The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released new International Standard that provides a system for assigning a unique international identification code to objects for use on digital networks. ISO 26324:2012, Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system, is an efficient means of identifying an entity over the Internet, used primarily for sharing with an interested user community or managing as intellectual property.
ISO 26324:2012 was developed by ISO technical committee ISO Technical Committee (TC) 46, Information and documentation, subcommittee (SC) 9, Identification and description. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) holds the Secretariat for ISO TC 46 SC9, with the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) serving as Secretary. NISO has also been designated by ANSI as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Administrator for TC 46.
