BSI publication identifiers ("BSI PubID")
Purpose
This gem implements a mechanism to parse and utilize BSI publication identifiers.
Use cases to support
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generate updated PubID
Usage
Identifier creation
Basic usage of the pubid-bsi gem starts with the Identifier#create method.
require "pubid-bsi"
pubid = Pubid::Bsi::Identifier.create(number: 1234, part: 1, year: 1999)
pubid.to_s
=> "BS 1234-1:1999"With document type
pubid = Pubid::Bsi::Identifier.create(type: :pas, number: 1234)
pubid.to_s
=> "PAS 1234"Identifier’s class and type
Identifier#parse resolves a parsed identifier according to the type.
Pubid::Iso::Identifier.parse("PAS 1234").class
# => Pubid::Bsi::Identifier::PubliclyAvailableSpecification
Pubid::Iso::Identifier.parse("PAS 1234").type
# => {:key=>:pas, :title=>"Publicly Available Specification"}
Pubid::Iso::Identifier.parse("BS 1234").class
# => Pubid::Bsi::Identifier::BritishStandard
Pubid::Iso::Identifier.parse("BS 1234").type
# => {:key=>:bs, :title=>"British Standard"}