ISBNs printed in machine readable form are still subject to the rules laid down by the ISBN
standard. The considerable number of additional rules and recommendations makes it
necessary that those wishing to print the ISBN in a scannable font should contact their
local ISBN agencies for advice. 
8.5 Algorithm for generating the ISBN and EAN.UCC bar code 
See 
Check digit
 (section 4.5) for information on calculating the check digit of the ISBN.
See 
Distribution of ranges
 (section 4.6) for formulaic information required to split the ISBN.
9. Administration of the ISBN System
9.1 General
The administration of the ISBN system is carried out on three levels: international, ISBN
registration agency
,
 and publisher.
9.2 International administration
The principal functions and responsibilities of the International ISBN Agency are:
  To promote, coordinate, and supervise the worldwide use of the ISBN system
  To represent the interests of the ISBN community to other relevant organisations
  To appoint appropriate organisations as ISBN registration agencies and revoke such
appointments as necessary
  To define registration groups and their areas of responsibility and allocate them to
appropriate ISBN registration agencies
  To determine the definition of registration group rules that govern the length of
available registrant elements within each group and ensure that an accurate and
comprehensive register of these rules is available publicly at all times
  To allocate ranges of unique registrant elements within the appropriate registration
group to ISBN registration agencies and to maintain a complete and accurate register
of the registrant elements that have been assigned
  To secure the maintenance of ISBNs and their associated ISBN metadata through
ISBN registration agency registers
  To develop, monitor, and enforce policies and procedures governing the operations of
ISBN agencies and the process of ISBN registration by those agencies, including any
fees associated with that process
  To facilitate the review and resolution of duplicate assignments of an ISBN
  To review and decide on any appeals relating to decisions made by registration
agencies 
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