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parser: Document number checksum on Estonian ID Cards is "<" #35

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mjl opened this issue Apr 30, 2021 · 1 comment
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parser: Document number checksum on Estonian ID Cards is "<" #35

mjl opened this issue Apr 30, 2021 · 1 comment

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@mjl
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mjl commented Apr 30, 2021

Estonian ID Cards seem to (sometimes? I've only had one in my data set so far!) set the document number checksum to "<", which seems to indicate no checksum.

I have not found anything in the standards for using the "<" in checksums though. Is this something you have seen before?

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Hi @mjl

First of all, excuse me the delay for the reply (I need more time to live xD. I really came here because someone who opened an issue yesterday sent me a mailing with a sensationalist title ["Big crush with MRZ" or something like that] and it worked!)

Yes, I had already seen it before especially in the jungle of ID cards.

Two cases occur to me:
.- String is greater than the field and someone decides to occupy the checksum with "<"
.- Checksum == 0 and someone decides to replace "0" by "<"

BR

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