# isil.py - functions for handling identifiers for libraries and related # organizations # # Copyright (C) 2011 Arthur de Jong # # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA # 02110-1301 USA """ISIL (International Standard Identifier for Libraries). The ISIL is the International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations. >>> is_valid('IT-RM0267') True >>> is_valid('OCLC-DLC') True >>> is_valid('WW-RM0267') # unregistered country code False >>> format('it-RM0267') 'IT-RM0267' """ # the valid characters in an ISIL _alphabet = set('0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-:/') def compact(number): """Convert the ISIL to the minimal representation. This strips surrounding whitespace.""" return number.strip() def _known_agency(agency): """Checks whether the specified agency is valid.""" # look it up in the db from stdnum import numdb results = numdb.get('isil').info(agency.upper() + '$') # there should be only one part and it should have properties return len(results) == 1 and bool(results[0][1]) def is_valid(number): """Checks to see if the number provided is a valid isil (or isilSV) number.""" try: number = compact(number) except: return False for n in number: if n not in _alphabet: return False return len(number) <= 15 and _known_agency(number.split('-')[0]) def format(number): """Reformat the passed number to the standard format.""" number = compact(number) parts = number.split('-') if len(parts) > 1 and _known_agency(parts[0]): parts[0] = parts[0].upper() return '-'.join(parts)