Resources and Links

• Resources
• Articles
• Links

Resources

1. Download: ISTC User Manual, Version 1.2, released April 2010 (PDF)
   
   
2. Download: ONIX for ISTC Specifications (PDF)
   
   
3. Download: ONIX for ISTC XML Schema (XSD)
   

Articles

1. The International Standard Text Code (ISTC): An Overview and Status Report (PDF, 734kb)
   An article by Andy Weissberg, VP of Identifier Services at Bowker, about the ISTC.
   (Originally printed in the Information Standards Quarterly Summer 2009 issue)
   


2. ISTC: A CRUCIAL TOOL FOR PUBLISHING MARKET INTELLIGENCE (PDF, 70kb)
   “ISTCs are as revolutionary for the book trade as the ISBN was, and ISTC is the natural evolution of the ISBN in a more complex and mature book industry”.
   (Nielsen Book Press Release - July 22, 2010)

Links

1. International Standards Organization:
   http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm
   
   
2. International ISBN Agency:
   http://www.isbn-international.org/
   
   
3. International ISSN Agency:
   http://www.issn.org/
   
   
4. Editeur:
   http://www.editeur.org/