Last updated by Roedy Green ©1998-1999 Canadian Mind Products.
This Applet will help you tidy up ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers). It tidies them into standard form with the dashes in the correct places. It also validates the check digit. Just paste the raw ISBN into the left window, click Tidy then copy the tidied ISBN from the right window.
The amanuensis formats ISBNs like this:
0-00-000000-0 | lead 0 means English language |
0-200-00000-4 | |
0-7000-0000-3 | |
0-85000-000-9 | |
0-900000-00-7 | |
0-9500000-0-0 | |
0-9999999-9-0 | |
1-0000-0000-1 | lead 1 means International |
1-55000-000-4 | |
1-869800-00-1 | |
1-9990000-0-5 | |
2-00-000000-2 | |
2-200-00000-6 | |
2-7000-0000-5 | |
2-85000-000-0 | |
2-900000-00-9 | |
2-9500000-0-2 | |
80-00-00000-8 | |
94-19-00000-1 | |
94-200-0000-1 | |
94-699-0000-6 | |
94-7000-000-5 | |
94-85999-99-2 | |
94-949999-9-1 |
The amanuensis is also available with Java source to download. When you run ISBN Amanuensis as an application, it is even more automatic. You don't need to do any manual pasting and copying. Just click Tidy to convert the current contents of the clipboard. The tidied ISBN 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.
This version of the Applet requires one of:
This version will not use the Java Plug-in. Click here for the Java Plug-in Version.
If you don't have a JDK 1.1 capable browser you can still download the amanuensis and run it
either as an application or an Applet.
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