ANSIINISO 239.

4311993 ISSN: 1041-5653

Revision of ANSI 239.43-1980

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Standard Address Number

(SAN) for the Publishing
Industry
Abstract: Thisstandard describes how to create a unique numeric identifier
for each address of each organization, in or served by the publishing industry,
that is engaged in repetitive transactions with other members of this group in
order to facilitate communications among them.

An American National Standard

Developed by the
National Information Standards Organization
Approved January 28,1993by the
American National Standards Institute

Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.

Published by
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ISSN: 104 l-5653 National Information Standards series

ISBN: l-880124-14-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Information Standards Organization (U.S.)

Standard address number (SAN) for the publishing industry / developed by the
National Information Standards Organization ;
approved January 28, 1993 by the American National Standards Institute.
p. cm. -- (National information standards series, ISSN 10415653 ;
ANSI/NE0 239.43-1993)
“Revision of ANSI Z39.43- 1980.”
ISBN l-880124-14-9
1. Standard Address Number -- Standards -- United States.
I. American National Standards Institute. II. Title. III. Series.
Z47l.A53 1995 9539985
025.3.-dc20 CIP
 Contents

1. Introduction ..... ... .. ... ............ .... ........ .. ..... ................... ....... ... ......... ................... ........*.1
11
. . Purpose and Scope ... .......... .... ... .............. ............... .. ..........*..*.......... ...... 1

2. Definitions . .. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ..
l l . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

3. Description of the Identification Code ...................................................................... 2

31 Name ...................................................................................................... 2
312: Format .................................................................................................... 2
3.3. Uniqueness ............................................................................................. 2

4. Assignment of the Code ............................................................................................ 4

41 Maintenance Agency ............................................................................. 4
412: Assignment ............................................................................................ 4

5. Application of the Code ............................................................................................ 4

Appendix A. Procedure for the Calculation of the Check Digit ...................................... 5

Appendix B. Designation and Functions of the Maintenance Agency ............................ 6
Appendix C. Recommended International Application of the Code ............................... 7
 Foreword

(This foreword is not a part of American National Standard Address Number (SAN)
for the Publishing Industry, ANSIFJISO 239.43-1993, but is included for information
only.)
This standard is a revision of ANSI 239.43-1980, American National Standard Identi-
fication Code for the Book Industry.
The several hundred thousand organizations within or served by the publishing indus-
try engage in a large number of separate transactions with one another. These transactions
include purchases of books by book dealers and the payments for all such*purchases.
Many of these organizations have similar names and multiple addresses, making identifi-
cation of the correct contact point difficult and subject to error. In many cases the physical
movement of materials is between addresses that differ from the addresses to be used for
the related financial transactions. Thus, a complex structure of records is required, provid-
ing a further opportunity for error.
The objective of this standard is to establish an identification code system so that each
address within the publishing industry may be assigned a discrete code to be used for pos-
itive identification for all book and journal buying and selling transactions within the
industry.
ANSI/W0 239.43-1993 makes three revisions to the original standard. The title has
been revised to represent more correctly the scope of the standard. This revision also
expands the original scope to include book and journal manufacturers, since Electronic
Data Interchange standards are under development for communications between members
of the publishing industry and these suppliers, using SAN as the organization identifier.
Finally, this revision describes how to use the SAN in international transactions.
Suggestions for improvement of this standard will be welcome. They should be sent
to the National Information Standards Organization, P.O.. Box 1056, Bethesda, MD
20827, (301) 9752814.
This standard was processed and approved for submittal to ANSI by the National
Information Standards Organization. NISO approval of this standard does not necessarily
imply that all Voting Members voted for its approval. At the time it approved this stan-
dard, NISO had the following members:

Voting Members of the International Standards Organization

American Association of Law Libraries ~*~*o**~~..~**.................
l Gary J. Bravy
American Chemical Society ................................................... Robert S. Tannehill, Jr.
(AlO Leon R. Blauvelt
American Library Association ... ....... ...................... .. ... .*. ..... . Myron Chace
l

(Ah) Sally H. McCallum

American Psychological Association ........ ..... ......... ... ............ Maurine F. Jackson
American Society for Information Science ............... .. ........ ... Clifford Lynch
American Society of Indexers . .. .............. .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Jessica Milstead
Wt) Patricia S. Kuhr
American Theological Library Association ... .......... .. .......... . J. Raymond Vandegrift
l

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Apple Computer, Inc . ~..~*..~*.*~..~...*..~...~.~.~.....~...~.~.................~.Karen Higginbottom

Art Libraries Society of North America . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . Patricia J. Bamett
(Alt) Pamela J. Parry
Association of American Publishers (AAP) . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandra IS. Paul
(Alt) Thomas D. McKee
Association of American University
Presses (AAUP) . ............................ ... .............................. ... Mary Lou Menches
l

Association of Information
and Dissemination Centers ..... ............... ..... ................ ........ Bruce H. Kiesel
Association for Information
and Image Management ~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marilyn Courtot
Association of Jewish Libraries ............... .............. ........ .. ...... Bella Hass Weinberg
(Alt) Pearl Berger
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) ... Donald McCormick
(Alt) Barbara Sawka
AT&T Bell Labs ~...~~*.~~**.*~..~.o~.~~~o~.~.~.*
l ... ............ .. ............ .. .... George E. Grant
(Alt) M. E. Brennan
Association of Research Libraries . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duane Webster
Baker & Taylor Books ~.~~~~*~~~~~~~*~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~ Christian K. Larew
(Alt) Walter R. Whalen
Book Manufacturers’ Institute ~~~*~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~.~*~~..~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~..~~~~
l Douglas Homer
Catholic Library Association ~~*~~~*~.*~~*~~~**~~~~~~~.~~.~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Michael B. Finnerty
CLSI, Inc . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.o~..~~~~~~.~~~~~~.~~~.~~.~~~~.~~..~~.~~~~~~~~a~~~~~.~~~~~..~.... Bob Walton
(Alt) Susan Stearns
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL) ................. Ward Shaw
Council of National Library
and Information Associations . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. Thomas J. Kemp
Data Research Associates, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*-******.**..* Michael Mellinger
l

(Alt) James Michael

Dynix o~.~~~~~~~*~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~.~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~ Rick Wilson
EBSCONET ~,~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~.~.~~~~~.~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sharon Cline McKay
(Alt) Mary Beth Vanderpoorten
Engineering Information Inc . ~~~~~~~~~~~~.~.~~~.~~.~~~~~.~~~~.~~~-~~~**.~.~.~. Eric Johnson
(Alt) Mary Berger
The Faxon Co., Inc .. ..*........................ ....... ............... ............ .. Richard R. Rowe
(Alt) Fritz Schwartz
Gaylord Information Systems . ....... ....... ..... ........................ .... Robert Riley
(Alt) Bradley McLean
IBM Corporation .. ........... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . Peggy Federhart
l

(Alt) Anita L. Breland

 Foreword

Indiana Cooperative Library Services

Authority (INCOLSA) ....................................................... Barbara Evans Markuson
(Alt) Janice Cox
Library Binding Institute ........................................................ Sally Grauer
Library of Congress ................................................................ Henriette D. Avram
(Alt) Sally H. McCallum
Mead Data Central ................................................................. Peter Ryall
(Alt) Dave Withers
Medical Library Association .................................................. Rick 8. Forsman
(Alt) Raymond A. Palmer
MINITEX ............................................................................... Anita Anker Branin
(Alt) William DeJohn
Music Library Association ..................................................... Lenore Coral
(Alt) Geraldine Ostrove
National Agricultural Library ................................................. Joseph H. Howard
(Alt) Gary K. McCone
National Archives and
‘Records Administration ...................................................... Alan Calmes
National Federation of Abstracting and
Information Services (NFAIS) ............................................ Ann M&ie Cunningham
(Alt) Sarah Syen .
National Institute of Standards and Technology Research
Information Center, Office of Information Services ........... Marietta Nelson
National Library of Medicine ................................................. Lois Ann Colaianni
OCLC, Inc .............................................................................. Kate Nevins
(Alt) Don Muccino
OHIONET .............................................................................. Joel Kent
(Ah) Greg Pronevitz
Optical Publishing Association .............................................. John Naim
(Alt) R. Bowers
PALINET ............................................................................... James E. Rush
Pittsburgh Regional Library Center (PRLC) .......................... HE. Broadbent, III
Readmore Academic Services ................................................ Sandra J. Gurshman
(Alt) Dan Tonkery
The Research Libraries Group, Inc ........................................ Wayne Davison
(Alt) Kathy Bales
Society for Technical Communication ................................... James Mason
Society of American Archivists ............................................. To be appointed
Special Libraries Association .................................................Audrey N. Grosch
SUNY/OCLC Network .......................................................... Glyn T. Evans
(Alt) David Forsythe

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UMI ... ................. ....... .......... ....... ....... .. ..... ............ ............... ... Don Willis
(Alt) John Brooks
Unisys Corporation . .. . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . Michel Ridgeway
(Alt) James Thomas
U.S. Department of Commerce
Printing and Publishing Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. William S. Lofquist
U.S. Department of Defense
Army Library Management Office .~.~*o..o.~~.~,...~....*....~~o.~~. l Do&y Fisk McDysan
(Alt) Diane Zehnpfennig
U.S. Department of Defense
Defense Technical Information Center ... ....... .................... Claire Tozier
(Alt) Gretchen Schlag
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific & Technical Information ... ..... .. .......... Mary Hall
(Alt) Nancy Hardin
U.S. ISBN Maintenance Agency . .. .. ........ ......... ... .... ... . .. . .. . . . . . Emery Koltay
l

U.S. National Commission on Libraries and

Information Science ... ......... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . Peter Young
l l

(Alt) Sandra N. Milevski

VTLS ...*...........~..o..~o~.~~.-....~~~~....~............................................ Vinod Chachra
H.W. Wilson Company ... .......... ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . George I. Lewicky
l

(Alt) Ann Case

 Foreword

NISO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James Rush, Chairperson

PALINET

Michael Mellinger, Vice Chair/Chair-elect

Data Research Associates

Paul Evan Peters, Immediate Past Chairperson

Coalition for Networked Information

Heike Kordish, Treasurer

New York Public Library

Patricia R. Harris, Executive Director

National Information Standards Organization

Directors-Remesenting Libraries

LoisAM Colaianni
National Library of Medicine

Susan Vita
Library of Congress

Shirley Kistler Baker

Washington University

Directors-ReMesenting Information Services

Lois Granick
American Psychological Assn,

Michael J. McGill
Ameritech

Wilhelm Bartenbach
Engineering Information, Inc.

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Foreword

.
Drrecto rs-Retxesenting Publishing

Peter J. Paulson
OCLC/Forest Press

Constance U. Greaser
American Honda

Karen Runyan
Houghton M%lin Company

Standards Committee AI3 which prepared this revision of 239.43

had the following members:

Vincent J. Iuzzolino, Chairperson Sqdra K. Paul

General Electric Information Services SKP Associates ’

Emery Koltay Peter McCallion

Bowker/Martindale Hubble New York Public Library

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 ANSI/NE0 239.43-I 993

1. Introduction

Purpose and Scope

1.1.

This standard describes how to create a unique numeric identifier for each address of
each organization, in or served by the publishing industry, that is engaged in repetitive
transactions &ith other members of this group in order to facilitate communications
among them.

It is intended that these numeric identifiers will be assigned to and used by U.S. book
and journal publishers, booksellers, book wholesalers, subscription agents, jobbers and
distributors, printers, binders, compositors and other manufacturing suppliers to the pub-
lishing industry, college and university bookstores, libraries, library systems, elementary
and secondary schools and school systems. It is not expected that this numeric identifier
will be assigned to or used by organizations whose transactions with members of this
group are infrequent, although they are not necessarily excluded.

2.Definitions

Publishing Industry--For purposes of this standard, the publishing industry includes

book and journal publishers, book wholesalers, book distributors, subscription agents,
book retailers, college bookstores and libraries, printers, binders, compositors and
other manufacturing suppliers to the publishing industry. Schools, school systems,
technical institutes, colleges, and universities are not members of the publishing
industry, but are served by them.

Repetitive ‘Ikansactions-Tmsactions between two parties that are repeated over

and over again. See transaction.

SAN-Standard address number (see Section 3).

JournaLA publication issued in successive parts, usually at regular intervals, and,

as a rule, intended to be continued indefinitely. Journals include periodicals, newspa-
pers, annuals (reports, yearbooks, and the like), memoirs, proceedings, and transac-
tions of societies. They may include monographic and publishers’ series.

Transaction--A piece of business or trade between two parties, including buying,

selling, exchanging, servicing, and repairing.

Uncontrolled U-No standards, restrictions, or limitations on use. This expression

refers to a block of numbers that are specifically excluded from the standard address

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 ANSI/NE0 239.43-l 993

number (SAN) system, so that organizations participating in the SAN system can use
these numbers for transactions with organizations not a part of the SAN system; for
example, a publisher’s transactions with a pet shop or a library’s transactions with a
professional society.

3. Description of the Identification Code

3.1.Name
The identification code shall be known as the Standard Address Number, or SAN.

3.2. Format
The SAN shaIl consist of six digits, plus a modulus-eleven check digit, displayed
with a hyphen following the third digit (XXX-XxXx) to facilitate transcription and look
up. (See Appendix A for the procedure for calculating the check digit.)

Whenever the SAN is shown in printed form on documents, it shall be preceded bY

the identifier SAN to avoid confusion with other similar codes (SAN XXX-XxXx).

The hyphen following the third digit shall be used in the printed form, but need not be
entered or retained in computer systems.

3.3 Uniqueness
A unique one-to-one correspondence shall exist between each assigned SAN and the
name and address to which it is assigned. If the organization or its unit or activity at that
.address ceases to exist, the SAN shall not be reassigned. If the organization or its unit or
activity moves or changes its name, the SAN shall remain the same, and the name or
address to which it applies shall be changed.

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Table 1
Distribution of Available Identification Codes

Total available SANs

Publishers, printers, binders

and other manufacturers 10,ooo

Bookstores, wholesalers,
and vendors 10,ooo

Libraries (including
school libraries) 103,ooo

Schools and school systems 150,ooo

Colleges, universities,
business schools,
technical institutes 5,~

Total immediate assignments 278,000

Quantity to be reserved for

miscellaneous uncontrolled
use (see Note) 100,ooo

Total assigned or reserved 378,000

Total available for expansion or multiple assignments 622,000

Note: This quantity of numbers is to be kept outside the SAN system. They are reserved
for use by SAN organizations in dealing with organizations outside the specific SAN uni-
verse, as defined in Section 1.
ANSI/NE0 239.43-1993

4. Assignment of the Code

4.1. Maintenance Agency

A central administrative agency shall assign SANs to each organization in such a
manner as to identify uniquely each address of every organization that is involved in trad-
ing transactions. See Appendix B for details on the maintenance agency for this standard.

4.2. Assignment
SANs may be assigned to units within organizations (Acquisition Departments), or
positions (Business Manager), but not to individuals serving in such positions.

In assigning SANs to addresses, no attempt shall be made to maintain a sequence of

numbers for organizations or groups of organizations, or to reserve sequential numbers for
them,

Table 1 shows the relationship between the existing number of organizations and their
subsidiary locations, and the number of SANs available for immediate and future assign-
ment.

5. Application of the Code

The SAN has no functional meaning. It merely defines an address. The SAN
becomes functional only in its application to activities, such as purchasing, invoicing, bill-
ing, shipping, receiving, paying, crediting, and refunding. It may also be used for any
other communications or transactions between participating organizations to which the
SAN can be applied.

In any standard structured format, the field or position in which the SAN is placed
determines its application. For example, in an ordering format, the field or position could
determine the address to which the order is shipped or could determine the address to
which the bill is sent.
 ANSI/NE0 239.43-l 993

APPENDIX A
Procedure for the Calculation of the Check Digit

(This Appendix is not part of American National Standard Address Number (SAN) for the
Publishing Industry ANSI /NISO 239.43-1993, but is included for information purposes
only.)

procedure Example

Write the digits of the basic 2 3 4 5 6 7

number.

Write the constant weighting 7 6 5 4 3 2

factors associated with each
position by the basic num-
ber .

Multiply each digit by its 14 18 20 20 18 14

associated weighting factor.

Sum the products of the 14+ 18+ 20+ 20+ 18+ 14= 104
multiplications.

Divide the sum by modulus 104+ 11 9 plus a remainder of 5

11 to find the remainder.

Subtract the remainder from ll- 5= 6

the modulus 11 to generate
the required check digit. If
there is no remainder, gener-
ate a check digit of zero. If
the remainder is 10, generate
a check digit of X to repre-
sent 10, since the use of 10
would require an extra digit.

Append the check digit to SAN234-5676

create the standard seven
digit standard address num-
ber .

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APPENDIX B
Designation and Functions of the Maintenance Agency

(This appendix is not part of American National Standard Address Number (SAN) for the
Publishing Industry ANSI/NE0 239.43-1993, but is included for information only.)

The functions assigned to be the Maintenance Agency, as specified in Section 4, are

performed by the Bowker/M&tindale Hubble Company, 121 Chanlon Avenue, New Prov-
idence, NJ 07974, (908) 464-6800. The functions of the agency are:
To manage and administer the assignment of SANs to organizations in this country;
To maintain a register of SANs and the organizations to which they are assigned;
To provide technical advice and assistance to ensure that this standard is appropriately
applied and that approved procedures are observed in the group;
To make available a manual of instruction for organizations in the publishing industry
and other users;
To inform organizations within the publishing industry of their SAN assignments;
To identify ranges required;
To introduce new publishing industry organizations to the system;
To maintain relations with all international SAN agencies on behalf of the publishing
industry in this country.
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Appendix C
Recommended International Application of the Code

(This appendix is not part of American National Standard Address Number (SAN) for the
Publishing Industry ANSIFJISO 239.43-1993, but is included for information only.)

The SAN can be used in international transactions as follows:

A. A two (2) character country code prefix is added to the U.S. SAN.
B. The International prefix is the appropriate two-character code specified in ISO/
ANSI,/NISO 3166, Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries. If the alphabeti-
cal characters A to 2 are assigned the values of 1-26 for the purposes-of check digit calcu-
lation, those check digits currently existing for SANs will be identical to the International
SAN check-digits.

It is recommended that those organizations not involved in international transactions

use only the six digit plus check digit SAN.