Hi Richard, Thanks for posting, and thanks to Janifer Gatenby for supplying the answer. So my assumption that if someone uses/has a pseudonym, it always refers to a different public identity was wrong? Who decides what should become just a new name for an existing identity, and what a different identity? Groeten van Ben On 18-06-14 14:11, "Richard Wallis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi all, > >Seeing this thread I checked with the ISNI team and got the following >answer from Janifer Gatenby who asked me to post it on her behalf: > >SNI identifies “public identities”. The scope as stated in the standard >is > > > >“This International Standard specifies the International Standard name >identif*i*er (ISNI) for the identification of public identities of >parties; >that is, the identities used publicly by parties involved throughout the >media content industries in the creation, production, management, and >content distribution chains.” > > > >The relevant definitions are: > > > >*3.1* > >*party* > >natural person or legal person, whether or not incorporated, or a group of >either > >*3.3* > >*public identity* > >Identity of a *party *(3.1) or a fictional character that is or was >presented to the public > >*3.4* > >*name* > >character string by which a *public identity *(3.3) is or was commonly >referenced > > > >A party may have multiple public identities and a public identity may have >multiple names (e.g. pseudonyms) > > > >ISNI data is available as linked data. There are currently 8 million >ISNIs >assigned and 16 million links. > > > >Example: > > > >[image: <image001.png>] > >~Richard. >