ISAN label, appears with hyphens to separate the number into more manageable groups of digits, and adds two check characters (alphanumeric) to help identify transcription errors. The resulting number appears as: ISAN 0000-0001-8947-0000-8-0000-0000-D ISAN-IA has also developed a recommended practice for encoding the ISAN in a two-dimensional barcode 96 pixels square. An ISAN is a centrally registered and permanently assigned reference number. The work or content it references is identified by a metadata set registered with ISAN-IA. Appointed Registration Agencies and ISAN-IA work together to prevent duplicate assignments of ISANs with the same metadata set. The ISAN metadata set includes the title (original and alternative), cast (director, actors, producer, screenwriter, etc...), type of works (movie, documentary, TV series or entertainment show, sport events, video games, etc...), duration, year of production and dozens of other fields related to the work. This metadata applies to all type of audiovisual works, including their related versions of trailers, excerpts, videos and broadcasts. The Microsoft High Capacity Color Barcode will be used too. ISAN-IA ISAN-IA (ISAN International Agency) is a Geneva-based non-profit association, founded in 2003, by AGICOA, CISAC, and FIAPF to run the ISAN standard. ISAN-IA is in charge of: maintaining the ISAN central repository implementing, running and managing the ISAN system accrediting and appointing the ISAN registration agencies worldwide promoting with the help of the registration agencies, the ISAN standard to the audiovisual industry. References External links ISAN International Agency (ISAN-IA) Advanced Television Systems Committee standard A57b Registration Agencies: AF ISAN, France ISAN Berne ARIBSAN, Spain ISAN Australasia ISAN Deutschland ISAN Poland ISAN UK ISAN Sverige ABRISAN, Brazil ISAN Canada ISAN Serbia ISAN Osterreich, Austria ARIBSAN Latin America, Uruguay Transitory Registration Agency, for all other countries not yet covered by the previous Local Registration Agencies Music technology ISO standards Identifiers Unique identifiers