Purpose

This gem implements a mechanism to parse and utilize BSI publication identifiers.

Use cases to support

1. 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"}