appears_in: []
contact:
  email: jens.klump@csiro.au
  github: jklump
  name: Jens Klump
  orcid: 0000-0001-5911-6022
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: IGSN is a globally unique and persistent identifier for material samples
  and specimens.  IGSNs are obtained from IGSN e.V. Agents.
example: AU124
example_extras: []
homepage: https://ev.igsn.org/home
keywords:
- archaeology
- biospecimen
- centrally registered identifier
- earth science
- environmental material
- environmental science
- geochemistry
- geology
- hydrogeology
- omics
logo: https://api.fairsharing.org/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaVVDIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--4d19e53906f86cdaca6a9752fde1dd82276b7f22/igsn-original.jpg?disposition=inline
mappings:
  bartoc: '20719'
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.c7f365
  miriam: igsn
name: International Generic Sample Number
namespace_in_lui: false
pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2,4}[A-Za-z0-9.-]{1,71}$
preferred_prefix: igsn
prefix: igsn
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.5334/dsj-2023-005
  title: 'Scaling Identifiers and their Metadata to Gigascale: An Architecture to
    Tackle the Challenges of Volume and Variety'
  year: 2023
- doi: 10.5334/dsj-2021-033
  title: 'Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and
    Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number'
  year: 2021
- doi: 10.5334/dsj-2017-002
  title: Utilizing the International Geo Sample Number Concept in Continental Scientific
    Drilling During ICDP Expedition COSC-1
  year: 2017
- doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5118289
  title: 'IGSN 2040 Summary Report: Defining the Future of the IGSN as a Global Persistent
    Identifier for Material Samples'
  year: 2021
- doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17254975
  title: Archaeological Sample Metadata Profile
  year: 2025
- doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-85040-1_162
  title: International Generic Sample Number
  year: 2023
repository: https://igsn.github.io/
synonyms: []
uri_format: http://igsn.org/$1
