| 01 |
Dewey |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 02 |
Abridged Dewey |
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| 03 |
LC classification |
US Library of Congress classification |
| 04 |
LC subject heading |
US Library of Congress subject heading |
| 05 |
NLM classification |
US National Library of Medicine medical classification |
| 06 |
MeSH heading |
US National Library of Medicine Medical subject heading |
| 07 |
NAL subject heading |
US National Agricultural Library subject heading |
| 08 |
AAT |
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus heading |
| 09 |
UDC |
Universal Decimal Classification |
| 10 |
BISAC Subject Heading |
BISAC Subject Headings are used in the North American market to categorize books based on topical content. They serve as a guideline for shelving books in physical stores and browsing books in online stores. See https://www.bisg.org/complete-bisac-subject-headings-list |
| 11 |
BISAC Regional theme |
A geographical qualifier used with a BISAC subject category |
| 12 |
BIC subject category |
For all BIC subject codes and qualifiers, see https://bic.org.uk/resources/BIC-Standard-Subject-Categories/ |
| 13 |
BIC geographical qualifier |
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| 14 |
BIC language qualifier (language as subject) |
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| 15 |
BIC time period qualifier |
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| 16 |
BIC educational purpose qualifier |
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| 17 |
BIC reading level and special interest qualifier |
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| 18 |
DDC-Sachgruppen der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie |
Used for German National Bibliography since 2004 (100 subjects). Is different from value 30. See http://www.dnb.de/service/pdf/ddc_wv_aktuell.pdf (in German) or http://www.dnb.de/eng/service/pdf/ddc_wv_aktuell_eng.pdf (English) |
| 19 |
LC fiction genre heading |
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| 20 |
Keywords |
For indexing and search purposes, not normally intended for display. Where multiple keywords or keyword phrases are sent, this should be in a single instance of the <SubjectHeadingText> element, and it is recommended that they should be separated by semi-colons (this is consistent with Library of Congress preferred practice) |
| 21 |
BIC children’s book marketing category |
See PA/BIC CBMC guidelines at https://bic.org.uk/resources/childrens-books-marketing-classifications/ |
| 22 |
BISAC Merchandising Theme |
BISAC Merchandising Themes are used in addition to BISAC Subject Headings to denote an audience to which a work may be of particular appeal, a time of year or event for which a work may be especially appropriate, or to further describe fictional works that have been subject-coded by genre |
| 23 |
Publisher’s own category code |
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| 24 |
Proprietary subject scheme |
As specified in <SubjectSchemeName> |
| 25 |
Tabla de materias ISBN |
Latin America |
| 26 |
Warengruppen-Systematik des deutschen Buchhandels |
See https://vlb.de/assets/images/wgsneuversion2_0.pdf (in German) |
| 27 |
SWD |
Schlagwortnormdatei – Subject Headings Authority File in the German-speaking countries. See http://www.dnb.de/standardisierung/normdateien/swd.htm (in German) and http://www.dnb.de/eng/standardisierung/normdateien/swd.htm (English). Deprecated in favor of the GND |
| 28 |
Thèmes Electre |
Subject classification used by Electre (France) |
| 29 |
CLIL Classification thématique |
France. A four-digit number, see https://clil.centprod.com/listeActive.html (in French) |
| 30 |
DNB-Sachgruppen |
Deutsche Bibliothek subject groups. Used for German National Bibliography until 2003 (65 subjects). Is different from value 18. See http://www.dnb.de/service/pdf/ddc_wv_alt_neu.pdf (in German) |
| 31 |
NUGI |
Nederlandse Uniforme Genre-Indeling (former Dutch book trade classification) |
| 32 |
NUR |
Nederlandstalige Uniforme Rubrieksindeling (Dutch book trade classification, from 2002), see http://www.boek.nl/nur (in Dutch) |
| 33 |
ECPA Christian Book Category |
Former ECPA Christian Product Category Book Codes, consisting of up to three x 3-letter blocks, for Super Category, Primary Category and Sub-Category, previously at http://www.ecpa.org/ECPA/cbacategories.xls. No longer maintained by the ECPA. Deprecated |
| 34 |
SISO |
Schema Indeling Systematische Catalogus Openbare Bibliotheken (Dutch library classification) |
| 35 |
Korean Decimal Classification (KDC) |
A modified Dewey Decimal Classification used in the Republic of Korea |
| 36 |
DDC Deutsch 22 |
German Translation of Dewey Decimal Classification 22. Also known as DDC 22 ger. See http://www.ddc-deutsch.de/produkte/uebersichten/ |
| 37 |
Bokgrupper |
Norwegian book trade product categories (Bokgrupper) administered by the Norwegian Publishers Association (http://www.forleggerforeningen.no/) |
| 38 |
Varegrupper |
Norwegian bookselling subject categories (Bokhandelens varegrupper) administered by the Norwegian Booksellers Association (http://bokhandlerforeningen.no/) |
| 39 |
Læreplaner-KL06 |
Norwegian school curriculum version. Deprecated |
| 40 |
Nippon Decimal Classification |
Japanese subject classification scheme |
| 41 |
BSQ |
BookSelling Qualifier: Russian book trade classification |
| 42 |
ANELE Materias |
Spain: subject coding scheme of the Asociación Nacional de Editores de Libros y Material de Enseñanza |
| 43 |
Utdanningsprogram |
Codes for Norwegian ‘utdanningsprogram’ used in secondary education. See: http://www.udir.no/. (Formerly labelled ‘Skolefag’) |
| 44 |
Programområde |
Codes for Norwegian ‘programområde’ used in secondary education. See http://www.udir.no/. (Formerly labelled ‘Videregående’ or ‘Programfag’) |
| 45 |
Undervisningsmateriell |
Norwegian list of categories for books and other material used in education |
| 46 |
Norsk DDK |
Norwegian version of Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 47 |
Varugrupper |
Swedish bookselling subject categories |
| 48 |
SAB |
Swedish classification scheme |
| 49 |
Läromedelstyp |
Swedish bookselling educational subject type |
| 50 |
Förhandsbeskrivning |
Swedish publishers preliminary subject classification |
| 51 |
Spanish ISBN UDC subset |
Controlled subset of UDC codes used by the Spanish ISBN Agency |
| 52 |
ECI subject categories |
Subject categories defined by El Corte Inglés and used widely in the Spanish book trade |
| 53 |
Soggetto CCE |
Classificazione commerciale editoriale (Italian book trade subject category based on BIC). CCE documentation available at https://www.ie-online.it/CCE2_2.0.pdf |
| 54 |
Qualificatore geografico CCE |
CCE Geographical qualifier |
| 55 |
Qualificatore di lingua CCE |
CCE Language qualifier |
| 56 |
Qualificatore di periodo storico CCE |
CCE Time Period qualifier |
| 57 |
Qualificatore di livello scolastico CCE |
CCE Educational Purpose qualifier |
| 58 |
Qualificatore di età di lettura CCE |
CCE Reading Level Qualifier |
| 59 |
VdS Bildungsmedien Fächer |
Subject code list of the German association of educational media publishers, formerly at http://www.bildungsmedien.de/service/onixlisten/unterrichtsfach_onix_codelist27_value59_0408.pdf. Deprecated – use Thema subject category (eg YPA – Educational: Arts, general) instead, and add a Thema language qualifier (eg 2ACB – English) for language teaching |
| 60 |
Fagkoder |
Norwegian primary and secondary school subject categories (fagkoder), see http://www.udir.no/ |
| 61 |
JEL classification |
Journal of Economic Literature classification scheme |
| 62 |
CSH |
National Library of Canada subject heading (English) |
| 63 |
RVM |
Répertoire de vedettes-matière Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval) (French) |
| 64 |
YSA |
Finnish General Thesaurus (Finnish: Yleinen suomalainen asiasanasto). See https://finto.fi/ysa/fi/ (in Finnish). Deprecated. No longer updated, and replaced by YSO (see code 71) |
| 65 |
Allärs |
Swedish translation of the Finnish General Thesaurus (Swedish: Allmän tesaurus på svenska). See https://finto.fi/allars/sv/ (in Swedish). Deprecated. No longer updated, and replaced by YSO (see code 71) |
| 66 |
YKL |
Finnish Public Libraries Classification System (Finnish: Yleisten kirjastojen luokitusjärjestelmä). See https://finto.fi/ykl/fi/ (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/ykl/sv/ (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/ykl/en/ (in English) |
| 67 |
MUSA |
Finnish Music Thesaurus (Finnish: Musiikin asiasanasto). See https://finto.fi/musa/fi/ (in Finnish). Deprecated, and replaced by YSO (see code 71) |
| 68 |
CILLA |
Swedish translation of the Finnish Music Thesaurus (Swedish: Specialtesaurus för musik). See https://finto.fi/musa/sv/ (in Swedish). Deprecated, and replaced by YSO (see code 71) |
| 69 |
Kaunokki |
Finnish thesaurus for fiction (Finnish: Fiktiivisen aineiston asiasanasto). See https://finto.fi/kaunokki/fi/ (in Finnish). Deprecated. No longer updated, and replaced by Kauno and SLM (see codes D0 and D1) |
| 70 |
Bella |
Swedish translation of the Finnish thesaurus for fiction (Swedish: Specialtesaurus för fiktivt material:). See https://finto.fi/kaunokki/sv/ (in Swedish). Deprecated. No longer updated, and replaced by Kauno and SLM (see codes D0 and D1) |
| 71 |
YSO |
General Finnish Ontology (Finnish: Yleinen suomalainen ontologia). See https://finto.fi/yso/fi/ (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/yso/sv/ (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/yso/en/ (in English) |
| 72 |
PTO |
Finnish Geospatial Domain Ontology (Finnish: Paikkatieto ontologia). See https://finto.fi/pto/fi/ (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/pto/sv/ (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/pto/en/ (in English) |
| 73 |
Suomalainen kirja-alan luokitus |
Finnish book trade categorisation |
| 74 |
Sears |
Sears List of Subject Headings |
| 75 |
BIC E4L |
BIC E4Libraries Category Headings, formerly at http://www.bic.org.uk/51/E4libraries-Subject-Category-Headings/ but replaced by UK Standard Library Categories (code 92). Deprecated |
| 76 |
CSR |
Code Sujet Rayon: subject categories used by bookstores in France |
| 77 |
Suomalainen oppiaineluokitus |
Finnish school subject categories. See https://www.onixkeskus.fi/media/f/5722 |
| 78 |
Japanese book trade C-Code |
See https://isbn.jpo.or.jp/doc/08.pdf#page=44 (in Japanese) |
| 79 |
Japanese book trade Genre Code |
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| 80 |
Fiktiivisen aineiston lisäluokitus |
Finnish fiction genre classification. See https://finto.fi/ykl/fi/page/fiktioluokka (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/ykl/sv/page/fiktioluokka (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/ykl/en/page/fiktioluokka (in English) |
| 81 |
Arabic Subject heading scheme |
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| 82 |
Arabized BIC subject category |
Arabized version of BIC subject category scheme developed by ElKotob.com |
| 83 |
Arabized LC subject headings |
Arabized version of Library of Congress scheme |
| 84 |
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Subject Headings |
Classification scheme used by Library of Alexandria |
| 85 |
Postal code |
Location defined by postal code. Format is two-letter country code (from List 91), space, postal code. Note some postal codes themselves contain spaces, eg ‘GB N7 9DP’ or ‘US 10125’ |
| 86 |
GeoNames ID |
ID number for geographical place, as defined at http://www.geonames.org (eg 2825297 is Stuttgart, Germany, see http://www.geonames.org/2825297) |
| 87 |
NewBooks Subject Classification |
Used for classification of academic and specialist publication in German-speaking countries. See http://www.newbooks-services.com/de/top/unternehmensportrait/klassifikation-und-mapping.html (German) and http://www.newbooks-services.com/en/top/about-newbooks/classification-mapping.html (English) |
| 88 |
Chinese Library Classification |
Subject classification maintained by the Editorial Board of Chinese Library Classification. See http://cct.nlc.gov.cn for access to details of the scheme |
| 89 |
NTCPDSAC Classification |
Subject classification for Books, Audiovisual products and E-publications formulated by China National Technical Committee 505 |
| 90 |
Season and Event Indicator |
German code scheme indicating association with seasons, holidays, events (eg Autumn, Back to School, Easter) |
| 91 |
GND |
(de: Gemeinsame Normdatei) Integrated Authority File used in the German-speaking countries. See https://www.dnb.de/DE/Professionell/Standardisierung/GND/gnd_node.html (German) and https://www.dnb.de/EN/Professionell/Standardisierung/GND/gnd_node.html (English). Combines the PND, SWD and GKD into a single authority file, and should be used in preference to the older codes |
| 92 |
BIC UKSLC |
UK Standard Library Categories, the successor to BIC’s E4L classification scheme. See https://bic.org.uk/resources/uk-standard-library-categories/ |
| 93 |
Thema subject category |
International multilingual subject category scheme – see https://ns.editeur.org/thema |
| 94 |
Thema place qualifier |
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| 95 |
Thema language qualifier |
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| 96 |
Thema time period qualifier |
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| 97 |
Thema educational purpose qualifier |
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| 98 |
Thema interest age / special interest qualifier |
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| 99 |
Thema style qualifier |
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| A2 |
Ämnesord |
Swedish subject categories maintained by Bokrondellen |
| A3 |
Statystyka Książek Papierowych, Mówionych I Elektronicznych |
Polish Statistical Book and E-book Classification |
| A4 |
CCSS |
Common Core State Standards curriculum alignment, for links to US educational standards. <SubjectCode> uses the full dot notation. See http://www.corestandards.org/developers-and-publishers |
| A5 |
Rameau |
French library subject headings |
| A6 |
Nomenclature discipline scolaire |
French educational subject classification, URI http://data.education.fr/voc/scolomfr/scolomfr-voc-015GTPX |
| A7 |
ISIC |
International Standard Industry Classification, a classification of economic activities. Use for books that are about a particular industry or economic activity. <SubjectCode> should be a single letter denoting an ISIC section OR a 2-, 3- or 4-digit number denoting an ISIC division, group or class. See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/isic-4.asp |
| A8 |
LC Children’s Subject Headings |
Library of Congress Children’s Subject Headings: LCSHAC supplementary headings for Children’s books |
| A9 |
Ny Läromedel |
Swedish bookselling educational subject |
| B0 |
EuroVoc |
EuroVoc multilingual thesaurus. <SubjectCode> should be a EuroVoc concept dc:identifier (for example, 2777, ‘refrigerated products’). See http://eurovoc.europa.eu |
| B1 |
BISG Educational Taxonomy |
Controlled vocabulary for educational objectives. See https://www.bisg.org/products/recommendations-for-citing-educational-standards-and-objectives-in-metadata |
| B2 |
Keywords (not for display) |
For indexing and search purposes, MUST not be displayed. Where multiple keywords or keyword phrases are sent, this should be in a single instance of the <SubjectHeadingText> element, and it is recommended that they should be separated by semi-colons. Use of code B2 should be very rare: use B2 in preference to code 20 only where it is important to show the keyword list is specifically NOT for display to purchasers (eg some keywords for a medical textbook may appear offensive if displayed out of context) |
| B3 |
Nomenclature Diplôme |
French higher and vocational educational subject classification, URI http://data.education.fr/voc/scolomfr/scolomfr-voc-029 |
| B4 |
Key character names |
For fiction and non-fiction, one or more key names, provided – like keywords – for indexing and search purposes. Where multiple character names are sent, this should be in a single instance of <SubjectHeadingText>, and multiple names should be separated by semi-colons. Note <NameAsSubject> should be used for people who are the central subject of the book. Code B4 may be used for names of lesser importance |
| B5 |
Key place names |
For fiction and non-fiction, one or more key names, provded – like keywords – for indexing and search purposes. Where multiple place names are sent, this should in a single instance of <SubjectHeadingText>, and multiple names should be separated by semi-colons. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| B6 |
FAST |
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology, OCLC subject scheme derived from LCSH (see code 04). See https://fast.oclc.org/fast/. Codes are up to 8 digits, for example 1726640 for Historical fiction (see https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1726640). Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| B7 |
NGSS |
Next Generation Science Standards for K-12 education in the USA (https://www.nextgenscience.org). <SubjectCode> is a code such as 4-PS3-2. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| B8 |
MVB-Lesemotive |
MVB classification of ‘reading rationales’, which classify unconscious motives that lead to a book purchase. Categories are assigned and maintained by MVB. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See https://vlb.de/lesemotive |
| B9 |
LOPS21 Subject module |
Finnish Suomalainen oppiaineluokitus. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| C0 |
Læreplaner-LK20 |
Codes for Norwegian curriculum for primary and secondary education. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See Læreplaner-LK20 at https://www.udir.no/om-udir/data/kl06-grep/ |
| C1 |
Kompetansemål-LK20 |
Codes for competency aims in the Norwegian curriculum for primary and secondary education. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See Kompetansemål-LK20 at https://www.udir.no/om-udir/data/kl06-grep/ |
| C2 |
Kompetansemålsett-LK20 |
Codes for sets of competency aims in the Norwegian curriculum for primary and secondary education. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See Kompetansemålsett-LK20 at https://www.udir.no/om-udir/data/kl06-grep/ |
| C3 |
Tverrfaglige temaer-LK20 |
Codes for interdisciplinary topics in the Norwegian curriculum for primary and secondary education. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See Tverrfaglige temaer-LK20 at https://www.udir.no/om-udir/data/kl06-grep/ |
| C4 |
CLIL – Type d’article scolaire |
Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| C5 |
GAR – Type pédagogique |
Gestionnaire d’Accès aux resources – see https://gar.education.fr/ Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| C6 |
ISCED-F |
UNESCO ISCED Fields of education and training (2013), eg <SubjectCode> 0222 is ‘History and archaeology’. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-fields-of-education-and-training-2013-detailed-field-descriptions-2015-en.pdf |
| C7 |
Klassifikationen von Spielen, Puzzles und Spielwaren |
German category scheme for games, puzzles and toys. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See https://www.ludologie.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/211126_Kategorisierung_von_Spielen_Puzzles_und_Spielwaren.pdf |
| C8 |
NBVok NTSF |
National Library of Norway genre and form thesaurus. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See https://www.nb.no/nbvok/ntsf |
| C9 |
JPRO Genre |
Subject / genre code used in Japan. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| D0 |
KAUNO |
Finnish Ontology for fiction (Finnish: Fiktiivisen aineiston ontologia). See https://finto.fi/kauno/fi/ (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/kauno/sv/ (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/kauno/en/ (in English). Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| D1 |
SLM |
Finnish genre and form vocabulary (Finnish: Suomalainen lajityyppi ja muotosanasto). See https://finto.fi/slm/fi/ (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/slm/sv/ (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/slm/en/ (in English). Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
| D2 |
YSO-places |
General Finnish Ontology for Places (Finnish: Yleinen suomalainen ontologia – paikat). See https://finto.fi/yso-paikat/fi/ (in Finnish), https://finto.fi/yso-paikat/sv/ (in Swedish), https://finto.fi/yso-paikat/en/ (in English). Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |