Two strings denote the same public identity if both names are inten*t*ionally
a linguistic or orthographic variant of each other and the public identity
identifiers the same "party".

Intentionality is important because of cases like "Ian Banks" and "Ian M
Banks", which are different public identities even though they both
identify the same party (formerly a natural person, now Spirits).

I *believe* that names that are not linguistic or orthographic variants
require a new ISNI, but I might be mistaken.

Simon

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Ben Companjen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
>