RFC 8458 · INFORMATIONAL · 2018

Using National Bibliography Numbers as Uniform Resource Names

Overview

RFC 8458, “Using National Bibliography Numbers as Uniform Resource Names”, is an Informational document published in October 2018 by J. Hakala. It obsoletes RFC 3188. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

National Bibliography Numbers (NBNs) are used by national libraries and other organizations in order to identify resources in their collections. NBNs are usually applied to resources that are not catered for by established (standard) identifier systems such as International Standard Book Number (ISBN).

A Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace for NBNs was established in 2001 in RFC 3188. Since then, a number of European national libraries have implemented URN:NBN-based systems.

This document replaces RFC 3188 and defines how NBNs can be supported within the updated URN framework. A revised namespace registration (version 4) compliant to RFC 8141 is included.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3188
Other RFCs from 2018

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