21 — Edition type
| Code | Description | History |
|---|---|---|
ABR
|
Abridged edition
modified
Content has been shortened: use for abridged, shortened, concise, condensed |
+0 · ✎28 |
ACT
|
Acting edition
Version of a play or script intended for use of those directly involved in a production, usually including full stage directions in addition to the text of the script |
+16 |
ADP
|
Adapted edition
modified
Content has been adapted to serve a different purpose or audience, or from one medium to another: use for dramatization, novelization etc. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the adaptation |
+0 · ✎28 |
ALT
|
Alternate
deprecated
Do not use. Deprecated, but retained in the list for reasons of backwards compatibility. Not for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+0 · ✎1 · ✗1 |
ANN
|
Annotated edition
modified
Content is augmented by the addition of notes |
+0 · ✎28 |
AVS
|
Anniversary edition
Edition published to mark a special anniversary of first publication of the content. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the nature of the anniversary. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+71 |
BLL
|
Bilingual edition
Both languages should be specified in the <Language> group. Use MLL for an edition in more than two languages |
+5 |
BLP
|
Bilingual ‘facing page’ edition
Use only where the two languages are presented in parallel on facing pages, or in parallel columns of text on a single page (otherwise use BLL). Both languages should be specified in the <Language> group |
+35 |
BRL
|
Braille edition
modified
Braille edition |
+0 · ✎28 |
BUD
|
Budget edition
Product sold at lower price than other editions, usually with lower quality paper or binding to reduce production costs. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+62 |
CMB
|
Combined volume
modified
An edition in which two or more works also published separately are combined in a single volume; AKA ‘omnibus edition’ or occasionally ‘bind-up’, or in comic books a ‘trade paperback’ (fr: ‘intégrale’) |
+9 · ✎71 |
CRI
|
Critical edition
modified
Content includes critical commentary on the text |
+0 · ✎28 |
CSP
|
Coursepack
Content was compiled for a specified educational course |
+0 |
DGO
|
Digital original
modified
A digital product that, at the time of publication, has or had no physical counterpart and that is or was not expected to have a physical counterpart for a reasonable time (recommended at least 30 days following publication) |
+11 · ✎64 |
ENH
|
Enhanced edition
modified
Use for e-publications that have been enhanced with additional text, speech, other audio, video, interactive or other content |
+12 · ✎28 |
ENL
|
Enlarged edition
modified
Content has been enlarged or expanded from that of a previous edition, with significant additions to the original content – for example additional chapters. Do not use where the only additions are not a part of the original work (eg ‘teaser chapters’ from another work) |
+0 · ✎71 |
ETR
|
Easy-to-read edition
Book which uses highly simplified wording, clear page layout and typography to ensure the content can be understood by those with intellectual disabilities. See https://www.inclusion-europe.eu/easy-to-read for guidelines. See also SMP for editions with simplified language. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+58 |
EXP
|
Expurgated edition
modified
‘Offensive’ content has been removed |
+0 · ✎28 |
FAC
|
Facsimile edition
modified
Exact reproduction of the content and format of a previous edition |
+0 · ✎28 |
FST
|
Festschrift
A collection of writings published in honor of a person, an institution or a society |
+9 |
HRE
|
High readability edition
Edition optimized for high readability, typically featuring colored or tinted page backgrounds to reduce contrast, extra letter, word and line spacing to reduce crowding and isolate individual words, simplified page layouts and an open, sans serif font (or occasionally, an unusual font design) intended to aid readability. Sometimes labelled ‘dyslexia-friendly’. See also code SMP if the text itself is simplified, and codes LTE or ULP if the type size is significantly larger than normal. Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+46 |
ILL
|
Illustrated edition
modified
Content includes extensive illustrations which are not part of other editions |
+0 · ✎28 |
INT
|
International edition
A product aimed specifically at markets other than the country of original publication, usually titled as an ‘International edition’ and with specification and/or content changes |
+36 |
LTE
|
Large type / large print edition
modified
Large print edition, print sizes 14 to 19pt – see also ULP |
+0 · ✎28 |
MCP
|
Microprint edition
modified
A printed edition in a type size too small to be read without a magnifying glass |
+1 · ✎28 |
MDT
|
Media tie-in
An edition published to coincide with the release of a film, TV program, or electronic game based on the same work. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the tie-in |
+1 |
MLL
|
Multilingual edition
All languages should be specified in the ‘Language’ group. Use BLL for a bilingual edition |
+5 |
NED
|
New edition
modified
Where no other information is given, or no other coded type or edition numbering is applicable |
+1 · ✎46 |
NUM
|
Edition with numbered copies
modified
A limited or collectors’ edition in which each copy is individually numbered, and the actual number of copies is strictly limited. Note that the supplier may limit the number of orders fulfilled per retail outlet. Use <EditionStatement> to give details of the number of copies printed |
+9 · ✎64 |
PBO
|
Paperback original
A product published in any form of soft cover, that at the time of publication, has or had no counterpart in any other format, and that is or was not expected to have such a counterpart for a reasonable time (recommended at least 30 days following publication). Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+54 |
PRB
|
Prebound edition
modified
Book that was previously bound, normally as a paperback, and has been rebound with, for example, a library-quality hardcover binding, or a lay-flat binding, by a supplier other than the original publisher. See also the <Publisher> and <RelatedProduct> composites for other aspects of the treatment of prebound editions in ONIX |
+9 · ✎70 |
REV
|
Revised edition
modified
Content has been revised from that of a previous edition (often used when there has been no corresponding increment in the edition number, or no edition numbering is available) |
+0 · ✎46 |
SCH
|
School edition
An edition intended specifically for use in schools |
+0 |
SIG
|
Signed edition
Individually autographed by the author(s) |
+33 |
SMP
|
Simplified language edition
modified
An edition that uses simplified language, usually for second or additional language learners. See ETR for highly simplified editions for readers with intellectual disabilities |
+8 · ✎59 |
SPE
|
Special edition
modified
Use for anniversary, collectors’, de luxe, gift, limited, signed, commemorative or celebratory, tie-in, special variant cover or otherwise special editions, but prefer more specific codes AVS, FST, MDT, NUM, SIG, UNN whenever appropriate. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the special edition |
+1 · ✎71 |
STU
|
Student edition
Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions |
+0 |
TCH
|
Teacher’s edition
modified
Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions; use also for instructor’s or leader’s editions, and for editions intended exclusively for educators where no specific student edition is available |
+0 · ✎36 |
UBR
|
Unabridged edition
modified
Where a title has also been published in an abridged edition; also for audiobooks, regardless of whether an abridged audio version also exists |
+0 · ✎28 |
ULP
|
Ultra large print edition
modified
For print sizes 20pt and above, and with typefaces designed for the visually impaired – see also LTE |
+6 · ✎28 |
UNN
|
Edition with unnumbered copies
modified
A limited or collectors’ edition in which each copy is not individually numbered – but where the actual number of copies is strictly limited. Note that the supplier may limit the number of orders fulfilled per retail outlet. Use <EditionStatement> to give details of the number of copies printed |
+30 · ✎64 |
UXP
|
Unexpurgated edition
modified
Content previously considered ‘offensive’ has been restored |
+0 · ✎28 |
VAR
|
Variorum edition
modified
Content includes notes by various commentators, and/or includes and compares several variant texts of the same work |
+0 · ✎28 |
VOR
|
Vorlesebücher
Readaloud edition – specifically intended and designed for reading aloud (to children). Only for use in ONIX 3.0 or later |
+56 |