本文件规定了期刊展示和识别所需的最低特征，不仅包括印刷期刊通常显示的明显传统元素（如标题、ISSN、出版商、日期），还包括在数字动态媒体上出版的期刊的“足迹”，使其能够沿着其历史轨迹追溯，例如更改URL和出版商或内容提供商。此外，本文件还提供了有关使用ISSN的持久标识符和期刊引用的信息（尤其是在线发布或数字化以及标题更改时）。它还对期刊回顾性数字化的呈现和识别方面提出了具体建议。 本文件适用于可识别为“期刊”的持续资源子类别（见第3条）。 注1:就本文件而言，报纸不被视为期刊； 因此，不包括仅与报纸相关的专门信息。 本文件不专门针对或适用于书籍，包括系列书籍，也不适用于不断更新的内容，如活页服务、数据库、在线参考作品和大多数网站。 注2:有关系列标题的信息，请参见ISO 7275。 本文件仅关注期刊的要素——印刷、数字化或回顾性数字化——与标题和支持性描述信息的呈现有关，以及与标题识别和内容访问相关的实践。因此，本文件不涉及期刊的总体设计，除非该设计影响标题的呈现，并对资源发现和早期内容的访问产生意外影响。它也不关心印刷品的技术规格，伯恩- 数字化或数字化期刊。这些建议可能并不适用于所有情况，也并不总是考虑某些艺术、技术或广告因素。 本文件包含的建议旨在使期刊编辑和出版商能够识别和呈现关键信息，其形式将有助于用户在一段时间内通过任何更改发现、引用和访问其信息。这有利于期刊供应链的所有利益相关者:出版商、内容提供商、作者、图书馆员和研究人员。 这些建议涉及以下方面: -显示期刊标题和其他关键识别信息:问题、编号系统、页码等。； -保留文章最初发表时的标题和引用信息； -显示标题历史记录，即标题随时间的变化及其报道日期； -为数字期刊指定适当的元数据； 注3:本文件集中于适用于标题级别的元数据元素，不提供完整文章级别元数据的指南。 -显示正确的ISSN，包括每种格式、语言版本和更改的标题的不同ISSN； -在期刊存续期间保留和展示重要的出版信息，包括:出版商名称、编号和日期、编辑、编辑委员会和主办机构，以及出版频率； -支持信息的清晰性和一致性的平面设计，尤其是标题信息，以及允许轻松访问所有内容的信息的包含； -回顾性数字化的特殊考虑； -使用持久标识符识别期刊标题和文章； -跨时间长期保存期刊信息。

This document establishes the minimum characteristics required for the presentation and identification of periodicals including not only the obvious traditional elements that print periodicals typically display (e.g. title, ISSN, publisher, date), but also the "footprints" of periodicals published on digital dynamic media that enable them to be traced along the path of their history, such as changes of URL and publisher or content provider. Furthermore, this document provides information about persistent identifiers, using ISSN, and citation of periodicals (especially when published online or digitized and when titles have changed). It also makes specific recommendations for presentation and identification aspects of retrospective digitization of periodicals. This document is applicable to a subcategory of continuing resources identifiable as "periodicals" (see Clause 3). NOTE 1 For the purposes of this document, newspapers are not considered to be periodicals; therefore, specialized information relevant only to newspapers is not included. This document does not specifically address or apply to books, including series of books, nor to content that is continuously updated such as loose-leaf services, databases, online reference works, and most websites. NOTE 2 For information about series titles, see ISO 7275. This document focuses only on elements of periodicals — printed, born-digital or retrospectively digitized — that relate to the presentation of title and supporting descriptive information, as well as practices related to title identification and content access over time. Therefore, this document is not concerned with the overall design of the periodical, except where that design affects the presentation of the title and has unintended consequences for resource discovery and access to earlier content. Neither is it concerned with the technical specifications for print, born-digital or digitized periodicals. The recommendations might not apply in all circumstances, and do not always accommodate certain artistic, technical or advertising considerations. This document contains recommendations intended to enable editors and publishers of periodicals to identify and present key information in a form that will help users discover, cite and access their information over time and through any changes. This benefits all stakeholders of the periodical supply chain: publishers, content providers, authors, librarians, and researchers. The recommendations address the following: — display of periodical title(s) and other critical identifying information: issues, numbering systems, pagination, etc.; — retention of title and citation information under which articles were originally published; — display of title histories, i.e. changes in titles over time together with their dates of coverage; — specification of appropriate metadata for digital periodicals; NOTE 3 This document concentrates on metadata elements which are applicable at the title-level and does not provide guidelines for complete article-level metadata. — display of correct ISSN, including different ISSN for each format, language edition, and for changed titles; — retention and display of vital publication information across the duration of a periodical, including: publisher names, numbering and dates, editors, editorial boards, and sponsoring organizations, and frequency of publication; — graphic design that supports clarity and consistency of information, particularly title information and inclusion of information that allows easy access to all content; — special considerations for retrospective digitization; — usage of persistent identifiers for identification of periodical titles and articles; — long-term preservation of periodical information across time.