BS ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Structure for the identification of organizations
      and organization parts
      4.1 Components of the structure
      4.2 The International Code Designator (ICD)
      4.3 The identification of an organization
             within an identification scheme
      4.4 The identification of an organization part
      4.5 The Organization Part Identifier Source
             indicator (OPIS)
      4.6 Mechanism for association of the ICD value,
             the organization identifier, the
             organization part identifier and the OPIS
             value
5 Reserved ICD values
Annex A (normative) Specification of attributes of the
                    International Code Designator (ICD)
                    and of the Organization Part
                    Identifier Source indicator (OPIS)
Annex B (informative) Examples of use of the structure

Defines a structure for identifying organisations for the purpose of information interchange.

1.1 This part of ISO/IEC6523 specifies a structure for globally and unambiguously identifying organizations, and parts thereof, for the purpose of information interchange.

This part of ISO/IEC6523 also makes recommendations regarding cases where prior agreements may be concluded between interchange partners.

1.2 This part of ISO/IEC6523 does not specify file organization techniques, storage media , languages, etc. to be used in its implementation.