ISBN 2.2 build: 9211 released: 2008-04-04

Interconverts, tidies and validates ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 book numbers.

Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Mind Products.

Java Applet (that can also be run as an application).
Download from http://mindprod.com/products1.html#ISBN

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "user folder names" option.

To run as an application,type:
java -jar J:\com\mindprod\isbn\isbn.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.


To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -jar com/mindprod/isbn/isbn.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test the programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:


Helps you proofread, interconvert, validate and tidy ISBN-10
and ISBN-13 (International Standard Book Number) references
in HTML or other documentation.

It takes the raw ISBN (which may contain dashes, lead, trail
or embedded spaces or other miscellaneous junk), validates
the check digit and insert the dashes in the proper places
using a set of rules described at
http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/international/hyphenation-instructions.asp

Just paste the raw ISBN into the top  "raw" box, click Tidy
then copy the tidied ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 from the bottom boxes.

When you run the ISBN Amanuensis as an application, it is
even more automatic. You don't need to do any manual pasting
and copying. Just click Paste to tidy the current contents of
the clipboard. The tidied ISBN-13 replaces the old the raw text
clipboard contents. This automatic feature is not available
in the Applet version because the Applet sandbox considers
it a security risk.

Unfortunately the program cannot correctly place the dash
between publisher and title for groups other than 0 and 1,
i.e ISBN-10s that begin with other than 0 or 1.

You can also use the ISBNValidate class in your own programs.

The lead 0 is significant. ISBNs always contain 10 digits.

 examples of good formatted ISBNs you can experiment with:
 0-00-000000-0
 0-200-00000-4
 0-7000-0000-3
 0-85000-000-9
 0-900000-00-7
 0-9500000-0-0
 0-9999999-9-0
 1-00-000000-1
 1-09-999999-5
 1-100-00000-3
 1-399-99999-0
 1-4000-0000-9
 1-4999-9999-2
 1-5000-0000-0
 1-5499-9999-0
 1-55000-000-4
 1-86979-999-2
 1-869800-00-1
 1-9990000-0-5
 2-00000000-2
 2-95000000-2
 3-00000000-3
 3-99999999-3
 4-00000000-4
 4-95000000-4
 5-00000000-5
 5-95000000-5
 7-00000000-7
 7-20000000-0
 7-95000000-7
 80-0000000-8
 93-9999999-8
 950-000000-8
 950-999999-7
 9949-99999-5
 9950-00000-9
 9959-99999-8
 9960-00000-1
 9989-99999-6
 99901-9601-X

 examples of bad ISBNs you can experiment with:
 6000000006
 6950000006
 6999999996
 9400000006
 9419000001
 949999999X
 992999999X
 9930000003
 9934000008
 9939999992
 9940000006
 9999900003
 9999999999

Examples of good ISBN-13s  you can experiment with:
978-0-00-000000-2
978-0-393-06163-5
978-0-940016-73-6
978-1-57675-414-6
978-0-200-00000-0
978-0-618-68000-9
978-0-7000-0000-5
978-0-85000-000-9
978-0-900000-00-3
978-0-940016-73-6
978-0-9500000-0-8
978-0-9999999-9-8
978-1-00-000000-9
978-1-09-999999-4
978-1-100-00000-8
978-1-399-99999-1
978-1-4000-0000-5
978-1-4999-9999-0
978-1-5000-0000-4
978-1-5499-9999-4
978-1-55000-000-9
978-1-86979-999-1
978-1-869800-00-0
978-1-9990000-0-4
978-2-00000000-6
978-2-95000000-2
978-3-00000000-3
978-3-99999999-9
978-4-00000000-0
978-4-95000000-6
978-5-00000000-7
978-5-95000000-3
978-6-00000000-4
978-7-00000000-1
978-7-20000000-9
978-7-95000000-7
978-80-0000000-8
978-93-9999999-7
978-950-000000-0
978-950-999999-2
978-9940-00000-4
978-9949-99999-6
978-9950-00000-1
978-9959-99999-3
978-9960-00000-8
978-9989-99999-4
978-99901-9601-6
978-99955-5555-9

Version History

1.6 has updated group number verification, and now
handles numbers such as 1-4000-4728-5 which were formerly
illegal.

1.7 adds an about box, and deals with a slight
change in the hyphenation rules. It also uses more precise
rules on valid groups. Now works better when ISBN has
surrounding junk. Notes about new 13 digit ISBNs.

1.8 no longer preserves junk enclosing ISBN.

2.1 2007-08-25 Convert to JDK 1.5. Support for
ISBN-13, major refactoring and renaming of the supporting
ISBNValidate class. Now uses exceptions to report errors,
than inline in the results.

2.2 2008-04-04 add build number to title, tidy code, correct
spelling errors.