ONIX International Release 1.1

Developed and maintained by EDItEUR jointly with Book Industry Communication and the Book Industry Study Group

Release 1.1 is now superseded by Release 1.2, but will continue to be available on the EDItEUR website until further notice

Overview and Summary List of Data Elements (PDF file)
Includes a summary list of all the Level 1 and Level 2 data elements
Guidelines for Publishers, Level 1 (PDF file)
The kernel subset of ONIX International which should be sufficient to meet the needs of many publishers for a computer-readable product description. It includes sufficient details of the XML format to construct level 1 messages
Guidelines for Publishers, Level 2 (PDF file)
The comprehensive guide to the complete ONIX International data element set for publishers for whom the level 1 subset is inadequate. Level 2 users will require the XML DTD files, below
XML DTD (ZIP file)
This ZIP file contains the set of text files which together constitute a formal definition allowing standard XML software to parse, verify and operate on the content of correctly formulated ONIX International messages at Level 1 or Level 2
EPICS Data Dictionary
The comprehensive data dictionary from which ONIX International standards are derived.