 ONIX for BooksProduct Information Message - Release 2.1Download XML DTD and documentationTwo download packages are available from this page. In order to use the ONIX for Books Product Information Message, you will need both the Release 2.1 format specifications and either the Release 2.1 DTD (below) or the Release 2.1 Schema (available for download here). An ONIX for Books Product Information Message must be consistent in all respects with both the formal XML definition expressed in the DTD or Schema and the content specifications in the documentation. It is not sufficient to deliver a "well-formed" XML document using ONIX elements. The elements must in their construction (tag name, number, order and content) conform to the rules defined in the DTD and Schema, so that the message as a whole is "valid" in strict XML terms. Release 2.1 DTD and structure diagrams (revision 02)This ZIP file contains the
set
of text files which together constitute a formal definition of the ONIX for Books
Product Information Message as an XML DTD. The
DTD includes two alternative forms: one
using text reference names for the elements, and one using short
alphanumeric tags. Both forms of the DTD are identical in
their
functionality. With the DTD, you can
use
standard XML software to parse, verify and operate on the content of
correctly-formulated Product
Information
Messages. The DTD
is accompanied by a set of structure diagrams in the form of linked
HTML files which can be displayed and navigated in your browser. We
recommend that you discard the previous
version of the Release 2.1 DTD, and use only the latest version,
revision 02. If, however, you find
you
need to access either
of the previous versions, they are still available on the EDItEUR
website as revision 00 and revision
01
respectively. See ONIX
for Books – Product Information Message – XML
Message
Specification,
Section 5, for more information. Release 2.1 format
specifications (revision
02) and code lists This ZIP file contains the
following PDF documents describing the ONIX for Books
Product Information Message: XML Message Specification Subseries Record
Specification together with the latest issue of the ONIX Code
Lists as a set of HTML files.
Wherever
a code list is referred to in a specification
document, there is a hyperlink to the list. To
use the documentation package on your own local PC, you should unZIP it
into a folder of your choice. The code
lists will unZIP into a subdirectory \codelists
within that folder, and provided that you
maintain the whole package in this directory structure the links will
work correctly. With the PDF documentation
open
in an Acrobat Reader
window, clicking on a
link will cause the relevant HTML code list to open in a browser
window, so that the specification of a data element and the code list
used in the element can be held open simultaneously in separate windows. You can also download a list of the changes made in the latest issue of the ONIX Code Lists and /or a printable copy of the entire ONIX Code Lists, and find out how they can be supplied in a format suitable to be loaded directly into a local application system, by clicking here. |