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Fields are given in the order of appearance on the ISNI templates.  All fields except identifier and name are optional in an ISNI record.  There is no expectation to fill in every available field.

See also ISNI field mappings.

Persons

Use the persons template also for fictitious characters.

Identifier

The identifier consists of an identifier type and an identifier number. 

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Recommended: do not use this field for PCC ISNI records.  The "Dates" field corresponds to field 943 and is known as Dates of activity.  In batch loads it often designates a decade, e.g. "201." for the decade 2010-2019 and may be related to the dates of works, etc., from and about the organization.

This field appears when editing an existing record for an organization, but not when creating a new record.

Usage dates

Record dates in the ISO 8601 extended format, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD. Dates may be truncated to a month (YYYY-MM) or a year (YYYY).  Dates are not linked to any particular name in the record.  Dates in the "usage dates" field will display to the public, while those in the field labeled "Dates" do not.  The "Usage dates" field corresponds to field 970 and is known as Dates of the identity; for organizations this may be the dates a body was formed or went out of existence.

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