ONIX Code Lists Issue 22, July 2013
List 45: Publishing role code

Value Description Notes

01 Publisher
02 Co-publisher Use where two or more publishers co-publish the exact same product, either under a single ISBN (in which case both publishers are co-publishers), or under different ISBNs (in which case the publisher of THIS ISBN is the publisher and the publishers of OTHER ISBNs are co-publishers. Note this is different from publication of 'co-editions'.
03 Sponsor
04 Publisher of original-language version Of a translated work.
05 Host/distributor of electronic content
06 Published for/on behalf of
07 Published in association with Use also for “Published in cooperation with”.
08 Published on behalf of DEPRECATED: use code 06.
09 New or acquiring publisher When ownership of a product or title is transferred from one publisher to another.
10 Publishing group The group to which a publisher (publishing role 01) belongs: use only if a publisher has been identified with role code 01.
11 Publisher of facsimile original The publisher of the edition of which a product is a facsimile.
12 Repackager of prebound edition The repackager of a prebound edition that has been assigned its own identifier. (In the US, a ‘prebound edition’ is a book that was previously bound, normally as a paperback, and has been rebound with a library-quality hardcover binding by a supplier other than the original publisher.) Required when the <EditionType> is coded PRB. The original publisher should be named as the ‘publisher’.
13 Former publisher When ownership of a product or title is transferred from one publisher to another (complement of code 09).
14 Publication funder Body funding publication fees, if different from the body funding the underlying research. For use with open access publications.
15 Research funder Body funding the research on which publication is based, if different from the body funding the publication. For use with open access publications.
16 Funding body Body funding research and publication. For use with open access publications.