ONIX Code Lists Issue 67, October 2024

List 29: Audience code type

Value Description Notes
01 ONIX audience codes Using a code from List 28
02 Proprietary As specified in <AudienceCodeTypeName>
03 MPAA rating Motion Picture Association of America rating applied to movies
04 BBFC rating British Board of Film Classification rating applied to movies
05 FSK rating German FSK (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft) rating applied to movies
06 BTLF audience code French Canadian audience code list, used by BTLF for Memento
07 Electre audience code Audience code used by Electre (France)
08 ANELE Tipo Spain: educational audience and material type code of the Asociación Nacional de Editores de Libros y Material de Enseñanza
09 AVI Code list used to specify reading levels for children’s books, used in Flanders, and formerly in the Netherlands – see also code 18
10 USK rating German USK (Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle) rating applied to video or computer games
11 AWS Audience code used in Flanders
12 Schulform Type of school: codelist formerly maintained by VdS Bildungsmedien eV, the German association of educational media publishers at http://www.bildungsmedien.de/service/onixlisten/schulform_onix_codelist29_value12_0408.pdf. Deprecated – use Thema educational purpose qualifier (eg 4Z-DE-BA – for German Elementary School) in <Subject> instead
13 Bundesland School region: codelist maintained by VdS Bildungsmedien eV, the German association of educational media publishers, indicating where products are licensed to be used in schools. See http://www.bildungsmedien.de/service/onixlisten/bundesland_onix_codelist29_value13_0408.pdf. Deprecated
14 Ausbildungsberuf Occupation: codelist for vocational training materials formerly maintained by VdS Bildungsmedien eV, the German association of educational media publishers at http://www.bildungsmedien.de/service/onixlisten/ausbildungsberufe_onix_codelist29_value14_0408.pdf. Deprecated – use Thema educational purpose qualifier (eg 4Z-DE-UH – for specific German professional/vocational qualifications and degrees) in <Subject> instead
15 Suomalainen kouluasteluokitus Finnish school or college level
16 CBG age guidance UK Publishers Association, Children’s Book Group, coded indication of intended reader age, carried on book covers
17 Nielsen Book audience code Audience code used in Nielsen Book Services
18 AVI (revised) Code list used to specify reading levels for children’s books, used in the Netherlands – see also code 09
19 Lexile measure Lexile measure (the Lexile measure in <AudienceCodeValue> may optionally be prefixed by the Lexile code). Examples might be ‘880L’, ‘AD0L’ or ‘HL600L’. Deprecated – use <Complexity> instead
20 Fry Readability score Fry readability metric based on number of sentences and syllables per 100 words. Expressed as a number from 1 to 15 in <AudienceCodeValue>. Deprecated – use <Complexity> instead
21 Japanese Children’s audience code Children’s audience code (対象読者), two-digit encoding of intended target readership from 0–2 years up to High School level
22 ONIX Adult audience rating Publisher’s rating indicating suitability for a particular adult audience, using a code from List 203. Should only be used when the ONIX Audience code indicates a general adult audience (code 01 from List 28)
23 Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning (CEFR) Codes A1 to C2 indicating standardised level of language learning or teaching material, from beginner to advanced, defined by the Council of Europe (see http://www.coe.int/lang-CEFR)
24 Korean Publication Ethics Commission rating Rating used in Korea to control selling of books and e-books to minors. Current values are 0 (suitable for all) and 19 (only for sale to ages 19+). See http://www.kpec.or.kr/english/
25 IoE Book Band UK Institute of Education Book Bands for Guided Reading scheme (see http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/4664.html). <AudienceCodeValue> is a color, eg ‘Pink A’ or ‘Copper’. Deprecated – use <Complexity> instead
26 FSK Lehr-/Infoprogramm Used for German videos/DVDs with educational or informative content; value for <AudienceCodeValue> must be either ‘Infoprogramm gemäß § 14 JuSchG’ or ‘Lehrprogramm gemäß § 14 JuSchG’
27 Intended audience language Where this is different from the language of the text of the book recorded in <Language>. <AudienceCodeValue> should be a value from List 74
28 PEGI rating Pan European Game Information rating used primarily for video games
29 Gymnasieprogram Code indicating the intended curriculum (eg Naturvetenskapsprogrammet, Estetica programmet) in Swedish higher secondary education
30 ISCED 2011 International Standard Classification of Education levels (2011), eg <AudienceCodeValue> 253 is ‘Lower secondary vocational education, level completion without direct access to upper secondary education’. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later. See http://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/international-standard-classification-education-isced