International Standard Music Number (ISMN) generator

The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) generator produces unique identifiers for notated music publications, such as scores, sheet music, and educational materials. ISMN values can be used to support cataloging, inventory management, and sales of music publications by publishers, libraries, and retailers.

Generator properties

The table lists key details about the data generator, including its short name, an example of generated data, supported data types, and country-specific data.

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

Matching rules

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

Configure additional options

You can 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