NAME¶
Business::ISBN::Data - data pack for Business::ISBN
SYNOPSIS¶
see Business::ISBN
DESCRIPTION¶
This data is current as of the date in the module version. At that time, the
publisher codes 9990000-9999999 or 999000-999999 had not been fixed, although
they had been proposed. I do not include them in the data. Some regions,
including India (93), Gabon (99902), and Congo (99951) have country codes but
no publisher codes. They still have entries even though you won't be able to
validate any ISBNs assigned in those regions.
Business::ISBN uses this "data pack" to do its work. You can update
Business::ISBN::Data independently of the main module as the various ISBN
organizations assign new publisher codes. The ISBN agency lists these data at
http://www.isbn-international.org/converter/ranges.htm . It's also available
as a javascript file at
http://www.isbn-international.org/converter/ranges.js
. The make_data.pl program creates the meat of this module.
Note, that as a historical artifact, some countries are actually language areas.
For instance, country code 2 is "French", and includes several
French-speaking countries.
Simply install this module over the previous version. The module is a Perl data
structure, so you can install it with CPAN.pm, or simply copy it to the right
location.
Older versions of this module did not declare a version, and will work with
whatever version of Business::ISBN you have despite anything the Makefile.PL
might say. Some versions tracked the version of Business::ISBN. Starting in
October 2008, the version is the date of the module update (as YYYYMMDD).
If you make updates, please send them to me so I can include them in future
releases.
SOURCE AVAILABILITY¶
This module lives in the Github repository with Business::ISBN:
git://github.com/briandfoy/business--isbn.git
AUTHOR¶
brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
Yakov Shafranovich updated the data in October 2008.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright (c) 2002-2008, brian d foy, All Rights Reserved.
You may redistribute this under the same terms as Perl itself.