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Mapping openurl 0.1 to 1.0
Our link resolver sometimes gives us openurls using version 0.1 and sometimes using version 1.0. Our UI passes these on to other services, like Illiad. It would be nice to hand off something that ...
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Why do some books have multiple ISBNs?
As described in this question books can have both, ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. In addition, however, some books have multiple ISBN-10:
Stochastic Processes: A Survey of the Mathematical Theory (Applied
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What is the difference between ISBN-10 and ISBN-13?
There seems to be two types of ISBNS for every book: ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. I wonder what differences are between them, and in what cases to use which? Thanks!
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Uses for International Standard Name Identifiers?
ISO published ISO 27729 earlier this year, see http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=44292
The standard describes the ISNI - International Standard Name ...
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Why hasn't the library community settled on using hashes as unique universal ids for digital content?
It seemed to me that the ability to compute something like an MD5 hash has amazing potential as a unique identifier system for digital content. Anyone can generate and publish them, and they are more ...
