Policy Statements
BISG Policy Statements address and advise on critical industry issues. Each is drafted under the direction of BISG's Board of Directors.See below for more information.
Outlines BISG's endorsment of EPUB 3 as the format of choice when representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced Web content.
Published August 6, 2012
Outlines BISG's stance on best practices for identifying digital products.
Published December 7, 2011
Outlines BISG's stance on the elimination of dual identifiers -- two or more identifiers for a product and two or more bar codes on the physical product.
Published March 15, 2007
Outlines BISG's stance on adopting the changes to the ISBN in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Published September 24, 2004
Outlines BISG's stance on privacy norms that are intended to include both RFID and all current practices to ensure safe and secure data transfer, such as in the use of electronic transactions.
Published September 23, 2004
Outlines BISG's stance in regard to 2005 Sunrise, the transition to the 13-digit ISBN and the use of the GTIN.
Published September 18, 2003