ISBN look up, usually missing part of title

thibaulthalpern · 05-04-2009, 06:18 PM

I don't know if this is an external ISBN database issue or with the way Calibre processes data it gets from the external ISBN databases but here is what i notice:

Often when I do an ISBN look-up to get metadata information, Calibre would return the full details of the book with part of the title missing. For instance, the ISBN 9781414407487 is for the book "Death and Dying: Ending of Life Issues". In this case, Calibre provides the subtitle, "End of Life Issues", and does not display "Death and Dying". So, I end up with metadata looking like this:

Title: End of Life Issues
Author(s): Sandra M. Alters

etc.

In other words, Calibre is often missing the title and only providing the subtitle of the volume.

What's going on?

Is this an external database issue or an issue with the way Calibre parses externally received data?

ilovejedd · 05-04-2009, 06:22 PM

External database issue.

thibaulthalpern · 05-04-2009, 06:44 PM

Really? How so sure? Curious mind wants to know

kovidgoyal · 05-04-2009, 07:33 PM

because calibre doesn't do any processing on the title, it just returns whatever the external database gives it

thibaulthalpern · 05-04-2009, 11:54 PM

I see. I thought it was perhaps misinterpreting a delimiter and so maybe an "unusual delimiter" was used. But, that's just me imagining it. I don't programme.

kovidgoyal · 05-05-2009, 12:52 AM

the title is returned inside xaml tags something like

<title>whatever</title>

No real question of delimiters involved

CleverClothe · 05-06-2009, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

External database issue.

Thats why I usually edit the meta data after it gets pulled down. Particularly for the ISBN, since the online databases usually don't have the eBook version.

I just pick the most complete result and go from there.

thibaulthalpern · 05-06-2009, 02:57 AM

In my experience, usually the one with the complete summary information also has the missing title. In the case, I usually just copy and past the summary information.

05-04-2009, 06:18 PM	#1
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	ISBN look up, usually missing part of title I don't know if this is an external ISBN database issue or with the way Calibre processes data it gets from the external ISBN databases but here is what i notice: Often when I do an ISBN look-up to get metadata information, Calibre would return the full details of the book with part of the title missing. For instance, the ISBN 9781414407487 is for the book "Death and Dying: Ending of Life Issues". In this case, Calibre provides the subtitle, "End of Life Issues", and does not display "Death and Dying". So, I end up with metadata looking like this: Title: End of Life Issues Author(s): Sandra M. Alters etc. In other words, Calibre is often missing the title and only providing the subtitle of the volume. What's going on? Is this an external database issue or an issue with the way Calibre parses externally received data?

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05-04-2009, 06:22 PM	#2
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	External database issue.

05-04-2009, 06:44 PM	#3
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	Really? How so sure? Curious mind wants to know

05-04-2009, 07:33 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,564 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	because calibre doesn't do any processing on the title, it just returns whatever the external database gives it

05-04-2009, 11:54 PM	#5
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	I see. I thought it was perhaps misinterpreting a delimiter and so maybe an "unusual delimiter" was used. But, that's just me imagining it. I don't programme.

05-05-2009, 12:52 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,564 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	the title is returned inside xaml tags something like <title>whatever</title> No real question of delimiters involved

05-06-2009, 02:57 AM	#8
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	In my experience, usually the one with the complete summary information also has the missing title. In the case, I usually just copy and past the summary information.

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