ONIX Code Lists Issue 22, July 2013
List 175: Product form detail

Value Description Notes

A101 CD standard audio format CD ‘red book’ format.
A102 SACD super audio format
A103 MP3 format MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III file.
A104 WAV format
A105 Real Audio format
A106 WMA Windows Media Audio format.
A107 AAC Advanced Audio Coding format.
A108 Ogg/Vorbis Vorbis audio format in the Ogg container.
A109 Audible Audio format proprietary to Audible.com.
A110 FLAC Free lossless audio codec.
A111 AIFF Audio Interchangeable File Format.
A112 ALAC Apple Lossless Audio Codec.
A201 DAISY 2: full audio with title only (no navigation) Deprecated, as does not meet DAISY 2 standard. Use conventional audiobook codes instead.
A202 DAISY 2: full audio with navigation (no text)
A203 DAISY 2: full audio with navigation and partial text
A204 DAISY 2: full audio with navigation and full text
A205 DAISY 2: full text with navigation and partial audio Reading systems may provide full audio via text-to-speech.
A206 DAISY 2: full text with navigation and no audio Reading systems may provide full audio via text-to-speech.
A207 DAISY 3: full audio with title only (no navigation) Deprecated, as does not meet DAISY 3 standard. Use conventional audiobook codes instead.
A208 DAISY 3: full audio with navigation (no text)
A209 DAISY 3: full audio with navigation and partial text
A210 DAISY 3: full audio with navigation and full text
A211 DAISY 3: full text with navigation and partial audio Reading systems may provide full audio via text-to-speech.
A212 DAISY 3: full text with navigation and no audio Reading systems may provide full audio via text-to-speech.
A301 Standalone audio
A302 Readalong audio Audio intended exclusively for use alongside a printed copy of the book. Most often a children’s product. Normally contains instructions such as “turn the page now” and other references to the printed item, and is usually sold packaged together with a printed copy.
A303 Playalong audio Audio intended for musical accompaniment, eg ‘Music minus one’, etc, often used for music learning. Includes singalong backing audio for musical learning or for Karaoke-style entertainment.
A304 Speakalong audio Audio intended for language learning, which includes speech plus gaps intended to be filled by the listener.
B101 Mass market (rack) paperback In North America, a category of paperback characterized partly by page size (typically 4¼ x 7 1/8 inches) and partly by target market and terms of trade. Use with Product Form code BC.
B102 Trade paperback (US) In North America, a category of paperback characterized partly by page size and partly by target market and terms of trade. AKA ‘quality paperback’, and including textbooks. Most paperback books sold in North America except ‘mass-market’ (B101) and ‘tall rack’ (B107) are correctly described with this code. Use with Product Form code BC.
B103 Digest format paperback In North America, a category of paperback characterized by page size and generally used for children’s books; use with Product Form code BC. Note: was wrongly shown as B102 (duplicate entry) in Issue 3.
B104 A-format paperback In UK, a category of paperback characterized by page size (normally 178 x 111 mm approx); use with Product Form code BC.
B105 B-format paperback In UK, a category of paperback characterized by page size (normally 198 x 129 mm approx); use with Product Form code BC.
B106 Trade paperback (UK) In UK, a category of paperback characterized partly by size (usually in traditional hardback dimensions), and often used for paperback originals; use with Product Form code BC (replaces ‘C-format’ from former List 8).
B107 Tall rack paperback (US) In North America, a category of paperback characterised partly by page size and partly by target market and terms of trade; use with Product Form code BC.
B108 A5 size Tankobon 210x148mm.
B109 JIS B5 size Tankobon Japanese B-series size, 257x182mm.
B110 JIS B6 size Tankobon Japanese B-series size, 182x128mm.
B111 A6 size Bunko 148x105mm.
B112 B40-dori Shinsho Japanese format, 182x103mm or 173x105mm.
B113 Pocket (Sweden) A Swedish paperback format, use with Product Form Code BC.
B114 Storpocket (Sweden) A Swedish paperback format, use with Product Form Code BC.
B115 Kartonnage (Sweden) A Swedish hardback format, use with Product Form Code BB.
B116 Flexband (Sweden) A Swedish softback format, use with Product Form Code BC.
B117 Mook In Japan, a softback book in the format of a magazine but sold like a book.
B118 Dwarsligger Also called ‘Flipback’. A softback book in a specially compact proprietary format with pages printed in landscape on very thin paper and bound along the long (top) edge – see www.dwarsligger.com.
B119 46 size Japanese format: 188x127mm.
B120 46-Henkei size Japanese format.
B121 A4 297x210mm.
B122 A4-Henkei size Japanese format.
B123 A5-Henkei size Japanese format.
B124 B5-Henkei size Japanese format.
B125 B6-Henkei size Japanese format.
B126 AB size 257x210mm.
B127 JIS B7 size Japanese B-series size, 128x91mm.
B128 Kiku size Japanese format: 218x152mm or 227x152mm.
B129 Kiku-Henkei size Japanese format.
B130 JIS B4 size Japanese B-series size, 257x364mm.
B201 Coloring / join-the-dot book
B202 Lift-the-flap book
B204 Miniature book Note: was wrongly shown as B203 (duplicate entry) in Issue 3.
B205 Moving picture / flicker book
B206 Pop-up book
B207 Scented / ‘smelly’ book
B208 Sound story / ‘noisy’ book
B209 Sticker book
B210 Touch-and-feel book A book whose pages have a variety of textured inserts designed to stimulate tactile exploration: see also B214 and B215.
B212 Die-cut book A book which is cut into a distinctive non-rectilinear shape and/or in which holes or shapes have been cut internally. (‘Die-cut’ is used here as a convenient shorthand, and does not imply strict limitation to a particular production process.).
B213 Book-as-toy A book which is also a toy, or which incorporates a toy as an integral part. (Do not, however, use B213 for a multiple-item product which includes a book and a toy as separate items.).
B214 Soft-to-touch book A book whose cover has a soft textured finish, typically over board.
B215 Fuzzy-felt book A book with detachable felt pieces and textured pages on which they can be arranged.
B221 Picture book Children’s picture book: use with applicable Product Form code.
B222 ‘Carousel’ Book (aka ‘Star’ book). Tax treatment of products may differ from that of products with similar codes such as Book as toy or Pop-up book).
B301 Loose leaf – sheets and binder Use with Product Form code BD.
B302 Loose leaf – binder only Use with Product Form code BD.
B303 Loose leaf – sheets only Use with Product Form code BD.
B304 Sewn AKA stitched; for ‘saddle-sewn’, see code B310.
B305 Unsewn / adhesive bound Including ‘perfect bound’, ‘glued’.
B306 Library binding Strengthened binding intended for libraries.
B307 Reinforced binding Strengthened binding, not specifically intended for libraries.
B308 Half bound Must be accompanied by a code specifiying a material, eg ‘half-bound real leather’.
B309 Quarter bound Must be accompanied by a code specifiying a material, eg ‘quarter bound real leather’.
B310 Saddle-sewn AKA ‘saddle-stitched’ or ‘wire-stitched’.
B311 Comb bound Round or oval plastic forms in a clamp-like configuration: use with Product Form code BE.
B312 Wire-O Twin loop metal or plastic spine: use with Product Form code BE.
B313 Concealed wire Cased over Wire-O binding: use with Product Form code BE.
B401 Cloth over boards AKA fabric, linen over boards.
B402 Paper over boards
B403 Leather, real
B404 Leather, imitation
B405 Leather, bonded
B406 Vellum
B409 Cloth Cloth, not necessarily over boards – cf B401.
B410 Imitation cloth Spanish ‘simil-tela’.
B411 Velvet
B412 Flexible plastic/vinyl cover AKA “flexibound”: use with Product Form code BC.
B413 Plastic-covered
B414 Vinyl-covered
B415 Laminated cover Book, laminating material unspecified: use L101 for ‘whole product laminated’, eg a laminated sheet map or wallchart.
B501 With dust jacket Type unspecified.
B502 With printed dust jacket Used to distinguish from B503.
B503 With translucent dust cover With translucent paper or plastic protective cover.
B504 With flaps For paperback with flaps.
B505 With thumb index
B506 With ribbon marker(s) If the number of markers is significant, it can be stated as free text in <ProductFormDescription>.
B507 With zip fastener
B508 With button snap fastener
B509 With leather edge lining AKA yapp edge?.
B510 Rough front With edge trimming such that the front edge is ragged, not neatly and squarely trimmed: AKA deckle edge, feather edge, uncut edge, rough cut.
B601 Turn-around book A book in which half the content is printed upside-down, to be read the other way round. Also known as a ‘flip-book’ (usually an omnibus of two works).
B602 Unflipped manga format Manga with pages and panels in the sequence of the original Japanese, but with Western text.
B701 UK Uncontracted Braille Single letters only. Was formerly identified as UK Braille Grade 1.
B702 UK Contracted Braille With some letter combinations. Was formerly identified as UK Braille Grade 2.
B703 US Braille DEPRECATED- use B704/B705 as appropriate instead.
B704 US Uncontracted Braille
B705 US Contracted Braille
B706 Unified English Braille
B707 Moon Moon embossed alphabet, used by some print-impaired readers who have difficulties with Braille.
D101 Real Video format Proprietary RealNetworks format. Includes Real Video packaged within a .rm RealMedia container.
D102 Quicktime format
D103 AVI format
D104 Windows Media Video format
D105 MPEG-4
D201 MS-DOS Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; note that more detail of operating system requirements can be given in a Product Form Feature composite.
D202 Windows Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; see note on D201.
D203 Macintosh Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; see note on D201.
D204 UNIX / LINUX Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; see note on D201.
D205 Other operating system(s) Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; see note on D201.
D206 Palm OS Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; see note on D201.
D207 Windows Mobile Use with an applicable Product Form code D*; see note on D201.
D301 Microsoft XBox Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D302 Nintendo Gameboy Color Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D303 Nintendo Gameboy Advanced Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D304 Nintendo Gameboy Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D305 Nintendo Gamecube Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D306 Nintendo 64 Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D307 Sega Dreamcast Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D308 Sega Genesis/Megadrive Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D309 Sega Saturn Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D310 Sony PlayStation 1 Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D311 Sony PlayStation 2 Use with Product Form code DE or DB as applicable.
D312 Nintendo Dual Screen
D313 Sony PlayStation 3
D314 Xbox 360
D315 Nintendo Wii
D316 Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
E100 Other No code allocated for this e-publication format yet.
E101 EPUB The Open Publication Structure / OPS Container Format standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) [File extension .epub].
E102 OEB The Open EBook format of the IDPF, a predecessor of the full EPUB format, still (2008) supported as part of the latter [File extension .opf]. Includes EPUB format up to and including version 2 – but prefer code E101 for EPUB 2, and always use code E101 for EPUB 3.
E103 DOC Microsoft Word binary document format [File extension .doc].
E104 DOCX Office Open XML / Microsoft Word XML document format (ISO/IEC 29500:2008) [File extension .docx].
E105 HTML HyperText Mark-up Language [File extension .html, .htm].
E106 ODF Open Document Format [File extension .odt].
E107 PDF Portable Document Format (ISO 32000-1:2008) [File extension .pdf].
E108 PDF/A PDF archiving format defined by ISO 19005-1:2005 [File extension .pdf].
E109 RTF Rich Text Format [File extension .rtf].
E110 SGML Standard Generalized Mark-up Language.
E111 TCR A compressed text format mainly used on Psion handheld devices [File extension .tcr].
E112 TXT Text file format [File extension .txt].
E113 XHTML Extensible Hypertext Markup Language [File extension .xhtml, .xht, .xml, .html, .htm].
E114 zTXT A compressed text format mainly used on Palm handheld devices [File extension .pdb – see also E121, E125, E130].
E115 XPS XML Paper Specification format [File extension .xps].
E116 Amazon Kindle A format proprietary to Amazon for use with its Kindle reading devices or software readers [File extensions .azw, .mobi, .prc].
E117 BBeB A Sony proprietary format for use with the Sony Reader and LIBRIé reading devices [File extension .lrf].
E118 DXReader A proprietary format for use with DXReader software.
E119 EBL A format proprietary to the Ebook Library service.
E120 Ebrary A format proprietary to the Ebrary service.
E121 eReader A proprietary format for use with eReader (AKA ‘Palm Reader’) software on various hardware platforms [File extension .pdb – see also E114, E125, E130].
E122 Exebook A proprietary format with its own reading system for Windows platforms [File extension .exe].
E123 Franklin eBookman A proprietary format for use with the Franklin eBookman reader.
E124 Gemstar Rocketbook A proprietary format for use with the Gemstar Rocketbook reader [File extension .rb].
E125 iSilo A proprietary format for use with iSilo software on various hardware platforms [File extension .pdb – see also E114, E121, E130].
E126 Microsoft Reader A proprietary format for use with Microsoft Reader software on Windows and Pocket PC platforms [File extension .lit].
E127 Mobipocket A proprietary format for use with Mobipocket software on various hardware platforms [File extensions .mobi, .prc]. Includes Amazon Kindle formats up to and including version 7 – but prefer code E116 for version 7, and always use E116 for KF8.
E128 MyiLibrary A format proprietary to the MyiLibrary service.
E129 NetLibrary A format proprietary to the NetLibrary service.
E130 Plucker A proprietary format for use with Plucker reader software on Palm and other handheld devices [File extension .pdb – see also E114, E121, E125].
E131 VitalBook A format proprietary to the VitalSource service.
E132 Vook A proprietary digital product combining text and video content and available to be used online or as a downloadable application for a mobile device – see www.vook.com.
E133 Google Edition An epublication made available by Google in association with a publisher; readable online on a browser-enabled device and offline on designated ebook readers.
E134 Book ‘app’ for iOS Epublication packaged as application for iOS (eg Apple iPhone, iPad etc), containing both executable code and content. Use <ProductContentType> to describe content, and <ProductFormFeatureType> to list detailed technical requirements.
E135 Book ‘app’ for Android Epublication packaged as application for Android (eg Android phone or tablet), containing both executable code and content. Use <ProductContentType> to describe content, and <ProductFormFeatureType> to list detailed technical requirements.
E136 Book ‘app’ for other operating system Epublication packaged as application, containing both executable code and content. Use where other ‘app’ codes are not applicable. Technical requirements such as target operating system and/or device should be provided eg in <ProductFormFeatureType>. Content type (text or text plus various ‘enhancements’) may be described with <ProductContentType>.
E139 CEB Founder Apabi’s proprietary basic e-book format.
E140 CEBX Founder Apabi’s proprietary XML e-book format.
E141 iBook Apple’s iBook format (a proprietary extension of EPUB), can only be read on Apple iOS devices.
E142 ePIB Proprietary format used by Barnes and Noble, readable on NOOK devices and Nook reader software.
E143 SCORM Sharable Content Object Reference Model, standard content and packaging format for e-learning objects.
E200 Reflowable Use when a particular e-publication type (specified using codes E100 and upwards) has both fixed format and reflowable variants.
E201 Fixed format Use when a particular e-publication type (specified using codes E100 and upwards) has both fixed format and reflowable variants.
E202 Readable offline All e-publication resources are included within the e-publication package.
E203 Requires network connection E-publication requires a network connection to access some resources (eg an enhanced e-book where video clips are not stored within the e-publication package itself, but are delivered via an internet connection).
E204 Content removed Resources (eg images) present in other editions have been removed from this product, eg due to rights issues.
L101 Laminated Whole product laminated (eg laminated map, fold-out chart, wallchart, etc): use B415 for book with laminated cover.
P101 Desk calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P102 Mini calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P103 Engagement calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P104 Day by day calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P105 Poster calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P106 Wall calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P107 Perpetual calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P108 Advent calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P109 Bookmark calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P110 Student calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P111 Project calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P112 Almanac calendar Use with Product Form code PC.
P113 Other calendar A calendar that is not one of the types specified elsewhere: use with Product Form code PC.
P114 Other calendar or organiser product A product that is associated with or ancillary to a calendar or organiser, eg a deskstand for a calendar, or an insert for an organiser: use with Product Form code PC or PS.
P201 Hardback (stationery) Stationery item in hardback book format.
P202 Paperback / softback (stationery) Stationery item in paperback/softback book format.
P203 Spiral bound (stationery) Stationery item in spiral-bound book format.
P204 Leather / fine binding (stationery) Stationery item in leather-bound book format, or other fine binding.
V201 PAL TV standard for video or DVD.
V202 NTSC TV standard for video or DVD.
V203 SECAM TV standard for video or DVD.