15 — Title type

16 codes · Introduced in Issue 0

Code Description History
00 Undefined +0
01 Distinctive title (book); Cover title (serial); Title of content item, collection, or resource modified
The full text of the distinctive title of the item, without abbreviation or abridgement. For books, generally taken from the title page (see codes 11–15 where an alternative title is provided on cover or spine). Where the item is an omnibus edition containing two or more works by the same author, and there is no separate combined title, a distinctive title may be constructed (by the sender) by concatenating the individual titles, with suitable punctuation, as in ‘Pride and prejudice / Sense and sensibility / Northanger Abbey’. Where the title alone is not distinctive, recipients may add elements taken from a collection title and part number etc to create a distinctive title – but these elements should be provided separately by the sender 		+0 · ✎63
02 ISSN key title of serial
Serials only 		+0
03 Title in original language
Where the subject of the ONIX record is a translated item 		+0
04 Title acronym or initialism
For serials: an acronym or initialism of Title Type 01, eg ‘JAMA’, ‘JACM’ 		+0
05 Abbreviated title
An abbreviated form of Title Type 01 		+0
06 Title in other language modified
A translation of Title Type 01 or 03, or an independent title, used when the work is translated into another language, sometimes termed a ‘parallel title’ 		+0 · ✎60
07 Thematic title of journal issue
Serials only: when a journal issue is explicitly devoted to a specified topic 		+0
08 Former title
Books or serials: when an item was previously published under another title 		+0
10 Distributor’s title modified
For books: the title carried in a book distributor’s title file: frequently incomplete, and may include elements not properly part of the title. Usually limited in length and character set (eg to about 30 ASCII characters) for use on other e-commerce documentation 		+4 · ✎70
11 Alternative title on cover
An alternative title that appears on the cover of a book 		+7
12 Alternative title on back
An alternative title that appears on the back of a book 		+7
13 Expanded title
An expanded form of the title, eg the title of a school text book with grade and type and other details added to make the title meaningful, where otherwise it would comprise only the curriculum subject. This title type is required for submissions to the Spanish ISBN Agency 		+7
14 Alternative title modified
An alternative title that the book is widely known by, whether it appears on the book or not (including a title used in another market – but see code 06 for translations – or a working title previously used in metadata but replaced before publication) 		+25 · ✎67
15 Alternative title on spine
An alternative title that appears on the spine of a book. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later 		+61
16 Translated from title
Where the subject of the ONIX record is a translated item, but has been translated via some intermediate language. Title type 16 is distinct from title type 03. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later 		+66