1.- This guide is for:
This guide is for publishers / vendors interested in supplying LSC with bibliographic data in electronic form using the ONIX format.
2.- What is ONIX?
The ONIX for Books Product Information Message is the international standard for
representing and communicating book industry product information in electronic form.
3.- What is metadata?
Metadata or bibliographic data provides buyers information about your titles.
Usually it is transmitted in a standard form such as ONIX or it is entered directly
into our system by LSC's customer services department. We can also consider receiving
bibliographic data in any other electronic form.
4.- LSC’s recommendations for metadata
We request that you supply the broadest range of metadata that you have available for
your titles. See from the links below examples from three different LSC’s ONIX
data suppliers. The data has been removed from those files to display the short
TAGs only.
Sample1.xml
Sample2.xml
Sample3.xml
5.- Basic record
To ensure your titles are loaded into LSC’s database, the basic record must contain the following fields:
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Description of Product:
ProductIdentifier (ie: ISBN)
Title
Contributor
Audience
Language |
Binding/Format:
ProductForm
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Price and Availability:
Publication Date
Publisher & Imprint
Supplier Name
PriceTypeCode, PriceAmount, CurrencyCode
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6.- Descriptive metadata.
Please; include in the ONIX file as many as posible of the available data elements listed below, LSC's customers will appreciate that.
Main Description
Author Biographical Note
Barcode
Product Form
Title Type, Titletext, TitlePrefix,TitlewitoutPrefix
Contributor, ContributorRole
EditionTypeCode, EditionNumber,EditionStatement
Language, LanguageRole, LanguageCode
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Number of Pages
BasicMainSubject
MediaFile
AudienceCode
OtherText
Mesure, MesureTypeCode,Measurement,MeasureUnitCode
RelatedProduct, RelationCode,ISBN,ProductForm
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SuplyDetails,SuplierName, ReturnsCodeType,
ReturnsCode, AvailabilityCode,
CountryOfPublication
ExpectedShipDate, PackQuantity
Price, PriceTypeCode, ClassOfTrade,
PriceAmount, CurrencyCode |
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7.- LSC also accepts these enriched metadata components
Cover Image
Table of Contents
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First Chapter/Excerpts
Author Bios |
Web Links
eBook Link |
8.- Cover images
We prefer to receive the cover images in .GIF format no bigger than 50Kb in size and W135px, H180px in dimension.
If your cover image is in different format, size and dimension our system will automatically transform the image
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9.- What do I have to do to load my ONIX feeds into LSC's
database?
To have your titles available for LSC's customers you should fill out and submit the form below, we
will create an ONIX feed vendor account and will send you the
specifications of how to upload your ONIX files to
our servers.
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10.-ONIX feed account request form. |
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11.- Initial file submission process.
When the ONIX feed account requested is created, all files submitted to LSC for
the first time undergo a testing phase before they are accepted into production.
Once files have been accepted into production, further testing will not be needed
unless serious data issues come to light as a result of any change in the ONIX file supplied.
a) Send a sample file for testing that has been validated against the DTD for ONIX
3.0. Use ONIX_BookProduct_3.0_reference.dtd
to validate files based on reference names or
ONIX_BookProduct_3.0_short.dtd to validate files based on short tag names.
Both DTD's files are available to download from the Editeur web site.
b) LSC will validate and check the file to see that the file is well-formed and
meet LSC’s standards.
c) The file will be run in LSC’s test environment to ensure all data is loaded
and displayed for our internal and on-line system correctly.
d) Future files may be FTP’d after a delivery schedule has been established. The
ONIX feed data suppliers can put their files in our server biweekly or at any time
there is a data update.
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12.- Smooth and continuous operation
Please notify LSC in advance of any changes to your ONIX data feeds. This will allow LSC time to test the new format.
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13.- References
www.editeur.org
www.booknetcanada.ca
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14.- Thank you.
ONIX feeds help all of us move books at lower cost!
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