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IGSN (International Generic Sample Number) is a persistent identifier for material samples and specimens. Material samples (also referred to as physical samples) include objects such as cores, minerals, fossil specimens, synthetic specimens, water samples, and more. The concept of the IGSN was originally developed for the earth sciences but has seen growing adoption in other domains including, but not limited to, natural and environmental sciences, materials sciences, physical anthropology, and archaeology.
Persistent identifiers are unique labels given to an object (often a digital resource) in order to facilitate unique identification. In the case of IGSN, the identifier is assigned as part of a metadata record representing a material sample. The metadata record includes provenance and other information from along the samples lifecycle such as where the sample was collected, who collected it, and descriptive metadata ranging from spatial coordinates,...
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Ramdeen, S., Lehnert, K., Klump, J., Wyborn, L. (2023). International Generic Sample Number. In: Daya Sagar, B.S., Cheng, Q., McKinley, J., Agterberg, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85040-1_162
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