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Changelog

Date
17 Jun 2025	Image of book-cover in production (v2)
12 .6.Jun 2025	Short description will be added to v2 only.
15 .5.May 2025	Image for book’s back cover will be added to v2
8.5.08 May 2025	Work as subject will be added to v2
23 .4.Apr 2025	In v2: City of publication Accompanying material in TextContent Changes in text content New title types Contributor statement, from language added
09 Apr 2025	Subject from NEO now in v2
03 Apr 2025	Subjects will include language attribute, both for genre/form and subjects Reintroducing Literary prizes in v2
27 Mar 2025	PriceCondition postponed until further notice. EUDR, FSC etc. moved to Q3 and v3-endpoint of Onix.
24 Feb 2025	GPSR + Kulturrådet are now done
22 Jan 2025	Introducing v2-endpoint for Onix Export. Most new features will be exclusive to the new v2-endpoint, see also deprecation-notice for v1.
29 Nov 2024	Device support released in prod. Both methods supported until end-of-life for old syntax 28 Feb 2025
28 Nov 2024	Collection type 11 released in stage/test Device support released in stage/test (both export and import) EUDR, FSC, PEFC, carbon emission support for EUDR is postponed, due to delays in the implementation of EUDR support for FSC, PEFC, carbon emission expected in Q2/2025
11 Nov 2024	Contributor Unnamed Persons Released in stage/test In prod from 31 Jan 2025 EUDR, FSC, PEFC, carbon emission Delayed expected delivery Q2/2025 Contributor Role Code Released (except B34) Device support Delayed expected delivery dates Price condition Delayed expected delivery quarter Text and data mining Released
okt. 2024	Subject from NTSF released in addition to proprietary scheme Genre/form from Bokbasen’s proprietary scheme is sent in parallell, but will be deprecated.
25 Oct 2024	“Chapters in audio and ebooks” deployed to test/stage “Text and data mining” deployed to test/stage

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Feature

Available from (endpoint version)

Status

Contributor Unnamed Persons

import

Q4 2024

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Contributor Unnamed Persons

export

In prod from 31 Jan 2025 (only v2)

⚠️ Breaking change

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Subject

export

September 2024

Status

colour	Green
title	done

FSC, PEFC, carbon emission, EUDR

import

Q3 2025

Status

title	not started

FSC, PEFC, carbon emission, EUDR

export

Q3 2025

Status

title	not started

Contributor Role Code

import

November 2024

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Contributor Role Code

export

November 2024

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Chapters in audio/text books

export

January 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Device support

import

30 Nov 2024

⚠️ End-of-life for old syntax 28 Feb 2025

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Device support

export

January 2025 (only v2)

In stage from 15 Dec 2024

⚠️ Breaking change

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Collection (publisher)

import

Q4 2024

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Collection (publisher)

export

Q4 2024 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Price condition (automatic renewed)

import

~~Q2 2025~~
Postponed until further notice

Status

colour	Purple
title	postponed

Price condition (automatic renewed)

export

~~Q2 2025~~
Postponed until further notice

Status

colour	Purple
title	postponed

Text and data mining

export

October 2024

Status

colour	Green
title	done

Onix 3.1

import

Q2 2025

Status

colour	Blue
title	DOING

Onix 3.1

export

22 Jan 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	done

GPSR - General Product Safety Regulation (EU)

Q1 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Kulturrådets innkjøpsordninger

Q1 2025 (only v2)

⚠️ Breaking change

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Subject from NEO

Q2 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Literary prizes

April 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

City of publication

April 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Text content

April 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Title type

April 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Dewey

April 2025 (only v2)

⚠️ Breaking change

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

From language

April 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Contributor statement

April 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Work as subject

May 2025 (only v2)

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Image of back cover

Q2, only v2

Status

colour	BlueGreen
title	DOINGDone

Original title of collection

Q2, only v2

Status

colour	Green
title	Done

Short description

Q3, only v2

Status

colour	Blue
title	not startedDOING

Features / changes

Contributor Unnamed Persons
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

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title	Guide

The Norwegian thesaurus on genre and form is identified by code C8 from list 27 in Subject Scheme Identifier.

Terms from the proprietary vocabularies was sent in Subject like this:
<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>24</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectSchemeName>Bokbasen_Form</SubjectSchemeName>
<SubjectHeadingText>Romaner</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>24</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectSchemeName>Bokbasen_Genre</SubjectSchemeName>
<SubjectHeadingText>Krim</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

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title	Examples

~~<Subject>~~
~~<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>24</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>~~
~~<SubjectSchemeName>Bokbasen_Form</SubjectSchemeName>~~
~~<SubjectHeadingText>Romaner</SubjectHeadingText>~~
~~</Subject>~~

~~<Subject>~~
~~<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>24</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>~~
~~<SubjectSchemeName>Bokbasen_Genre</SubjectSchemeName>~~
~~<SubjectHeadingText>Krim</SubjectHeadingText>~~
~~</Subject>~~

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>C8</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>https://id.nb.no/vocabulary/ntsf/25</SubjectCode>
<SubjectHeadingText language=”nob”>Romaner</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>C8</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>https://id.nb.no/vocabulary/ntsf/159</SubjectCode>
<SubjectHeadingText language=”nob”>Krim</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

Subject - Subjects

Bokbasen will deprecate the proprietary vocabulary for subjects, and replace them with terms from the official Norwegian thesaurus for subjects (NEO). The thesaurus is provided by the National Library of Norway, and will (if not delayed) be published 1st of April 2025.

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title	Examples

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>24</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectSchemeName>Bokbasen_Subject</SubjectSchemeName>
<SubjectHeadingText>Naturvitenskap</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>D3</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>https://id.nb.no/vocabulary/neo/1116</SubjectCode>
<SubjectHeadingText language=”nob”>Naturvitenskap</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>D3</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>https://id.nb.no/vocabulary/neo/1116</SubjectCode>
<SubjectHeadingText language=”nno”>Naturvitskap</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

EUDR, FSC, PEFC, carbon emission

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title	Examples

Due Diligence Statement

<ProductFormFeature>
<ProductFormFeatureType>50</ProductFormFeatureType>
<ProductFormFeatureValue>24FRXVV3VOS991</ProductFormFeatureValue>
</ProductFormFeature>

Provenance of raw material for cover

Example shows single GPS coordinate (latitude and longitude), denoting the centre of a 4Ha plot of land where the trees grew.

<ProductFormFeature>
<ProductFormFeatureType>48</ProductFormFeatureType>
<ProductFormFeatureValue>GB 202401</ProductFormFeatureValue>
<ProductFormFeatureDescription>51.544708 0.061076</ProductFormFeatureDescription>
</ProductFormFeature>

Provenance of raw material for body

Three or more GPS coordinates denotes a polygon outlining the forest where the trees grew.

<ProductFormFeature>
<ProductFormFeatureType>47</ProductFormFeatureType>
<ProductFormFeatureValue>GB 202311</ProductFormFeatureValue>
<ProductFormFeatureDescription>51.549040 -0.120975, 51.556838 -0.127326, 51.555092 -0.108261, 51.549040 -0.120975</ProductFormFeatureDescription>
</ProductFormFeature>

Contributor Role Code

Contributor role code is used to indicate the role played by a person or a corporate body in the creation of the product.

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Code	Heading
A15	Preface by
A19	Afterword by
A23	Foreword by
A36	Cover design or artwork by (children’s literature only)
A42	Continued by
A43	Interviewer
A44	Interviewee
B34	Sensitivity reader / editor

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title	Example

<Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>1</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>A23</ContributorRole>
<NameType>04</NameType>
<NameIdentifier>
<NameIDType>01</NameIDType>
<IDTypeName>Bokbasen_ProprietaryID</IDTypeName>
<IDValue>90707439</IDValue>
</NameIdentifier>
<PersonNameInverted>Gaugin, Paul René</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor>

Chapters in audio and ebooks

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title	Example (Audio Chapters)

<ContentDetail>
<ContentItem>
<LevelSequenceNumber>1</LevelSequenceNumber>
<AVItem>
<AVItemType>03</AVItemType>
<TimeRun>
<StartTime>0000000</StartTime>
</TimeRun>
<AVDuration>0010343</AVDuration> 
</AVItem>
<ComponentTypeName>Kapittel</ComponentTypeName>
<ComponentNumber>1</ComponentNumber>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>04</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>The name of the first chapter</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
</ContentItem>
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<ContentDetail>

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title	Example (Text Chapters)

<ContentDetail>
<ContentItem>
<LevelSequenceNumber>1</LevelSequenceNumber>
<TextItem>
<TextItemType>03</TextItemType>
<PageRun>
<FirstPageNumber>2</FirstPageNumber>
</PageRun>
<NumberOfPages>22</NumberOfPages>
</TextItem>
<ComponentTypeName>Kapittel</ComponentTypeName>
<ComponentNumber>1</ComponentNumber>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>04</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>The name of the first chapter</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
</ContentItem>
…
<ContentDetail>

Device support
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

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It will now be present as ProductFormFeatureDescription (code 07 from list 79). to allow the indication of multiple devices supported.

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title	Example

~~<ProductFormDescription>Smarttelefon</ProductFormDescription>~~

<ProductFormFeature>
<ProductFormFeatureType>07</ProductFormFeatureType>
<ProductFormFeatureDescription>Smarttelefon</ProductFormFeatureDescription>
</ProductFormFeature>

Price condition (automatic renewed)

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title	Guide

Code 07 from list 167 is used in PriceConditionType to indicate that the rental or subscription will automatically renewed at the end of the period unless actively cancelled.

Code 01 from list 168 is used in PriceConditionQuantityType to indicate that the renewal time period is 12 months (09).

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title	Examples

<PriceCondition>
<PriceConditionType>07</PriceConditionType
<PriceConditionQuantity>
<PriceConditionQuantityType>01</PriceConditionQuantityType
<Quantity>12</Quantity>
<QuantityUnit>09</QuantityUnit>
</PriceConditionQuantity>
</PriceCondition>

Collection (Norw. forlagsserie)

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Collection Type 11 (publisher’s collection)

<Collection>
<CollectionType>11</CollectionType>
<CollectionIdentifier>
<CollectionIDType>01</CollectionIDType>
<IDTypeName>Bokbasen_ProprietaryID</IDTypeName>
<IDValue>150140617</IDValue>
</CollectionIdentifier>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>02</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>Bestselger Schibsted</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
</Collection>

Collection Type 10, with part number element

<Collection>
<CollectionType>10</CollectionType>
<CollectionIdentifier>
<CollectionIDType>01</CollectionIDType>
<IDTypeName>Bokbasen_ProprietaryID</IDTypeName>
<IDValue>20090529101912_rine</IDValue>
</CollectionIdentifier>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>02</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>Percy Jackson</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<PartNumber>1</PartNumber>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
</Collection>

Text and data mining

In all Bokbasen’s customer contracts, use of the product for extraction, automated computer analaysis or AI-training is regulated and forbidden.

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title	Guide

EpubUsageType will include information indicating that use of the content of the product by artificial intelligence systems is forbidden.

Usage type 11 is used in combination with code 03 in EpubUsageStatus, to state that text and data mining is prohibited.

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title	Example

<EpubUsageConstraint>
<EpubUsageType>11</EpubUsageType>
<EpubUsageStatus>03</EpubUsageStatus>
</EpubUsageConstraint>

GPSR - General Product Safety Regulation (EU)

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ProductContact will be added to metadata for all physical products.

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title	Example

<ProductContact>
<ProductContactRole>10</ProductContactRole>
<ProductContactName>{PUBLISHER_NAME}</ProductContactName>
<EmailAddress>{PUBLIC_EMAIL}</EmailAddress>
<StreetAddress>{POSTAL_ADDRESS}</StreetAddress>
<LocationName>{CITY}</LocationName>
<PostalCode>{POSTAL_CODE}</PostalCode>
<CountryCode>{COUNTRY_CODE_ONIX_91}</CountryCode>
</ProductContact>

Kulturrådets innkjøpsordninger (K-fond)
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

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title	Guide

ProductClassification will include information identifying four statuses in the acquisition scheme, in contrast to v1, which only states the values NKR_JA or NKR_NEI.

ProductClassification is used for multiple classification schemes, for information about K-fond, ProductClassificationName is “BOKBASEN_KULTURRÅD”

New values are:

Påmeldt
Innkjøpt
Avslått
Avvist

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title	Example

<ProductClassification>
<ProductClassificationType>07</ProductClassificationType>
<ProductClassificationTypeName>BOKBASEN_KULTURRAD</ProductClassificationTypeName>
<ProductClassificationCode>Innkjøpt</ProductClassificationCode>
</ProductClassification>

Literary prizes

Information about literary prizes will be reintroduced to records from Bokbasen.

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Prize awarded a work:

<Prize>
<SequenceNumber>01</SequenceNumber>
<PrizeName>Nynorsk barnelitteraturpris</PrizeName>
<PrizeYear>2024</PrizeYear>
<AwardingBody>Noregs Mållag</AwardingBody>
</Prize>

Prize awarded an author:
<Prize>
<SequenceNumber>01</SequenceNumber>
<PrizeName>Nobelprisen</PrizeName>
<PrizeYear>2024</PrizeYear>
<AwardingBody>Svenska Adademien</AwardingBody>
</Prize>

City of publication

Information about the city associated with the publisher.
Mainly used by library users of Onix records.

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title	Guide

The name of the city associated with the publisher will be included as a standardized textelement in City of publication in Block 4.

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title	Example

<PublishingDetail>
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<Publisher>
<PublishingRole>01</PublishingRole>
<PublisherIdentifier>
<PublisherIDType>01</PublisherIDType>
<IDTypeName>Bokbasen_Kundenummer</IDTypeName>
<IDValue>4285</IDValue>
</PublisherIdentifier>
<PublisherIdentifier>
<PublisherIDType>06</PublisherIDType>
<IDValue>7080004117402</IDValue>
</PublisherIdentifier>
<PublisherName>Bonnier Norsk Forlag AS</PublisherName>
</Publisher>
<CityOfPublication>Oslo</CityOfPublication>
…
</PublishingDetail>

Text content

Accompanying material

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title	Guide

Accompanying material is supplied in addition to the publication itself, and can f.i. be a loose map supplied with a travel guide or a pattern sheet supplied with a book about sewing.

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title	Example

General notes

Text content with type 01 is used for additional information in text format not supplied elsewhere.

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title	Example

Changed from:

TextSourceCorporate>Bokbasen_Note</TextSourceCorporate>

To:

<TextContent>
<TextType>01</TextType>
<ContentAudience>00</ContentAudience>
<Text>1. e-bokutgave tilsvarer 2. trykte utgave 2025</Text>
<TextSourceCorporate>Bokbasen</TextSourceCorporate>
</TextContent>

Title type

Added support for new Title type codes to specify type of alternative titles in Title detail.

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title	Example

Translated into Norwegian from the English edition (type 16)

<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>16</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<SequenceNumber>2</SequenceNumber>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>A wild sheep chase</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>

From language

Translated into Norwegian from another language than the original language. From language added to the Contributor composite and used with Contributor role B06 (translated by).

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title	Example

<Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>2</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>B06</ContributorRole>
<FromLanguage>eng</FromLanguage>
…
<PersonNameInverted>Risvik, Kjell</PersonNameInverted>
…
</Contributor>

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<Language>
<LanguageRole>01</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>nob</LanguageCode>
</Language>
<Language>
<LanguageRole>02</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>jap</LanguageCode>
</Language>

Contributor statement

Free text showing how the authorship is described in the publication.
Mainly used by library users of Onix records. For display use only.

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title	Example

<ContributorStatement>Solvej Balle ; oversatt av Trude Marstein</ContributorStatement>

Dewey
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

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title	Guide

Added support for multiple codes in Subject scheme identifier; 01, 02 and 46

Added element Subject scheme version for Dewey edition.

Dewey number sent in Subject code (previously subject heading text), with datestamp attribute.

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Work as subject

If a work is about another work, a link to the mentioned work will be added to the Onix record.

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title	Guide

SubjectSchemeIdentifier is 24 and SubjectSchemeName is ‘Bokbasen_Work_As_Subject’

SubjectCode contains an identifier, and SubjectHeadingText the preferred title of the work.

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title	Example

<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>24</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectSchemeName>Bokbasen_Work_As_Subject</SubjectSchemeVersion>
<SubjectCode>bb:work:V2Z7N0YTZH7T5CXKK01CH00S201</SubjectCode>
<SubjectHeadingText>Kongs-emnerne</SubjectHeadingText>
</Subject>

Supporting resource - image of book’s back cover

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title	Guide

Code for back cover is ‘02’ from codelist 158 in issue 70 of the codelists.

Bokbasen will implement this as a part of Supporting resource, in the element ResourceContentType. Link to the image will be included in ResourceLink.

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title	Example

Collection: original title

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title	Guide

The series title is included in a TitleDetail composite in Collection, where the TitleType is set to ‘01’.

For the original title of series, TitleDetail will be repeated, and TitleType is set to ‘03’.

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title	Example

<Collection>
<CollectionType>10</CollectionType>
<CollectionIdentifier>
<CollectionIDType>01</CollectionIDType>
<IDTypeName>Bokbasen_ProprietaryID</IDTypeName>
<IDValue>150118922</IDValue>
</CollectionIdentifier>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>02</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>En pingles dagbok</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<PartNumber>1</PartNumber>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>03</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>02</TitleElementLevel>
<TitleText>Diary of a wimpy kid</TitleText>
</TitleElement>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<PartNumber>1</PartNumber>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>

TextContent: short description

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title	Guide

Short description is identified by code 02 in TextType.

The Text-element will include attributes for language and textformat.

The short description may be available in multiple languages. It is important to consider the language attribute, and choose the prefereed language of the text.

Short description may be available in HTML-format, and will always be available as plain text.

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title	Example

Onix 3.1

In February 2023 the Onix Steering Committee agreed that in addition to adding new features to Onix, various data elements that were deprecated, plus the <Gender> tag were to be removed. This necessitated the labelling of the revision as release 3.1.

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Version	Old Version 74	New Version Current
Changes made by	Fride Fosseng	Svein Are Grønsund
Saved on	Jun 13, 2025	Jun 17, 2025

Versions Compared

Key

Changelog

Features / changes

Contributor Unnamed Persons
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Subject - Subjects

EUDR, FSC, PEFC, carbon emission

Contributor Role Code

Chapters in audio and ebooks

Device support
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Price condition (automatic renewed)

Collection (Norw. forlagsserie)

Text and data mining

GPSR - General Product Safety Regulation (EU)

Kulturrådets innkjøpsordninger (K-fond)
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Literary prizes

City of publication

Text content

Title type

From language

Contributor statement

Dewey
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Work as subject

Supporting resource - image of book’s back cover

Collection: original title

TextContent: short description

Onix 3.1

Content Comparison

Versions Compared

Key

Changelog

Features / changes

Contributor Unnamed Persons StatuscolourRedtitleBreaking change

Subject - Subjects

EUDR, FSC, PEFC, carbon emission

Contributor Role Code

Chapters in audio and ebooks

Device support StatuscolourRedtitleBreaking change

Price condition (automatic renewed)

Collection (Norw. forlagsserie)

Text and data mining

GPSR - General Product Safety Regulation (EU)

Kulturrådets innkjøpsordninger (K-fond) StatuscolourRedtitleBreaking change

Literary prizes

City of publication

Text content

Title type

From language

Contributor statement

Dewey StatuscolourRedtitleBreaking change

Work as subject

Supporting resource - image of book’s back cover

Collection: original title

TextContent: short description

Onix 3.1

Contributor Unnamed Persons
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Device support
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Kulturrådets innkjøpsordninger (K-fond)
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change

Dewey
Status
colour Red
title Breaking change