|
Value |
Description |
Notes |
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ABR |
Abridged edition |
Content has been shortened: use for abridged, shortened, concise, condensed |
ACT |
Acting edition |
Version of a play or script intended for use of those directly involved in a production, usually including full stage directions
in addition to the text of the script
|
ADP |
Adapted edition |
Content has been adapted to serve a different purpose or audience, or from one medium to another: use for dramatization, novelization
etc. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the adaptation
|
ALT |
Alternate |
Do not use. This code is now DEPRECATED, but is retained in the list for reasons of backwards compatibility |
ANN |
Annotated edition |
Content is augmented by the addition of notes |
BLL |
Bilingual edition |
Both languages should be specified in the <Language> group. Use MLL for an edition in more than two languages |
BLP |
Bilingual ‘facing page’ edition |
Use only where the two languages are presented in parallel on facing pages, or in parallel columns of text on a single page
(otherwise use BLL). Both languages should be specified in the <Language> group
|
BRL |
Braille edition |
Braille edition |
CMB |
Combined volume |
An edition in which two or more works also published separately are combined in a single volume; AKA ‘omnibus’ edition |
CRI |
Critical edition |
Content includes critical commentary on the text |
CSP |
Coursepack |
Content was compiled for a specified educational course |
DGO |
Digital original |
A digital product that, at the time of publication, has or had no print counterpart and that is or was not expected to have
a print counterpart for a reasonable time (recommended at least 30 days following publication)
|
ENH |
Enhanced edition |
Use for e-publications that have been enhanced with additional text, speech, other audio, video, interactive or other content |
ENL |
Enlarged edition |
Content has been enlarged or expanded from that of a previous edition |
EXP |
Expurgated edition |
‘Offensive’ content has been removed |
FAC |
Facsimile edition |
Exact reproduction of the content and format of a previous edition |
FST |
Festschrift |
A collection of writings published in honor of a person, an institution or a society |
ILL |
Illustrated edition |
Content includes extensive illustrations which are not part of other editions |
INT |
International edition |
A product aimed specifically at markets other than the country of original publication, usually titled as an ‘International
edition’ and with specification and/or content changes
|
LTE |
Large type / large print edition |
Large print edition, print sizes 14 to 19pt – see also ULP |
MCP |
Microprint edition |
A printed edition in a type size too small to be read without a magnifying glass |
MDT |
Media tie-in |
An edition published to coincide with the release of a film, TV program, or electronic game based on the same work. Use <EditionStatement>
to describe the exact nature of the tie-in
|
MLL |
Multilingual edition |
All languages should be specified in the ‘Language’ group. Use BLL for a bilingual edition |
NED |
New edition |
Where no other information is given, or no other coded type is applicable |
NUM |
Edition with numbered copies |
A limited edition in which each copy is individually numbered. Use <EditionStatement> to give details of the number of copies
printed
|
PRB |
Prebound edition |
In the US, 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. See also the <Publisher> and <RelatedProduct> composites for other
aspects of the treatment of prebound editions in ONIX
|
REV |
Revised edition |
Content has been revised from that of a previous edition |
SCH |
School edition |
An edition intended specifically for use in schools |
SIG |
Signed edition |
Individually autographed by the author(s) |
SMP |
Simplified language edition |
An edition that uses simplified language (Finnish ‘Selkokirja’) |
SPE |
Special edition |
Use for anniversary, collectors’, de luxe, gift, limited (but prefer codes NUM or UNN as appropriate), autographed (but prefer
code SIG as appropriate) edition. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the special edition
|
STU |
Student edition |
Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions |
TCH |
Teacher’s edition |
Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions; use also for instructor’s or leader’s editions, and for
editions intended exclusively for educators where no specific student edition is available
|
UBR |
Unabridged edition |
Where a title has also been published in an abridged edition; also for audiobooks, regardless of whether an abridged audio
version also exists
|
ULP |
Ultra large print edition |
For print sizes 20pt and above, and with typefaces designed for the visually impaired – see also LTE |
UNN |
Edition with unnumbered copies |
A limited edition in which each copy is not individually numbered – but where the actual number of copies is strictly limited.
Use <EditionStatement> to give details of the number of copies printed
|
UXP |
Unexpurgated edition |
Content previously considered ‘offensive’ has been restored |
VAR |
Variorum edition |
Content includes notes by various commentators, and/or includes and compares several variant texts of the same work |
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