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Two nearly identical gems? Why not make it three? https://github.com/billdueber/library_stdnums This is mine -- it includes code for checking/normalizing ISBN/ISSN/LCCN, converting 10 to 13 and back, etc. -Bill- On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > If you're in ruby, I prefer this gem, which can check ISBN check digit as > well as convert from 10 to 13. > > > > https://github.com/entangledstate/isbn > > Good to find another isbn validator. I use: > http://isbn-tools.rubyforge.org/ > > Not sure why there's two nearly identical gems, exactly. > > -Ross. > > > ________________________________________ > > From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Dan > Scott [[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 3:40 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ISBN Regular Expression > > > > On Oct 21, 2011 2:03 PM, "Kozlowski,Brendon" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> > >> Oh man. I can't believe I didn't think to check Drupal...or GitHub. > Thank > > you both! The Ruby version is super simple, but I believe for my purposes > > (coverted to PHP anyway) it should suffice. The Drupal module's version > also > > seems to go the route of simple as opposed to exact matching. > > > > Mmm, for PHP, the PEAR Validate_ISPN package > > http://pear.php.net/package/Validate_ISPN/ might be an option. > > > -- Bill Dueber Library Systems Programmer University of Michigan Library