EIDR and ISAN to Provide Seamless Registration of Content IDs

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ISAN-IA and EIDR plan to link the two systems so that any ISAN registrant can obtain alternate EIDR IDs whenever needed in EIDR-based solutions.  Similarly, EIDR registrants should be able to obtain alternate ISAN IDs to link their EIDR ID hierarchies into ISAN-based solutions. The two IDs and ID systems will be linked and cross-mapped to ensure easy interoperability for all users.

The two organizations also have established focused working groups to address any ongoing technical and operational issues and have jointly published a mapping of their metadata schemas.  A priority for both organisations is to ensure that their respective registrants can maximize their investments in either, or both, systems by ensuring backward and forward compatibility and ultimately guaranteeing the ability of registrants in either system to obtain the full benefits of registration without incurring duplicate registration costs.  Jud Cary of EIDR and Keith Hill of ISAN have been designated as Board-level executives to work on these issues, together with the Executive Directors of both organizations.

For further information contact:

www.eidr.org  Don Dulchinos , Executive Director

www.isan.org  Regis Flad, Managing Director

The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR) is a not-for-profit industry association that was founded by Movielabs, CableLabs, Comcast and Rovi to meet a crucial need across the entertainment supply chain for universal identifiers for a broad array of audio visual objects.  For more information please visit www.eidr.org.