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Elements, and the Registrant Element Ranges associated with them. National ISBN Agencies may have more than one Registration Group Element assigned to them and some Registration Group Elements are shared between a number of different national ISBN agencies.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This information provides a computer system with the necessary data to split 13 digit ISBNs issued by any national ISBN agency into the segments of:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">[EAN.UCC prefix]-[Registration Group element]-[Registrant element]-[Publication element]-[Check-digit]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Data from this file can also be used to detect ISBNs that are invalid because a particular Registration Group Element within an EAN.UCC Prefix or a specific Registrant Element Range within a Registration Group has yet to be defined.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>XML File Format Structure</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Message and Header Tags</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">The following group of tags provides general information about the xml file:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><ISBNRangeMessage></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><MessageSource></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><MessageSerialNumber></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><MessageDate></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br>EAN.UCC Prefix Tags</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The following group of tags provides data that describes the length of the Registration Group segment of an ISBN within a particular Registration Group Element range of a particular EAN.UCC Prefix. This data may indicate that a particular range of an EAN.UCC Prefix is not defined for use at this time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><EAN.UCCPrefixes> - envelope for all EAN.UCC Prefixes</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><EAN.UCC> - envelope for particular EAN.UCC Prefix</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Prefix> - [EAN.UCC Prefix]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Agency> - always “International ISBN Agency”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Rules> - envelope for all Registration Group range length rules for this EAN.UCC Prefix</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Rule> - envelope for a particular range length rule</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Range> - [range] (padded to maximum 7 digits)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Length> - [length] defined for range <em>(zero indicates range not defined for use)</em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br>Registration Group Element Tags</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The following group of tags provides data that describes the length of the Registrant (Publisher) segment of an ISBN within a particular range for a particular Registration Group Element. This data may indicate that a particular range within a Group Registration Element is not defined for use <strong><em>at this time.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><RegistrationGroups> - envelope for all Registration Group Elements</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Group> - envelope for particular Registration Group Elements</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Prefix> - [composed of EAN.UCC Prefix-Registration Group Element]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Agency> - [National ISBN Agency name]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Rules> - envelope for all Registrant range length rules for this Registration Group Prefix</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Rule> - envelope for a particular range length rule</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Range> - [range] (padded to maximum 7 digits)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><Length> - [length] defined for range <em>(zero indicates range not defined for use)</em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Available formats</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Information about valid ISBN ranges is available:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: small;"> in .pdf format, sorted by group registration element or sorted by national ISBN agency name, and</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"> in XML format</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: small;">You can either choose the format of the range message that you require by selecting the appropriate radio button below or you can retrieve the information automatically using the HTTP GET method. 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