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:

• an identifier table;
• a description of those identifiers;
• what those identifiers reference; and
• a presentation format of those identifiers.

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

• "AA" is a two letter province/state code within the country;
• "NNNNNNNN" is an eight digit numeric code within the provide/state;
• "C" is a numeric check digit.

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

The ISO/IEC 6523 standards specify:

• ISO/IEC 6523-1 (Part 1): the descriptive data associated with each organization identifier scheme (name, purpose, identifier structure, identifier presentation format, etc.)
• ISO/IEC 6523-2 (Part 2): the process Registration Authority uses to accept/reject applications, assign a 4-digit ICD code for accepted applications.

HOW TO APPLY

The following are the main steps:

• (1) Contact the Registration Authority at the E-mail address iso6523@farance.com to request an application for an ICD.
• (2) Complete the application. Please contact the Registration Authority with any questions.
• (3) Ask a Sponsoring Authority (a national body, e.g., ANSI, BSI, etc.) to endorse your application. The Registration Authority might be able to offer suggestions on finding a Sponsoring Authority.
• (4) Submit your application and payment of 475.00 USD. Do NOT send payment until Registration Authority requests payment.
• (5) After receipt of payment, the Registration Authority will issue the ICD certificate within 2-3 business days.

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.

[web page updated: 2023-03-01]