IGSN e.V.
The IGSN e.V. is the Implementing Organization of the International Geo Sample Number IGSN, a unique identifier for samples and specimens collected from our natural environment.
The objective of the IGSN e.V. is to implement and promote standard methods to locate, identify, and cite physical samples with confidence by operating an international IGSN registration service with a distributed infrastructure for use by and benefit to its members.
The IGSN was developed by the System for Earth Sample Registration SESAR, with funding from the US National Science Foundation. SESAR currently operates all registration services for the IGSN. A new architecture for the IGSN that will advance broad and international implementation is under development and will be completed in 2012.
The IGSN e.V. is incorporated under German law as a not-for-profit society (gemeinnütziger eingetragener Verein) with a registered office at the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam.
The founding assembly of the IGSN e.V. was held on December 7, 2011, in San Francisco, California. The following founding members signed the statutes
- Arizona State Geological Survey, USA
- Boise State University, USA
- City College of New York, USA
- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) [formerly Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR)], Germany
- GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
- Oregon State University, USA
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography / UC San Diego, USA
- University of Minnesota, USA
Membership of the CSIRO, Australia, Geoscience Australia, and the US Geological Survey is pending and will be completed shortly.
For questions and membership application, please contact info@geosamples.org.