International Standard Music Number (ISMN) generator

The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) generator produces a unique identifier for notated music publications such as scores, sheet music, and educational music publications. This identifier is crucial for publishers, libraries, and retailers in managing inventories and sales of music publications.

Generator properties

The table provides key details about the generator, including the short name, sample of the generated data, the supported data types, and whether it is specific to a particular country.

Short name	Example of generated data	Data type matching	Country-specific
ISMN	M-28893-782-2, M-72131-124-0, …	character varying character text decimal bigint smallint integer	Default

Matching rules

The generator can be assigned to a column whose name is ‘ISMN’, regardless of the table name.

Configure additional options

The tool allows you to specify a separator between groups of digits. By default, a hyphen is used to separate the digits.

Preview of the column data generated by the International Standard Music Number (ISMN) generator