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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)

Please see the full list of changes here. There is also a list of past changes. Please remember that ONIX 2.1 codes remain locked at Issue 36 and new codes are not available to it for shared lists.

Stay current: Update your Codelists, schemas and documentation regularly

Complete listings of the ONIX codelists in PDF and HTML formats can be downloaded from the EDItEUR website:

  • Issue 64 stand-alone codelist documentation as an HTML file (open and read it in your web browser)

  • Issue 64 TXT, CSV, XML, JSON files for loading into your data management applications

  • Issue 64 XSD, RNG, DTD schema modules for use with existing XML schema files (but note that it is better to download the latest 3.1 schemas since they incorporate a couple of small improvements as well as the new Block 8)

  • The ‘strict’ XSD 1.1 with Issue 63 (the strict XSD must be updated each time there is a new issue of the codelists, as It includes some codelists within the XSD itself)

  • The online browser for the ONIX code lists at https://ns.editeur.org/onix has been updated to issue 64.

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ONIX Codelist Issue 65 (March 22)

Please see the full list of changes here. There is also a list of past changes. Please remember that ONIX 2.1 codes remain locked at Issue 36 and new codes are not available to it for shared lists.

Stay current: Update your Codelists, schemas and documentation regularly

Complete listings of the ONIX codelists in PDF and HTML formats can be downloaded from the EDItEUR website:

  • Issue 65 stand-alone codelist documentation as an HTML file (open and read it in your web browser)

  • Issue 65 TXT, CSV, XML, JSON files for loading into your data management applications

  • Issue 65 XSD, RNG, DTD schema modules for use with existing XML schema files (but note that it is better to download the latest 3.1 schemas since they incorporate a couple of small improvements as well as the new Block 8)

  • The ‘strict’ XSD 1.1 with Issue 65 (the strict XSD must be updated each time there is a new issue of the codelists, as It includes some codelists within the XSD itself)

  • The online browser for the ONIX code lists at https://ns.editeur.org/onix has been updated to issue 65.

Need help finding the documentation? Finding and Using the ONIX Manual and Code Lists

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 .

2023

2023 BISAC Subject Codes (December)

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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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