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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push: new 66376f8 ISBNValidator Javadoc updated with 979 prefix explanation new 1094b90 Merge pull request #30 from alcole/Alcole/VALIDATOR-447/ISBN-979-prefix-docs 66376f8 is described below commit 66376f85a43ec653ca73b244545e91dfc7958142 Author: alex-cole <alexjcol...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Tue Sep 18 11:20:32 2018 -0500 ISBNValidator Javadoc updated with 979 prefix explanation --- .../org/apache/commons/validator/routines/ISBNValidator.java | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/ISBNValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/ISBNValidator.java index 7b56fe6..8c759c0 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/ISBNValidator.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/ISBNValidator.java @@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.checkdigit.CheckDigitException; * Transition details</a>.</li> * </ul> * + * <p>ISBN-13s are either prefixed with 978 or 979. 978 prefixes are only assigned + * to the ISBN agency. 979 prefixes may be assigned to ISBNs or ISMNs + * (<a href="https://www.ismn-international.org/">International + * Standard Music Numbers</a>). + * <ul> + * <li>979-0 are assigned to the ISMN agency</li> + * <li>979-10, 979-11, 979-12 are assigned to the ISBN agency</li> + * </ul> + * All other 979 prefixed EAN-13 numbers have not yet been assigned to an agency. The + * validator validates all 13 digit codes with 978 or 979 prefixes.</p> + * * @version $Revision$ * @since Validator 1.4 */