"Standard" Citation Template Does Not Have "ISBN" Field

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The "Standard" Citation Template in Zotero has no "ISBN" field (although there's a DOI field). This is a major problem for accessibility for standards only indexed by ISBN. Please add an "ISBN" field to the "Standard" Templates.
  • adamsmith
    Could you give an example of a standard with an ISBN? (also, what do you mean by accessibility here?)
  • niconicon1
    edited today at 4:51am
    All IEC standards (over 10000+ internationally) have ISBNs, which basically cover everything in the world that uses electricity - including the USB port and CD drives on a computer, the power outlet on the wall, the mains voltage of the grid, ...

    For some random examples:

    * IEC 60038:2009 - nominal voltage of electrical supply systems
    - 9782889100248
    - https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/153

    * IEC 60320-1:2021 - sets the general requirements for appliance couplers for two poles and two poles with earth contact
    - 9782832240472
    - https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/64901

    * IEC 62680-3-1:2017: Universal Serial Bus interfaces for data and power - Part 3-1: USB 3.1 Specification (USB is an industry standard but IEC passed it with the same text to give it international status)
    - 9782832253519
    - https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/29943

    * IEC 61077:1991 - Compact VHS video cassette
    - 2831821231
    - https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/4460

    * IEC 60825-1:2014: safety of laser products emitting laser radiation in the wavelength range 180 nm to 1 mm.
    - 9782832214992
    - https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/3587

    * IEC 60951-1:2022 - Nuclear facilities - Instrumentation systems important to safety - Radiation monitoring for accident and post-accident conditions
    - 9782832259603
    - https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/65041
  • adamsmith
    Thanks, that's helpful. The second question remains, though -- while it'd be good to catalogue the ISBN (you can do this now using ISBN: 9782889100248 in Extra) but beyond that I'm unclear of how this is a 'major problem': even with an ISBN field, Zotero wouldn't be able to get metadata via ISBN since that's not catalogued anywhere online.
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