The Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) was a code (ANSI/NISO standard Z39.56-1996 [R2002]) used to uniquely identify specific volumes, articles or other identifiable parts of a serial. It was "intended primarily for use by those members of the bibliographic community involved in the use or management of serial titles and their contributions". Developed over 1993–1995,[1]NISO adopted SICI as a standard in 1996, then reaffirmed it in 2002.[2] It was withdrawn in 2012.[3]
It is an extension of the International Standard Serial Number, which identifies an entire serial (similar to the way an ISBN identifies a specific book). The ISSN applies to the entire publication, however, including every volume ever printed, so this more specific identifier was developed by the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) to allow references to specific parts of a journal.
The variable-length, free of charge, code is compatible with other identifiers, such as DOI, PII and URN.[4][5] Prior to January 2009, SICIs were valid DOI suffixes for registration at the Crossref registration agency. However, to accommodate a security problem with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, they decided that they would soon refuse to register DOI suffixes that contain the colon character.[6]
The SICI is a recognized international standard and is in wide use by publishers and the bibliographic community, primarily as an aid to finding existing articles or issues.[7]JSTOR adopted SICIs in 2001 as its primary article-level identifier and the core of its stable and citation-derivable URLs. SICI was selected over simpler alternatives because of its ability to encompass the many varieties of journal metadata found in JSTOR's archive.[8] However, due to difficulties encountered by its partners in calculating the correct values for the title code and the check digit, JSTOR's implementation of the standard ignores those elements.[1][9] JSTOR now recommends against using SICI, and instead strongly suggests using DOIs instead.[10] This is also done because sometimes multiple articles on the same page have exactly the same name (in particular "Obituary").
Detailsedit
The SICI code is composed of three segments, intended to be both human-readable and easy for machines to parse automatically. The following example SICI is explained below:[11]
Item
Abstract from Lynch, Clifford A."The Integrity of Digital Information; Mechanics and Definitional Issues."JASIS45:10(Dec. 1994)p. 737-44
SICI
0002-8231(199412)45:10<737:TIODIM>2.3.TX;2-M
Item segmentedit
0002-8231
This is the ISSN for the serial, in this case the Journal of the American Society for Information Science
(199412)
The chronology part is in parentheses and identifies the date of publication. In this case, it is signified by year and month; 1994 December
45:10
The enumeration part signifies the volume and number; Vol. 45, no. 10.
Contribution segmentedit
<
Signifies the start of the contribution segment
737
Location code: signifies the page number, frame number, reel number, etc. In this case, page 737
TIODIM
Title code: based on the title of the article. In this case, an initialism: "The Integrity of Digital Information; Mechanics and Definitional Issues".
>
Signifies the end of the contribution segment
Control segmentedit
2
Code Structure Identifier (CSI) for the type of SICI being constructed
3
Derivative Part Identifier (DPI) identifies a part of the contribution, such as a table of contents or abstract
TX
Format identifier two-letter code signifying the way content is presented. In this case, TX = printed text
Bjorner, Susanne. "Who Are These Independent Information Brokers?" Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, Feb-Mar. 1995, Vol. 21, no. 3, page 12
SICI
0095-4403(199502/03)21:3<12:WATIIB>2.0.TX;2-J
Informationedit
To use as an info URI, the SICI is percent-encoded and prefixed.
To use in a URN, the SICI is percent-encoded and prefixed.[12] For example, to create a URN for a specific article "From text to hypertext by indexing" in the journal ACM Transactions on Information Systems:
This could then be used to refer to the article inside an HTML citation (in the <cite> element), for instance, in a way that is superior to an HTTP link for documents that are not on the web or have transient URLs:[13]
A model is presented for converting a collection of documents to hypertext by means of indexing. The documents are assumed to be semistructured, i.e., their text is a hierarchy of parts, and some of the parts consist of natural language. The model is intended as a framework for specifying hypertextual reading capabilities for specific application areas and for developing new automated tools for the conversion of semistructured text to hypertext.
SICI codes can be used as the item ID in a DOI identifier.[16] In the following example, the number 10.1002 is the DOI's publisher ID, a slash acts as a separator, and the rest, which is publisher-specific, is the SICI code:
^ abKoppel, Ted (July 2004). "The SICI Emerges, Cicada-Like, After Eight Years of Dormancy" (PDF). Information Standards Quarterly. 16 (3): 1–6 at 1, 4. ISSN 1041-0031. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
^See "Published & Approved NISO Standards," in "Year in Review & State of the Standards, January 31, 2012," by National Information Standards Organization (NISO), special issue, Information Standards Quarterly, 24, 1 (Winter 2012): 33–34 at 34, doi:10.3789/isqv24n1.2012.07, ISSN 1041-0031.
^"Withdrawn NISO Standards," in "State of the Standards, January 31, 2013," by National Information Standards Organization (NISO), special issue, Information Standards Quarterly, 25, 1 (Spring 2013): 27–33 at 33, doi:10.3789/isqv25no1.2013.06, ISSN 1041-0031.
^Morgan, Cliff. . Archived from the original on 2004-03-17.
^Paskin, Norman (September 1996). . ICSTI Forum (23). Archived from the original on 2002-11-18.
^JSTOR and "Deep Linking" Archived 15 July 2012 at archive.today – No. 5, Issue 2, JSTORNEWS, June 2001
^The SICI Standard – JSTOR 13 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-08-12. While we will continue to support SICI linking, we advise that linking partners use OpenURL syntax for the most reliable linking experience
^What is the SICI? – Bibliographic Management Factfile – UKOLN
^Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine – RFC 2288
^"URNs and bibliographic citations in web authoring – BenMeadowcroft.com".
^Hakala, Juna. "Using Serial Item and Contribution Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names".
^Powell, Andy (1997-01-01). "Unique Identifiers in a Digital World". Ariadne (8).
Further readingedit
(PDF). ANSI/NISO Z39.56-1996 (Version 2). Bethesda, Maryland, USA: NISO Press. 2002 [1996-08-14]. ISBN1-880124-28-9. ISSN 1041-5653. LCCN 96-43631. ANSI/NISO Z39.56-1996 (R2002). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-27. (35 pages)
Preston, Cecilia; McDonough, Jerry, eds. (1997-12-01). . 2. Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE. Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
External linksedit
SICI and BICI: Identifiers for Serials and Books 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine – PowerPoint document contains examples
Identifiers and Their Role In Networked Information Applications 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
January 19, 2024
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SICI redirects here Not to be confused with Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq The Serial Item and Contribution Identifier SICI was a code ANSI NISO standard Z39 56 1996 R2002 used to uniquely identify specific volumes articles or other identifiable parts of a serial It was intended primarily for use by those members of the bibliographic community involved in the use or management of serial titles and their contributions Developed over 1993 1995 1 NISO adopted SICI as a standard in 1996 then reaffirmed it in 2002 2 It was withdrawn in 2012 3 Contents 1 Description 2 Details 2 1 Item segment 2 2 Contribution segment 2 3 Control segment 3 Examples 3 1 Information 3 2 URN 3 3 DOI 4 Revisions 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksDescription editIt is an extension of the International Standard Serial Number which identifies an entire serial similar to the way an ISBN identifies a specific book The ISSN applies to the entire publication however including every volume ever printed so this more specific identifier was developed by the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee SISAC to allow references to specific parts of a journal The variable length free of charge code is compatible with other identifiers such as DOI PII and URN 4 5 Prior to January 2009 SICIs were valid DOI suffixes for registration at the Crossref registration agency However to accommodate a security problem with Microsoft s Internet Explorer they decided that they would soon refuse to register DOI suffixes that contain the colon character 6 The SICI is a recognized international standard and is in wide use by publishers and the bibliographic community primarily as an aid to finding existing articles or issues 7 JSTOR adopted SICIs in 2001 as its primary article level identifier and the core of its stable and citation derivable URLs SICI was selected over simpler alternatives because of its ability to encompass the many varieties of journal metadata found in JSTOR s archive 8 However due to difficulties encountered by its partners in calculating the correct values for the title code and the check digit JSTOR s implementation of the standard ignores those elements 1 9 JSTOR now recommends against using SICI and instead strongly suggests using DOIs instead 10 This is also done because sometimes multiple articles on the same page have exactly the same name in particular Obituary Details editThe SICI code is composed of three segments intended to be both human readable and easy for machines to parse automatically The following example SICI is explained below 11 Item Abstract from Lynch Clifford A The Integrity of Digital Information Mechanics and Definitional Issues JASIS 45 10 Dec 1994 p 737 44 SICI 0002 8231 199412 45 10 lt 737 TIODIM gt 2 3 TX 2 MItem segment edit 0002 8231 This is the ISSN for the serial in this case the Journal of the American Society for Information Science 199412 The chronology part is in parentheses and identifies the date of publication In this case it is signified by year and month 1994 December 45 10 The enumeration part signifies the volume and number Vol 45 no 10 Contribution segment edit lt Signifies the start of the contribution segment 737 Location code signifies the page number frame number reel number etc In this case page 737 TIODIM Title code based on the title of the article In this case an initialism The Integrity of Digital Information Mechanics and Definitional Issues gt Signifies the end of the contribution segmentControl segment edit 2 Code Structure Identifier CSI for the type of SICI being constructed 3 Derivative Part Identifier DPI identifies a part of the contribution such as a table of contents or abstract TX Format identifier two letter code signifying the way content is presented In this case TX printed text 2 Standard version number M Check character allows a computer to detect errors in the code similar to ISBN s check digitExamples editItem Bjorner Susanne Who Are These Independent Information Brokers Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science Feb Mar 1995 Vol 21 no 3 page 12 SICI 0095 4403 199502 03 21 3 lt 12 WATIIB gt 2 0 TX 2 JInformation edit To use as an info URI the SICI is percent encoded and prefixed INFO info sici 1046 8188 199501 13 1 3C69 FTTHBI 3E2 0 TX 2 4URN edit To use in a URN the SICI is percent encoded and prefixed 12 For example to create a URN for a specific article From text to hypertext by indexing in the journal ACM Transactions on Information Systems SICI 1046 8188 199501 13 1 lt 69 FTTHBI gt 2 0 TX 2 4 URN URN SICI 1046 8188 199501 13 1 3C69 FTTHBI 3E2 0 TX 2 4This could then be used to refer to the article inside an HTML citation in the a href HTML element html General phrase elements title HTML element lt cite gt a element for instance in a way that is superior to an HTTP link for documents that are not on the web or have transient URLs 13 A model is presented for converting a collection of documents to hypertext by means of indexing The documents are assumed to be semistructured i e their text is a hierarchy of parts and some of the parts consist of natural language The model is intended as a framework for specifying hypertextual reading capabilities for specific application areas and for developing new automated tools for the conversion of semistructured text to hypertext An Internet Draft proposal to officially register the SICI namespace for URNs with IANA was made in 2002 but is currently dormant 14 15 DOI edit SICI codes can be used as the item ID in a DOI identifier 16 In the following example the number 10 1002 is the DOI s publisher ID a slash acts as a separator and the rest which is publisher specific is the SICI code 10 1002 0002 8231 199601 47 1 lt 23 TDOMII gt 2 0 TX 2 2CrossRef no longer allows DOIs with colons to be registered greatly reducing the usefulness of such SICIs 6 Revisions edit ANSI NISO standard Z39 56 1991 ANSI NISO standard Z39 56 1996 ANSI NISO standard Z39 56 1996 R2002 Version 2 See also editThe BICI is a draft with a very similar format and functionality using an ISBN instead of an ISSN used to identify components of a book ISSN DOI NISO OpenURL tries to solve similar problems like SICI Z39 50References edit a b Koppel Ted July 2004 The SICI Emerges Cicada Like After Eight Years of Dormancy PDF Information Standards Quarterly 16 3 1 6 at 1 4 ISSN 1041 0031 Retrieved 2020 04 03 See Published amp Approved NISO Standards in Year in Review amp State of the Standards January 31 2012 by National Information Standards Organization NISO special issue Information Standards Quarterly 24 1 Winter 2012 33 34 at 34 doi 10 3789 isqv24n1 2012 07 ISSN 1041 0031 Withdrawn NISO Standards in State of the Standards January 31 2013 by National Information Standards Organization NISO special issue Information Standards Quarterly 25 1 Spring 2013 27 33 at 33 doi 10 3789 isqv25no1 2013 06 ISSN 1041 0031 Morgan Cliff The DOI Digital Object Identifier Archived from the original on 2004 03 17 Paskin Norman September 1996 Document identifiers an update on current activities ICSTI Forum 23 Archived from the original on 2002 11 18 a b Creating a DOI suffix 6 Evaluation of the Identification Schemes Archived from the original on 2012 02 05 JSTOR and Deep Linking Archived 15 July 2012 at archive today No 5 Issue 2 JSTORNEWS June 2001 The SICI Standard JSTOR Archived 13 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine SICI Linking Archived from the original on 2016 11 14 Retrieved 2016 08 12 While we will continue to support SICI linking we advise that linking partners use OpenURL syntax for the most reliable linking experience What is the SICI Bibliographic Management Factfile UKOLN Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine RFC 2288 URNs and bibliographic citations in web authoring BenMeadowcroft com Hakala Juna Using Serial Item and Contribution Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names URN NID Assignment Status Powell Andy 1997 01 01 Unique Identifiers in a Digital World Ariadne 8 Further reading editSerial Item and Contribution Identifier SICI PDF ANSI NISO Z39 56 1996 Version 2 Bethesda Maryland USA NISO Press 2002 1996 08 14 ISBN 1 880124 28 9 ISSN 1041 5653 LCCN 96 43631 ANSI NISO Z39 56 1996 R2002 Archived from the original PDF on 2007 10 27 35 pages Preston Cecilia McDonough Jerry eds 1997 12 01 SICI Serial Item and Contribution Identifier Standard ANSI NISO Z39 56 1996 Version 2 2 Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Archived from the original on 2005 11 24 Retrieved 2021 03 06 External links editSICI and BICI Identifiers for Serials and Books Archived 2011 05 20 at the Wayback Machine PowerPoint document contains examples Identifiers and Their Role In Networked Information Applications Archived 2012 11 14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Serial Item and Contribution Identifier amp oldid 1195388402, wikipedia, 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