Applications
ISSN used for the identification of serial publications.
Benefits
An ISSN can be assigned to any serial publication, whether it is printed or available on any other medium (CD-ROM, floppy disk, online publications).
Limitations
An ISSN can only be used with serial publications.
Technical Specifications
ISSN is an 8 digit number encoded using EAN-13 symbology with "977" as the prefix. The eigth digit of the ISSN is a control digit calculated using a modulo 11 algorithm from the preceding 7 digits.
Additional Information
The basic difference between ISBN and ISSN is that an ISSN is assigned to serial publications; ISBN is assigned to monographs ("books"). An ISSN can be assigned to a series of monographs as such; and an ISBN will be assigned to each separate book of the series.
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