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If you need help identifying these, contact biblio@booknetcanada.ca. Whatever version of ONIX you use, you should try to support the most current code list.
Sunset date for ONIX 2.1
ONIX 2.1 will be 'sunsetted' at the end of 2014.
At the beginning of 2012, the ONIX International Steering Committee – the group that guides the future development of the ONIX standard – announced that full support for ONIX version 2.1 would end at the end of 2014, and that all users were strongly advised to update their systems and migrate to ONIX 3.0. The three year notice period ensured that adequate time was available for planning, budgeting and development of updated systems.
This sunset date is now less than six months away. Note that ONIX 2.1 will not ‘stop working’ on 1st January 2015 – it will still be usable, but will not receive the level of support that it currently has. In particular, documentation will be archived and online DTD/XSD support for XML validation will be removed.
Any organisation using ONIX 2.1 (and even a few using 2.0) should ensure that a plan for migration to ONIX 3.0 is in place.
ONIX 3.0 Revision 1
ONIX 3.0 is the new version on ONIX with better support for Digital Products and capable of a much higher degree of accuracy to support truly international data exchange. There have been a couple of major structural changes since it's inital release in 2009 and any implementer should ensure that they are using ONIX 3.0.1.
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Code Lists Issue 23 26 (See thechanges for List 2326)
BISAC Subject Code list 2012 2013 edition and Regional Themes
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