FAIRsharing record for: DDI Agency Identifier

This FAIRsharing record describes: The DDI Agency Identifier is part of a free globally-unique identifier system for metadata-producing organizations. In concert with the DDI Agency Registry, the DDI Agency Identifier acts as both a namespace in a globally-unique id and a pointer for distributed service resolution. Based on ISO/IEC 11179 Part 6 International Registration Data Identifiers (11179 IRDIs), DDI agency identifiers are used as the Registration Authority (11179 RA) in a IRDI and in DDI URNs.