ISBD(NBM) - IFLA

Element
Fixing of the sound
General material designation
ISBN (International Standard
Book Number)
ISSN (international Standard
Serial Number)
Item
Key title
Label name
Main series
Multi-level description
Multi-part item
Numbering
A word or phrase, or a group of characters, representing a
distinct unit of bibliographic information and forming part of an
area of the bibliographic description.
The process involved in determining and creating the version
which is issued as a recording. It may result from the mix of
several takes.
A term indicating, broadly, the class of material to which an
item belongs (see Appendix C).
A ten-figure number including a check digit and preceded by
an alphabetic prefix. The ISBN identifies an edition of a work
issued by one specific publisher and is unique to that edition.
It is assigned by the national ISBN agency and is based on
the ISO standard ISO 2108-1978.
An eight-figure number including a check digit and preceded
by an alphabetic prefix. The ISSN together with the key title
uniquely identifies a particular serial title (see ISDS Manual,
Part 1). It is assigned by the International Serials Data System
(ISDS) and is based on the ISO standard ISO 3297-1986.
A physical manifestation of a work or group of works in any
form, considered as an entity and as such forming the subject
of a single bibliographic description.
The unique name assigned to a serial by the International
Serials Data System (ISDS), and inseparably linked with its
ISSN.
The brand or trade mark name associated with all or some of
the products of a publisher or production company,
particularly for sound recordings.
A numbered series which contains one or more sub-series.
A method of bibliographic description based on the division of
descriptive information into two or more levels. The first level
contains information common to the whole or main item. The
second and subsequent levels contain information relating to
the individual unit.
Material comprising two or more distinct items, no one of
which is identifiable as being of primary importance.
The identification of each of the successive issues of a series.
The designation can include a number, a letter, any other
character or the combination of these and the pertaining
denomination (volume, number, etc.), and/or a date.
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