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All variants of a name that identify a publicidentity are recorded in the same record. While within the system the each ISNI contributor codes one name as in the "name" (field 700) and all others as "variant names" (field 400), no “preferred” name is indicated in the public view.
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ISNIs describe public identities, but pseudonyms are considered separate public identities. In this case, separate ISNIs are established for each just as is done in the LC/PCC NACO Name Authority File.