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xlcnd committed Feb 16, 2015
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Two important concepts: **valid ISBN** should be an ISBN that was built according with the rules,
this is distinct from **issued ISBN** that is an ISBN that was already issued to a publisher
(this is the usage of the libraries). However *isbn.org*, probably by legal reasons, merges the two!
(this is the usage of the libraries and most of the web services).
However *isbn.org*, probably by legal reasons, merges the two!
So, according to *isbn.org*, '9786610326266' is not valid (because the block 978-66... has not been issued yet,
however if you use ``is_isbn13('9786610326266')`` you will get ``True`` (because '9786610326266' follows
the rules of an ISBN). But the situation is even murky. Try ``meta('9786610326266')`` and you will
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Two important concepts: **valid ISBN** should be an ISBN that was built according with the rules,
this is distinct from **issued ISBN** that is an ISBN that was already issued to a publisher
(this is the usage of the libraries). However *isbn.org*, probably by legal reasons, merges the two!
(this is the usage of the libraries and most of the web services).
However *isbn.org*, probably by legal reasons, merges the two!
So, according to *isbn.org*, '9786610326266' is not valid (because the block 978-66... has not been issued yet,
however if you use ``is_isbn13('9786610326266')`` you will get ``True`` (because '9786610326266' follows
the rules of an ISBN). But the situation is even murky. Try ``meta('9786610326266')`` and you will
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