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Each contributing institution to an ISNI record has an identifier type, which is a code for the institution. Harvard's code is HARV.  The code for members of the PCC pilot project is PCC.  When creating a new record, this identifier type is supplied by the system. When editing an existing record, clicking on the + will add the identifier type related to the login. No other changes can be made to the record without this identifier type, except when adding a General Note to communicate to the ISNI quality team.

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The surname is a required subfield in the web version, so names without a proper surname, such as Icelandic names, should be entered in direct order in the surname field.  Name variants may be recorded with the patronymic in the surname field and the forename in the "fornames" field.  (Example: Snorri Björnsson, ISNI 0000 0000 2900 9528)

Fornames (sic)

Surname

Numeration

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Use for works for which the person was not the creator but a contributor or performer, such as a journal, a film, or a musical work.

Name variant

Use for additional names for the entity.

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For example, the following message was attached to a record for a current researcher that showed a birth date of 1900.

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Organizations

All fields except Identifier and Name are optional.

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Enter the name of a subordinate body.  ISNI does not seem to allow for additional levels of hierarchy in the editing template, but more information can be entered in the subdivision box if necessary.  ISNI does not have the same kind of rules for entering names as in RDA.

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