Sine nomine

Sine nomine (abbreviated s.n.) is a <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> expression, meaning "without a name". It is most commonly used in the contexts of publishing and <a href="/facts/Bibliography/xul38mej">bibliographical</a> listings such as <a href="/facts/Library_catalog/mk474y74">library catalogs</a>, to signify that the <a href="/facts/Publisher/7g01YeYG">publisher</a> (or distributor, etc.) of a listed work is unknown, or not printed or specified on the work. It is to be compared with <a href="/facts/Sine_loco/4TA4oXXu">sine loco</a> (s.l.), "without a place", used where the place of publication of a work is unknown or unspecified. While it may sometimes be used to disclose an unknown <a href="/facts/Authorship/9pcsEamu">authorship</a>, this is more commonly indicated as <a href="/facts/Anonymity/HUJJCdv1">anon.</a> or similar.
The phrase and its abbreviation have been deprecated in <a href="/facts/English-speaking_world/qaq1SXu4">Anglophone</a> <a href="/facts/Cataloging/YMKrnNoU">cataloging</a> with the adoption of the <a href="/facts/Resource_Description_and_Access/cVXl1wEg">Resource Description and Access</a> standard, which instead prescribes the unabbreviated English phrase "publisher not identified" (or "distributor not identified", etc.). Sine loco is likewise replaced by "place of publication not identified".

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