You're right. We should work on validating ISBN, both at the point of data entry, batch imports and search. There's a pretty old bug about it, for what it's worth:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlibrary/+bug/485999 On 2/2/11 9:40 AM, Karen Coyle wrote: > It occurs to me that ISBNs may be getting normalized in batch input > but not when they are keyed by a user. I must admit that I have no > idea if any quality control is done on user input data -- can anyone > speak to that? There are probably very few fields where QC can be > applied, in fact, but in the case of ISBN it might be worth doing. > > kc > > Quoting Edward Betts<[email protected]>: > >> This works: >> >> http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:978-1-4493-0322-8&jscmd=data&format=json >> >> We need to improve our handling of ISBNs. >> >> On 2011-02-01 16:13, Peter Murray wrote: >>> I'm having problems linking to ISBNs that have been added to Open >>> Library in the past few days. These are cases where I've created a new >>> work or a new edition of an existing work. In only one case -- the third >>> one below -- where the ISBN already existed in Open Library -- is the >>> Open Book plugin for WordPress ISBN working. In the other two cases, I'm >>> getting "[No Book Data for this Book Number]". If I search for ISBN in >>> the advanced search interface of the Open Library website, it will find >>> the work and edition. >>> >>> /[openbook booknumber="9780596809799" >>> publisherurl="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596809799";]<br clear="all" />/ >>> >>> /[No Book Data for this Book Number]/ >>> >>> [openbook booknumber="9781449303228" >>> publisherurl="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303228";]<br clear="all" /> >>> >>> /[No Book Data for this Book Number]/ >>> / >>> / >>> >>> [openbook booknumber="9780596557270" >>> publisherurl="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596557270";]<br clear="all" /> >>> >>> Head First Physics >>> <http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24598378M/Head_First_Physics> >>> Heather Lang<http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3497359A/Heather_Lang>; >>> O'Reilly<http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596557270> 2009 >>> WorldCat<http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780596557270>•LibraryThing >>> <http://librarything.com/isbn/9780596557270>•Google Books >>> <http://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9780596557270>•BookFinder >>> <http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=xl&ac=qr&isbn=9780596557270> >>> / >>> / >>> / >>> / >>> >>> For the one that does work, the API call made by the Open Book plug-in >>> seems to be: >>> >>> http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780596557270&jscmd=data&format=json >>> <http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780596557270&jscmd=data&format=json> >>> >>> It returns an Open Library JSON object. For the one that doesn't work, >>> the API call made by the Open Book plug-in seems to be: >>> >>> http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9781449303228&jscmd=data&format=json >>> <http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9781449303228&jscmd=data&format=json> >>> >>> It returns an empty JSON object. >>> >>> Am I missing something obvious? >>> >>> >>> Peter >>> -- >>> Peter Murray [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>> tel:+1-678-235-2955 >>> Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ >>> Lyrasis -- Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. >>> The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ >>> Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-tech mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > > _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
