ISO/IEC 6523 Registration Authority

ISO/IEC 6523 series of standards specify International Code Designators (ICDs), which are used to refer to organization identification schemes. An organization identification scheme provides:

EXAMPLE

An organization (such as a government entity) might issue identifiers for heathcare providers in some country. A healthcare provider requests a healthcare identifier from this organization such that they may partake efficiently and expeditiously in healthcare transactions by using this assigned healthcare identifier. Furthermore, the organization uses an identifier format "AA-NNNNNNNN-C" where

This type of "healthcare provider" organization indentification scheme might be used in a broader context of data interchange.

The ISO/IEC 6523 standards specify:

HOW TO APPLY

The following are the main steps:

Farance Inc. serves as the Registration Authority on behalf of ISO/IEC.

CURRENT ICD LIST

A list of the currently registered ICDs are available in the following document.

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