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ONIX for RROs

ONIX for RROs consists of two XML formats for facilitating communication by collective management organisations and the publishers and authors with whom they work.

The development of ONIX for RROs has been undertaken in partnership between EDItEUR and IFRRO - the international federation for literary collective management organisations and with funding from some of its members including AccessCopyright, the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society, CAL, CCC, CEDRO, CLA, Kopinor, and the Publishers Licensing Society. Initially through a Technical Subcommittee, and now under the guidance of an ONIX Governing Board, IFRRO is working to help its members implement the ONIX for RROs messages. One format facilitates the exchange of distribution payment information, and the other format facilitates the exchange of rights and repertoire information

Further information on the ONIX for RROs message formats including XML schemas, overviews and detailed specifications is given below.

Pilot projects and use cases
The formats were tested in a number of pilot projects with IFRRO member agencies. Reports of these pilots, including use case summaries and guidelines, are on a separate page.

ONIX for RROs discussion forum
An e-forum for discussion related to implementation of ONIX for RROs - a standard facilitating communication by collective management organisations and the publishers and authors with whom they work. The e-forum is open to all current and prospective users of the standards.

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ONIX for Repertoire v1.0
“Repertoire” in this context is defined as a set of resources in which the control of certain rights is held by a particular party, and which is identified typically for the purpose of delegating those rights from one party to another. ONIX for Repertoire (ONIX-RP) is an XML format based on ONIX Licensing Terms principles that will in the first instance facilitate the communication of repertoire detail from one RRO (licensing agency) to another, and may also be used by large rightsholders (eg publishers) to communicate repertoire detail to an RRO that manages reproduction rights on their behalf.

Detailed specifications in PDF format can be downloaded individually here; or scroll to foot of page for the complete package of documentation and schemas:

ONIX for Distributions v1.0
ONIX for Distributions (ONIX-DS) is an XML format for communicating supporting detail relating to the distribution of monies from one RRO to another, or from an RRO to a large rightsholder.

Detailed specifications in PDF format can be downloaded individually here; or scroll to foot of page for the complete package of documentation and schemas:

ONIX-IFRRO Dictionary Issue 1
Where coded values are used in ONIX-RP and ONIX-DS, they should where possible be taken from the Dictionary maintained jointly by IFRRO and EDItEUR. Local values can, however, be added by an implementation group to meet special needs. The Dictionary is incorporated into the XML Schemas as a separate .xsd file that can be replaced without affecting the rest of the schema definition.

Issue 1 of the Dictionary spreadsheet can be downloaded below in PDF format, together with a set of notes on the principles behind the Dictionary and its maintenance:

XML Schemas
Version 1.0 of the XML Schemas for ONIX-RP and ONIX-DS, including Issue 1 of the Dictionary, can be downloaded here as a single zip file.

XML Schemas

Complete documentation and Schemas
Version 1.0 of the complete documentation and XML Schemas for ONIX-RP and ONIX-DS, including Issue 1 of the Dictionary, can be downloaded here as a single zip file.

Complete package in a single zip file

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