall be accompanied by a copy of or access to the earliest issue of serials or the current iteration of integrating resources. 5.4 A request for an ISSN shall be accompanied by metadata about the continuing resource to which an ISSN is to be assigned. Metadata supplied by applicants should be accurate and verifiable. 5.5 At the time of registration by the ISSN network, each continuing resource is assigned a unique key title that links permanently to the ISSN. 5.6 Each distinct continuing resource in a particular medium version should be assigned only one ISSN. 5.7 When a continuing resource is published in different editions or medium versions, a unique ISSN and key title should be assigned to each edition or medium version whether or not they have the same title proper. 5.8 A new ISSN should be assigned, and a corresponding new key title should be established when the continuing resource undergoes a major change in title or other major changes. The ISO 3297 Registration Authority shall determine, the rules which specify when a new ISSN is required following changes to a continuing resource. In formulating these rules, the ISO 3297 Registration Authority shall take into consideration other relevant bibliographic standards regarding continuing resources. 5.9 Once an ISSN has been assigned to a continuing resource, it should not be altered, replaced or reused for another publication. 5.10 The assignment of an ISSN to a continuing resource shall not imply any meaning or legal evidence with regard to the ownership of rights to that publication or its contents. The ISSN itself is not owned by the applicant and is not changed solely because of a change of publisher or place of publication. 5.11 The assignment of an ISSN to a continuing resource does not imply the ISSN network endorses...
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