How'd You Manage Identifier in Calibre?

[yonkyunior]

i've long enough not to pay attention to the identifiers, when i activate the Tag Browser,

example type:
978000123456/978000123456
identifiers:"=urnisbn/978000123456:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn/:"

is there a search/replace regex or a way to keep the isbn and removing part of identifier or change.

978000123456/978000123456 >>> isbn:978000123456
urnisbn/978000123456 >>> urnisbn:978000123456

if anyone have another rules to share about managing identifier is welcome.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by yonkyunior

i've long enough not to pay attention to the identifiers, when i activate the Tag Browser,

example type:
978000123456/978000123456
identifiers:"=urnisbn/978000123456:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn/:"

is there a search/replace regex or a way to keep the isbn and removing part of identifier or change.if anyone have another rules to share about managing identifier is welcome.

NOT TESTED

\d+\/(\d{13})   >>>   isbn:\1
(urnisbn)\/(\d{13}) >>> \1:\2

I look for 13 digits, just in case there is another digits\digits
I still would single step my Searches and only replace when Eyeball Mk2 says it is good

[yonkyunior]

Originally Posted by theducks

NOT TESTED

\d+\/(\d{13})   >>>   isbn:\1
(urnisbn)\/(\d{13}) >>> \1:\2

I look for 13 digits, just in case there is another digits\digits
I still would single step my Searches and only replace when Eyeball Mk2 says it is good

search replace window for identifier..

[theducks]

Ah! You did not say where you were using the REGEX

I assumed it was in the OPF or body of the book

Read the fields on that form
identifier type: does not allow a wild card (for when the identifier is malformed.
calibre identifiers have 2 parts separated by a colon. type:<value>

You can use the Tag browser: Identifiers section to see (and select) all the various types in YOUR library. AFAIK, you will need to fix those that do not comply with calibre identifier rules. For those that do, Bulk mode S&R can work on each TYPE. Just fill in the blanks on the form

[yonkyunior]

Originally Posted by theducks

Ah! You did not say where you were using the REGEX

I assumed it was in the OPF or body of the book

Read the fields on that form
identifier type: does not allow a wild card (for when the identifier is malformed.
calibre identifiers have 2 parts separated by a colon. type:<value>

You can use the Tag browser: Identifiers section to see (and select) all the various types in YOUR library. AFAIK, you will need to fix those that do not comply with calibre identifier rules. For those that do, Bulk mode S&R can work on each TYPE. Just fill in the blanks on the form

the identifier type recognized by calibre i think require " : "

i attach gif,
the identifier type

[theducks]

Originally Posted by yonkyunior

the identifier type recognized by calibre i think require " : "

i attach gif,
the identifier type

that is what I said

How malformed entries got imported

[DaltonST]

The "Library Codes" plug-in silently and automatically scrubs the ISBN for a few highly common ISBN formatting errors that I encountered with my personal metadata while writing it. I guess I could add other formatting errors given free-range test data if examples requiring automatic corrections were posted in the LC thread.


DaltonST

[yonkyunior]

Originally Posted by theducks

that is what I said

How malformed entries got imported

recently, my setting adding book with "Read metadata from file contents".

Originally Posted by DaltonST

The "Library Codes" plug-in silently and automatically scrubs the ISBN for a few highly common ISBN formatting errors that I encountered with my personal metadata while writing it. I guess I could add other formatting errors given free-range test data if examples requiring automatic corrections were posted in the LC thread.


DaltonST

example type:
identifiers:"978000123456:978000123456:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn/978000123456:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn/:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn978000123456:"

the pattern above repeated most.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by yonkyunior

example type:
identifiers:"978000123456:978000123456:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn/978000123456:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn/:"
identifiers:"=urnisbn978000123456:"

the pattern above repeated most.

The Library Codes Plug-in Thread is here.