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Document Library:
Standards: ONIX
ONIX: Downloads and Lists
ONIX For Books: The
ONIX for Books Product Information Message is the international
standard for representing and communicating book industry product
information in electronic form.
Developed
and maintained by EDItEUR jointly with Book Industry Communication (UK)
and the Book Industry Study Group (US), and with user groups in
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the Republic of Korea.
 EDItEUR announced in April 2009 the release
of ONIX 3.0, a major new version of the ONIX for Books standard
and the first since 2001 that is not backwards-compatible with its
predecessors.
It is
important that
senders and receivers of ONIX feeds should have a realistic expectation
of
implementation timescales. Feedback to the recent meeting of the ONIX
for
Books International Steering Committee suggested that the major receivers of
ONIX feeds expect to be “live” with the new release by
early 2010. It
seems reasonable that both senders and receivers should aim to
implement ONIX
3.0 by the end of 2009.
ONIX 2.0 was published in 2001, and 2.1 in 2004. ONIX 3.0 is the
first
release in eight years which is not fully backwards-compatible.
EDItEUR
will continue to support ONIX 2.n until further notice, although they
strongly
encourage all users to adopt 3.0 sooner rather than later.
Latest Release: Release 3.0
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