# Asset Identifier Service (AIS)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/asset-identifier-service-ais/  
**Provider:** U.S. Geological Survey — https://apis.io/providers/u-s-geological-survey/  
**Documentation:** https://www.usgs.gov/tools/asset-identifier-service-ais

Asset Identifier Service (AIS) is one of 11 APIs that [U.S. Geological Survey](https://apis.io/providers/u-s-geological-survey/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identifiers and Research Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) allows USGS personnel to reserve, register, publish, and manage USGS persistent identifiers to make research more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.usgs.gov/tools/asset-identifier-service-ais
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-geological-survey/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other U.S. Geological Survey APIs (10)

- [Seismic Design Web Service](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/seismic-design-web-service/)
- [ScienceBase](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/sciencebase/)
- [StreamStats Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/streamstats-web-services/)
- [USGS Water Services (Legacy)](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/usgs-water-services/)
- [U.S. Geological Survey Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/u-s-geological-survey-catalog-api/)
- [USGS Water Data OGC API](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/usgs-water-data-ogc-api/)
- [U.S. Geological Survey Earthquakes API](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/u-s-geological-survey-earthquakes-api/)
- [U.S. Geological Survey Monitoring Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/u-s-geological-survey-monitoring-locations-api/)
- [U.S. Geological Survey Reference Data API](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/u-s-geological-survey-reference-data-api/)
- [U.S. Geological Survey Time Series Data API](https://apis.io/apis/u-s-geological-survey/u-s-geological-survey-time-series-data-api/)

## Tags

Identifiers, Research Data

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