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ISBN

Virginie Bouilhac
Updated

Definition

Your eBook's ISBN. Must be 13 digits in length.
--> Required field.

 

Best Practice

In ONIX the ISBN must be unhyphenated.

Correct Usage (example)

Info Excel ONIX 2.1 and 3.0
Reference Name eBook ISBN: 9780007322596 
<ProductIdentifier>
<ProductIDType>15</ProductIDType>
<IDValue>9780826110077</IDValue>
</ProductIdentifier>
Short Tag N/A 
<productidentifier>
<b221>03</b221>
<b244>9780826110077</b244>
</productidentifier>
Character Limits 13 digits 13 digits
     
     
     
     

Common Errors (example)

  • 9781780000
  • 978-1443424523

Notes

ONIX: ProductIDType 03 is mandatory as it represents how your books will be identified in universal trading transactions.
ProductIDType 15 is also mandatory if your product has an ISBN (and these two, GTIN-13/ISBN, will always be identical for book products)

Multiple Product Identifers are allowed per title. We parse ProductIDs of product types in this order: ‘03’, ‘15’, ‘02’, ‘01.’ Please note we will only use type ‘02’ in cases where neither type ‘03’, nor type ‘15’ is provided.

When supplying ISBNs to the library sector, the ISBN-13 ProductIDType 15 should be a distinct ISBN.

01 – Proprietary product ID
02 - ISBN-10
03 - GTIN-13
15 - ISBN-13

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