Product descriptions may be recorded as an additional information. Usually these are texts taken from the product or are provided as supplementary information by the publisher.
Additional information includes short descriptions, abstracts, blurbs or tables of contents.
The additional information is either entered as text in the MARC or ONIX data record or is provided as a link to a file on the WWW.
Summary of content - optional |
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Definition | Description of the content of an e-book in text form (e.g. abstract, blurb) | ||
General notes |
The content summary is supplied as an element within the metadata record for an e-book. | ||
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MARC 21 |
Onix 3.0 Reference Names |
Onix 3.0 Short Tags |
Format | 520 $a |
<TextContent>
<TextType> with value from code list 153
<Text>
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<textcontent>
<x426> with value from code list 153
<d104> |
Format notes |
Must only contain text with a maximum of 9,999 characters (structural restriction in MARC) |
Must only contain text | |
Example |
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Additional information on the WWW - optional |
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Definition | Additional information on an e-book, accessible on the WWW | ||
General notes | A link to a media file or website (URL) is provided. | ||
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MARC 21 |
Onix 3.0.8 Reference Names |
Onix 3.0.8 Short Tags |
Format | 856 $u $3 |
<SupportingResource>
<ResourceContentType> with value from code list 158
<ResourceLink>
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<supportingresource>
<x436> with value from code list 158
<x435> |
Format notes |
In subfield $3, the type of additional information is specified (in German). As no standardized terminology is defined for this in MARC 21, the German terms (not the codes!) from ONIX code list 158 are used. |
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Example 1 |
856 42
$qapplication/pdf$u
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/shopMedia/leseproben/ts1343_1.pdf
$3
Leseprobe
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<supportingresource>
<x436>15</x436>
<x427>00</x427>
<x437>04</x437>
<resourceversion>
<x441>01</x441>
<x435>https://www.transcript-verlag.de/shopMedia/leseproben/ts2520_1.pdf</x435>
</resourceversion>
</supportingresource>
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Example 2 |
856 42$3Front cover$uhttps://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674251656.jpg
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<supportingresource>
<x436>01</x436>
<x427>00</x427>
<x437>03</x437>
<resourceversion>
<x441>01</x441>
<x435>https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674251656.jpg</x435>
</resourceversion>
</supportingresource>
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