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Edition and publication details


Edition - mandatory, if available
Definition

Edition - Term for the total number of copies of a publication produced from a specific unaltered typesetting template.
General notes

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MARC 21 ONIX 3.0.8 Reference Names
 		ONIX 3.0.8 Short Tags
Format 250 $a

<EditionType>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​EditionType from code list 21

<EditionNumber>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​EditionNumber

or

<EditionStatement>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​EditionStatement

<x419>

<b057>

or

<b058>
Format notes
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The edition can be specified either in a structured form by specifying the edition type and the edition number or in an unstructured form using free text. However, different elements must be used for the two options.
Example 250 ##$a2., illustrierte und ungekürzte Ausgabe

<DescriptiveDetail>

<​EditionType>UBR</​EditionType>
<​EditionType>ILL</​EditionType>
<​EditionNumber>2</​EditionNumber>

</DescriptiveDetail>

or 

<DescriptiveDetail>

<EditionStatement>2., illustrierte und ungekürzte Ausgabe
</EditionStatement>

</DescriptiveDetail>

<descriptivedetail>

<x419>UBR</x419>
<x419>ILL</x419>
<b057>2</b057>

</descriptivedetail>

or

<descriptivedetail>

<b058>2., illustrierte und ungekürzte Ausgabe</b058>

</descriptivedetail>

Place of publication - mandatory
Definition

The place of publication refers to the publisher's registered office.

General notes

If several registered offices of the publisher are mentioned in the imprint, the place of publication may be repeated.

MARC 21 ONIX 3.0.8 Reference Names
 		ONIX 3.0.8 Short Tags
Format 264 $a

<CityOfPublication>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/PublishingDetail/​CityOfPublication

<publishingdetail>
        <b209>
Format notes

Several locations belonging to one publisher are specified in repeated subfields $a.

Multiple publishing locations can be specified by a repeated <CityOfPublication> resp. <b209> element.

 
Example 264 #1 $aNew York$aBerlin$bSpringer Verlag$c2020

<PublishingDetail>
    <CityOfPublication>New York</CityOfPublication
    <CityOfPublication>Berlin</CityOfPublication>
<PublishingDetail>

<publishingdetail>  
    <b209>New York</b209>
    <b209>Berlin</b209>
</publishingdetail>

Publisher - mandatory
Definition The publisher's name is entered in this field.
General notes

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MARC 21 ONIX 3.0.8 Reference Names
 		ONIX 3.0.8 Short Tags
Format 264 $b

<Publisher>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/PublishingDetail/Publisher​  

<PublishingRole>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/PublishingDetail/Publisher​/PublishingRole with value "01" (Publisher) or value "02" (Co-publisher) from code list 45

<PublisherName>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/PublishingDetail/Publisher​/PublisherName

<publisher>

        <b291> with value "01" (Publisher) or value "02" (Co-publisher) from code list 45

        <b081>
Format notes
 		--- In ONIX, a publisher is always stored in a publisher composite.
In addition to the main publisher, other publishers may be associated with a publication, which is why repeated specification of the publisher composite is permitted.
Example

264 #1 $aBaden-Baden$b Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft $c2022

<PublishingDetail>
    <Publisher>
        <PublishingRole>01</PublishingRole>
        <PublisherName> Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft </PublisherName>
    </Publisher>
    <CityOfPublication>Baden-Baden</CityOfPublication>
</PublishingDetail>

<publishingdetail>
    <publisher>
        <b291>01</b291>
        <b081> Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft </b081>
    </publisher>
    <b209>Baden-Baden</b209>
</publishingdetail>


Publication date - mandatory
Definition

The publication date is the date on which a publication is released. As a rule, this is also the date from which the product is available to customers in stores.
General notes

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MARC 21 ONIX 3.0.8 Reference Names
 		ONIX 3.0.8 Short Tags
Format

008 pos. 06 = "s" and 008/07-10 
264 $c

<PublishingDate>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​PublishingDetail/​PublishingDate

<PublishingDateRole>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​PublishingDetail/​PublishingDate/​PublishingDateRole

<Date>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​PublishingDetail/​PublishingDate/​Date with attribute  "dateformat" from code list 55

<publishingdate>
   <x448>
   <b306> with attribute "dateformat" from code list 55

 

Format notes
 		008
06       Type of date (s = single date )
 07-10 Date   (yyyy)
Publication dates are specified in ONIX 3.0.8 in the <PublishingDate> element. 
The publication date can be specified to the day, to the month or to the year. The format of the publication date is specified as the "dateformat" attribute in the <Date> composite with a code from code list 55:
dateformat="00" to the day (YYYYMMDD)
dateformat="01" to the month (YYYYMM)
dateformat="05" to the year (YYYYY)
Example

008 220131s2022
264 #1 $aBaden-Baden$b Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft $c2022

<PublishingDate>
   <PublishingDateRole>01</PublishingDateRole>
   <Date dateformat="00">20220301</Date dateformat>
</PublishingDate>

<publishingdate>
   <x448>01</x448>
   <b306 dateformat="00">20220301</b306>
</publishingdate>


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