International Standard Audiovisual Number
© ISAN International Agency
ISO 15706-1: Work Identifier
ISO 15706-2: Version Identifier
License for Europe / WG3
ISAN International Agency
1A rue du Beulet
CH-1203 Geneva
Tel.: + 41 22 545 10 00
Email: info@isan.org
Fax: + 41 22 545 10 40
www.isan.org
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ISAN Organization Overview
… 163 countries
ISAN = ISO 15706
 ISO is the owner of the ISAN standard and related IP (ISAN Registry, etc…)
 ISAN is maintained and reviewed by ISO with the approval of its members
 The management of ISAN and operational & implementation specification is delegated to
ISAN-IA (via the Registration Authority Agreement) who reports to ISO.
Registration Authority Agreement (RAA): defines the Role, Responsibility and Obligations of ISAN-IA and ISAN RA
Not for profit association
Manage & Operate the ISAN Standard in compliance with the ISO RAA, report to ISO
Operate the ISAN Registry and make sure it is accessible to all ISAN users.
 Appoint & support ISAN Registration Agencies (ISAN RA)
Specifies with ISAN RA recommended practice.
Registration Agency Agreement: defines the Role, Responsibility and Obligations ISAN RA in accordance with ISO RAA
Not for profit association
The Registration Agency (RA) is established to serve a specific country or region
 Deliver the ISAN Registration Service to local audiovisual users
 Facilitate the access to the ISAN Registry
 Make sure that ISAN complies with local needs and practices
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ISO Regulation applicable to ISAN-IA and ISAN RA
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RAND Principle: "reasonable and non-discriminatory" terms and conditions shall apply.
Accessibility of the ISAN Registry: ISAN data shall be accessible to all ISAN users.
ISAN Service Fees shall be reasonable and delivered on a strict Cost Recovery principle
Compliance with competition laws:
 Local ISAN Service fees are defined by each RA: harmonization of fees = illegal price fixing.
 ISAN users are free to be serviced by the ISAN RA of their choice (not necessary the one
appointed in their country).
 ISAN users are free to change for another ISAN RA, anytime .
Reporting: ISAN-IA is obliged to report to ISO on a yearly basis (activity, obligations fulfillment,...)
Audit: ISO has an audit right on ISAN-IA (agreements, books, records, documentation etc…).
RAA Reassignment: ISO is entitled to reassign the ISAN Registration Authority mandate to another
organization if justified by a good cause (obligation violation, bankruptcy, etc…).
ISAN-IA and ISAN RA are not for profit association crated (by not for profit organizations)
for the sole purpose of Managing / Operating the ISANStandard
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ISAN Intellectual Property
 ISO is the exclusive owner of the ISAN standard (ISO 15706-1 & ISO15706-2).
 All intellectual property related to the proper functioning of the ISAN standard, such as the
ISAN Registry, trademarks, documents, etc.. is owned by ISO and licensed to ISAN-IA.
 Metadata submitted by registrants in the ISAN Registry are the property of the registrant
who grants a non exclusive, perpetual worldwide license to ISAN-IA and ISO.
 ISAN identifiers are public and can be stored, used, circulated for free and freely by
anyone (irrespective of commercial and non commercial purpose).
 ISAN-IA can sub-license ISAN metadata to third parties: a cost recovery based
contribution can apply for preparing data and processing scheduled updates.
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ISAN-IA & RA Governance
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The ISAN-IA association is composed of 3 main bodies:
The General Assembly: validates the accounts and nominates the auditors.
The Administration Committee: composed today by representatives of the founding Members:
CISAC, AGICOA, FIAPF, and representatives of the ISAN RA.
The Registration Agency Committee (RAC): composed of representatives of all ISAN RA, the
RAC coordinate local efforts and reports local experience, specification or requirement and
propose evolutions of the ISAN system to the AC.
ISAN-IA’s bylaw enables to accept other industry representatives in its governance structure such
as Archives, Broadcasters, Digital Platforms, Data providers, etc… willing to play an active role in
the development of ISAN.
ISAN RA are distinct legal entities, not for profit associations created for this specific purpose.
ISAN RA are usually co-founded by several local constituents of the audiovisual industry:
 ISO 15706 requires that local producers support or are represented in the RA
 Artists, music societies, broadcasters, national archives, etc…
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ISAN Business Model
ISAN business model based on ISAN allocations by Producers
 ISAN RA pay a membership fee to ISAN-IA + ISAN registration fee (based on quantity)
 ISAN RA invoices a Service Fee for the issuance of the ISAN Identifiers.
One off fee: ISAN issuance costs + perpetual maintenance of the data in the ISAN Registry.
ISAN cannot be resold once allocated by the Producer
 ISAN are used, stored, circulated for free (and freely) by anyone.
 ISAN Registrant (6500+) are producers of all size : 3 pricing offers to cover all situations:
Small registrants can buy unitary ISAN identifiers (typical: 9€ ISAN / 2€ V-ISAN)
Medium registrant get volume discount (typical: >25% or pack 5000 ISAN)
Flat rate for large commercial catalogues: studios, broadcasters, ... (typical: 35k€ / year)
 ISAN version registrations (other than producers) remain marginal.
 Access to the ISAN Registry for ISAN Search and ISAN Resolutions is free.
ISAN-IA is working on a FREE ISAN registration service for non commercial content
(organizations need only to setup and operate the ISAN registrations)
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Means to Access the ISAN Registry
ISAN Resolution
Work / Version Search
ISAN Allocation
ISAN Registry or Local Copy)
(ISAN Registry or Local Copy)
(ISAN Registry ONLY)
Files
(Bulk)
ISAN Registry
WWW
User Copy
ISAN Registry
API
Accessible 24x7
Operational since 2005
(99,9% up time)
Scalable & Redundant
technologies
Scheduled Updates
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ISAN Registry Search and Resolutions
 Discovery Reader: Free discovery public ISAN Search and ISAN Resolution service is
available on www.isan.org (does not require to be registered in the ISAN System via an ISAN
RA). Limited set of metadata (work type, 3 titles, year, length, 1 director, 1 actor, V-ISAN).
 Registered Reader: Full access to the ISAN Registry, requires to be registered in the ISAN
System via an ISAN RA. Web based ISAN Search and ISAN Resolution are free (some RA
may charge a small admin fee).
 Promoter Readers: organizations who need to perform automated ISAN Search and ISAN
Resolution:
 via a local copy of the ISAN Registry
 using the ISAN API
 via the automated ISAN bulk matching to retrieve large quantities of existing ISAN.
Promoter readers with particular requirements / commercial applications can be asked to contribute to
the service delivery (10k€/year)
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How to Obtain New or Existing ISAN for Large Catalogues?
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Import ISAN from
strong/confirmed
matches
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Resolve Pending
Matches
Cinematogaphic
Database
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Catalogue Matching
with ISAN
All
« Strong Match »
Results
All « Pending » Match
Metadata Export
in XML
All « No Match »
Results
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Matching Results
Match / No Match / Pending
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7 Years Experience in Audiovisual Metadata Matching
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Metadata Matching
Multilingual data
Matching & Unduplication
Assistance and service
in 61 countries
19 local Registration
Agencies
Robust automated
matching engine
based on linguistic
& probabilistic
algorithms
ISAN Registry
Unduplication Functions
Minimize the Human Work
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Implementation Effort for Obtaining New and/or Existing ISAN
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Typically 1 week work to develop
the XML export software.
(same XML files to register new ISAN / retrieve existing ISAN)
ISAN Validation software
- test the XML files
- check the business rules
Batch Catalogue Matching
 Processed by ISAN-IA or ISAN RA
All Pending Match
(typically 1 sec. / work)
Pending Match Resolutions:
Ergonomic interface for quick validations
Colors highlights similarities and differences
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ISAN Ecosystem of identified users and supporters
Content production & Creation
Collecting societies
100+
Reporting, Analytics
Anti-piracy
Content Delivery
6500+
Infrastructure & CPE
etc..
Regulators, Public Orgs
Cultural Founds
etc..
Trade & Professional Organizations
etc..
Archives
etc..
etc..
ISAN-EIDR Discussion: ISAN Facts & Figures
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ISAN Implementation Figures
825’000 ISAN
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Productions from
Europe (51%)
Asia (4%)
America (45%)
ISAN RA
North / South America
Europe & Australasia
6500+ Registrants / 61 Countries
+1000 new
ISAN Registry
adopters / year
Digital Platform
Collecting Societies
Distributors
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100’000 ISAN / Year
Film archives / databases
Producers
Post Production
Media Funds
Authors
Music Societies
Analytics
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Standard Identifiers for Film Archives
 Improving the interoperability between film archives (and AV databases) with a higher degree of automation.
 Improving the monetization of archived content and management of rights (discovery, suggestions,
circulation…).
 Improving the identification and management of all versions of a content (film print original/restored, tapes,
discs, digitized versions, …)
 Reducing the cost of rights clearance while increasing the chance to identify rights holders
ISAN referenced in many right holders databases (CMOs: producers, authors, music, performers, etc…)
Producers register their work with ISAN to prevent them from becoming future Orphan Works.
 ISAN-IA has contributed to EN 15744 & EN15907
 ISAN-IA contributes to the FIAF Cataloging Rules Revision Project to ensure compliance with the film
cataloguing practices defined by the FIAF
THANK YOU
ISAN helps promote, provide and protect.
Visit ISAN at www.isan.org
regis.flad@isan.org
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ISAN in Europe: Strong support from Rights Holders
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European
ISAN Registration
Agencies (RA)
UK: PACT (Producers), PRS (Music), ITV (Broadcaster), Soundmouse (Tech)
France: PROCIREP-ANGOA (Producers), ARP, SACD & SCAM (Authors)
Spain: EGEDA, FAPAE (Producers), SGAE & SDAE (Authors & Editors)
Germany: G.W.F.F. (Producers), V.F.F. (Broadcasters)
Italy: APT, API (Producers), SIAE (Authors), ANICA
Poland: ZAPA-SFP(Authors & Producers),
Sweden: FRF (Producers)
Denmark: CAB-Filmret (Producers)
Finland: Tuotos (Producers)
Netherland: SEKAM (Producers)
Switzerland : Swissperform, Suissimage (Producers), SSA (Authors)
Belgium: BAVP/PROCIBEL(Producers)
Portugal : GEDIPE (Authors, Producers, Editors), GDA (Artists)
Serbia: National Library of Serbia
Copyright & Online distribution of AV works in the EU
The European Parliament calls on the EU Commission to implement measures facilitating the wider use of the ISAN system in the EU.
EU directive on Orphan Works: ISAN referenced as an authoritative source of information to perform diligent searches on presumed
Orphan AV Works (digitization of archives & online access)
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ISAN Use Case: Spanish Pesonal Property Registry
Legal Deposit &
Rights Clearance
Platform
 Who is the author and
how to contact him/her?
 What license on a work
and how can it be used?
more on www.safecreative.org
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ISAN Use Case: Audiovisual Rights Management
more on http://www.ida-net.org
ISAN-EIDR Discussion: ISAN Facts &
Figures
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ISAN Use Case: ISAN in Music Cue Sheets
etc…
Reporting ISAN, significantly reduces
data required by collection societies
Transmission Log Reporting
ISAN can replace
Production Transmission
Production Number
Series Indicator
Production / Series Name
Series Number
Episode name
Episode Number
Running Time
Production Type
Production Source Indicator
Music Details
Where Music cue sheet
previousely reported, ISAN can
replace all 23 fields.
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ISAN Use Case: ISAN in Windows Media
Windows
Expression
Encoder
Windows Media SDK
(encoder / decoder)
more on msdn.microsoft.com …
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ISAN Use Case: ISAN in Media Asset Management
Telescope DAM SW by North Plains Systems
Project Container Record
Asset Container Record
ISAN Schema Element
(String Field)
Collateral Metadata Objects
(Container Field)
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ISAN Use Case: Packaging Film Content for the iTunes Store
iTunes Package Film Specification 5.0 (2012-05-22)
more on www.apple.com …
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://apple.com/itunes/importer" version="film5.0">
<provider>Paramount</provider>
<language>en-US</language>
<video>
<type>film</type>
<subtype>feature</subtype>
<vendor_offer_code>408CH98720X103</vendor_offer_code>
<vendor_id>09736156444</vendor_id>
<isan>0000-0000-03B6-0000-O-0000-0000-2</isan>
<upc>09736156444</upc>
<country>US</country>
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ISAN Use Case: Packaging Transactional VoD Content with YouTube
more on code.google.com …
Packaging Transactional VOD Content with YouTube
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package name="lionsgateuk-youtube-UPC12345-GBCA-insert-20111230T113857">
<feature>
<filename source="/assets/UPC12345/path-to-feature.mp4">UPC12345-GBCA-featureCougarHunting-8.mp4</filename>
<audiolanguage>fr</audiolanguage>
<rating system="BBFC">18</rating>
</feature>
...
<metadata>
<isan>0000-0000-D07A-0090-Q-0000-0000-X</isan>
<eidr>10.5240/1234-5678-9ABC-DEF0-DEF0-K</eidr>
</metadata>
...
</package>
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ISAN Use Case: Cisco Videoscape Media Suite
Multi screen content delivery, Linear / Non Linear
Better monetize on-demand
content:
ISAN allows to associate
content in the live schedule
(e.g. TV episodes ) with their
on-demand counterparts (e.g.
other episodes or
supplemental material, etc…)
for on-demand purchase or
rental.
more on www.cisco.com…
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ISAN Use Case: Harris Broadcast D-Series DSXTM
Broadcasting Playout Automation
Broad range of ingest and
playout devices, open
metadata exchange via BXF,
MXF, AAF and ISAN.
more on www.harrisbrodcast.com...
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