Data exchange is never static. Here are some recent changes to best practices and standards that the industry is implementing.
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Data exchange is never static. Here are some recent changes to best practices and standards that the industry is implementing.
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2024
BookNet Canada & BISG's BISAC TO Thema Translator updated to support BISAC 2021 and Thema 1.5 (March 21, 2024)
The BNC BISAC to Thema Translator is available at http://bisactothema.biblioshare.org/
To find our more about the Translator, an introductory blog post is available at http://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2014/4/24/introducing-bncs-bisac-to-thema-translator.html .
ONIX Codelist Issue 64 (January 29)
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For full background, an overview of the message structure, and a summary of key differences between Release 2.1 and Release 3.0/3.1, read the Introduction to ONIX for Books 3.1 here.To download the latest Specification, XML schemas, a detailed Implementation and Best Practice Guide, samples and supplementary guidelines, go to the .1 and Release 3.0 and 3.1 Downloads page here .
Need help finding the documentation? Finding and Using the ONIX Manual and Code Lists
2022
BookNet Canada & BISG's BISAC TO Thema Translator updated to support BISAC 2021 and Thema 1.5 (July 13, 2022)
The BNC BISAC to Thema Translator is available at http://bisactothema.biblioshare.org/
To find our more about the Translator, an introductory blog post is available at http://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2014/4/24/introducing-bncs-bisac-to-thema-translator.html./3.1, read the Introduction to ONIX for Books 3.1 here.
To download the latest Specification, XML schemas, a detailed Implementation and Best Practice Guide, samples and supplementary guidelines, go to the Release 3.0 and 3.1 Downloads page here .
Need help finding the documentation? Finding and Using the ONIX Manual and Code Lists
2022
Thema Version 1.5 Released (April 2022)
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Specification and updated codelists (PDF)
Note that the new Specification is accompanied by an interim update to Issue 53 of the codelists
XML tools and updated codelists (XSD, RNG, DTD, 'strict' XSD)
2019
US ISBN Agency to Start Using 979-ISBNs in 2020 (November 2019)
979 ISBNs have been in limited use in the Canadian supply chain for several years – most distributors have a few dozen in their inventory. Currently ISBN Canada has not issued any and has no plans to start. The US, however, is running out of 978 ISBN-13 and could begin issuing 979s as soon as January 2020. We can anticipate their increased volume in our supply chain over the next year or two and when one of the major US publishers gets their first block we can expect explosive growth.
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Revised Best Practices for Keywords in Metadata: Guide for North American Data Senders and Receivers (February 2018)
A revised edition of the BISG authored and BNC endorsed document been published, chock-a-block with examples, samples and sage advice. You can get yours at https://bisg.org/store/viewproduct.aspx?id=6972954.
2017
Revision completed to ISO ISBN Standard (December 2017)
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If you need more information on ISBN head over to BookNet Canada's ISBN page
New interactive code list lookup sites available
EDItEUR supports both ONIX Code lists and Thema Subject and Qualifier lists with dedicated lookup sites, complete with their notes. Pro tip on using either of these in any form: read the notes! You can't know the intent of the value without them and using precisely defined metadata is fundamental to any business exchange. The description is not intentionally misleading but the notes give clarity. Use your software drop downs as reminders of for the definitions the notes provide and these interactive look-ups make it easy to check. (A little prompt to developers: You should think about how to integrate note access into your ONIX systems and these might help.)
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