Announcement

The newly-released ONIX for Books 3.0 revision 1 is a minor update to ONIX 3.0 that introduces a handful of new and optional data elements to meet the specialised needs of ONIX users in East Asia, and in multi-language supply chains. However, it also adds a few elements that are likely to be of wider benefit, and introduces a simplified way of dealing with reissues. Version 3.0.1 is entirely backward-compatible with 3.0, so any existing ONIX 3.0 data automatically meets the requirements of 3.0.1 – but 3.0.1 adds flexibility and new capabilities, and EDItEUR recommends that ONIX 3.0 implementations be updated as soon as practicable to take advantage of the updates.

You can read the complete list of updates between 3.0 and 3.0.1 here.

The ONIX 3.0 Implementation and Best Practice Guide has been updated to take these updates into account. The full Specification for 3.0.1 and the updated Guide can both be downloaded here.

Issue 16 of the ONIX for Books Codelists has also been released. This provides codelist support for new data elements introduced in ONIX 3.0.1, as well as adding new codes in existing lists to meet various requests from national groups. The latest codelists can be downloaded here, and you can read the complete list of updates between Issue 15 and Issue 16 here.