6. ONIX
is...
• a
message
-‐-‐
not
a
database
• a
standard
-‐-‐
a
shared
language
7. ONIX
is...
• a
message
-‐-‐
not
a
database
• a
standard
-‐-‐
a
shared
language
• about
books
you
have,
will,
are
publishing
8. ONIX
is...
• a
message
-‐-‐
not
a
database
• a
standard
-‐-‐
a
shared
language
• about
books
you
have,
will,
are
publishing
• widely
used
9. ONIX
is...
• a
message
-‐-‐
not
a
database
• a
standard
-‐-‐
a
shared
language
• about
books
you
have,
will,
are
publishing
• widely
used
• completely
free
10. Product
vs.
Work
• ONIX
is
about
products
NOT
works
• Products
are
manifesta?ons
of
works
• Works
are
abstract
11. The
Goal
• To
transmit
data
to
partners
• describe
your
product
• define
it
terms
of
trade
12. The
Goal
• To
provide
a
complete
descrip?on
• manage
a
moving
target
• con?nually
refreshed
feeds
13. Here
come
the
pointy
brackets!
• ONIX
is
XML-‐based
• XML
=
Extensible
Markup
Language
14. XML
Format
• Elements
– describe
content
– have
opening
and
closing
tags
– content
goes
in
between
the
tags
24. Schema
Valida)on
• ONIX
schema
-‐
set
of
rules
• correct
tags
and
codes
• correct
order
of
elements
• correct
formaUng
• mandatory
elements,
e.g.
<Title>
• if-‐then
constructs,
e.g.
if
<TitlePrefix>
then
<TitleWithoutPrefix>
27. Can
I
create
ONIX
by
hand?
• Why
yes,
yes
you
can.
• Things
you’ll
need:
• ONIX
schema
+
manual:
• ONIX
2.1
schema
from
Editeur.org
• Text
editors:
• Mac
-‐
TextEdit;
TextWrangler
• MicrosoZ
-‐
NotePad
• XML
validators
• Mac
-‐
Oxygen
($)
• MicrosoZ
-‐
XML
Notepad
• Online
-‐
xmlvalidator.new-‐studio.org
28. Do
I
want
to
create
ONIX
by
hand?
• That
depends...
29. Metadata
Management
• A
central
repository
• With
reusable
records
• That
reduces
knowledge
drain
30. Metadata
Workflow
• Use
your
central
metadata
repository
• feed
it
from
all
org
levels
• A
schema
validator
• An
ONIX
exporter
31. Management
Best
Prac)ces
• Split
responsibility
• Keep
it
dynamic
• Always
send
the
most
up-‐to-‐date
record
• Proofread!
32. ONIX
History
• Editeur.org
• Evolving
-‐
metadata
commiaees
• ONIX
for
Books
1.0,
2000
• ONIX
2.1,
2004
-‐
current
• ONIX
3.0
33. 3.0
Uptake
• Slow
• 2.1
sunset
in
2014
• Ebook
publishers
• New
digital
markets
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North
American
Metadata
Best
Prac?ces
• bisg.org
• new
version
in
June
2013
• Canadian
qualifiers
35. Main
Takeaways
• Streamlines
metadata
communica?on
• Improves
internal
systems
• It’s
free
• It
doesn’t
require
large
dev
resources
• There
are
oodles
of
tools
and
services
36. For
more
info.
on
the
ONIX
standard:
• ONIX
2.1
manual
and
codelists:
• hap://www.editeur.org/15/Previous-‐Releases/
• BISG
Product
Metadata
Best
Prac?ces:
• hap://www.bisg.org/what-‐we-‐do-‐21-‐8-‐product-‐
metadata-‐best-‐prac?ces.php
• BNC
ONIX
documenta?on:
• haps://booknetcanada.atlassian.net/wiki/display/
UserDocs/ONIX