Book industry standards are evolving rapidly. In the first part of this session, we’ll share an overview of key developments from 2024 and the early months of 2025. Then, BookNet’s resident standards expert, Tom Richardson, and CEO, Lauren Stewart, have a forward-looking conversation about what’s next. Link to recording, transcript, and accompanying resource: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/standardsgoals-for-2025-standards-certification-roundup/ Presented by BookNet Canada on May 6, 2025 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.

1. #StandardsGoals for 2025

2. Land acknowledgement

3. ICYMI: #StandardsGoals for 2024: What’s new for BISAC

4. What’s new for ONIX?
Codelists releases 64 to 69

5. What’s new for ONIX: Codelist 64
Some of the key changes and updates from this release
relate to:
● List 9 – Product classification type
● List 17 – Contributor role
● List 196 – E-publication Accessibility details

6. What’s new for ONIX: Codelist 65
Some of the key changes and updates from this release
relate to:
● List 17 – Contributor role
○ Code A28 Interpreted through
○ Code B33 “Transcribed by” or ”as told to”

7. What’s new for ONIX: Codelist 66
Some of the key changes and updates from this release relate to:
● List 17 – Contributor role
○ Code B34 Sensitivity reader/editor
● List 79 – Product form feature type
○ Code 50 EUDR due diligence reference
○ Code 47 EUDR raw material location (interior or full
product)
○ Code 48 EUDR raw material location (binding)
○ Code 49 EUDR raw material location (other)
● List 175 – Product form detail

8. What’s new for ONIX: Codelist 67
Some of the key changes and updates from this release
relate to:
● List 17 – Contributor role
● List 71 – Sales restriction type
● List 79 – Product form feature type
● List 198 – Product contact type
● List 239 – Supply contact role
● List 158 – Resource content type
● List 203 – ONIX adult audience rating

9. What’s new for ONIX: Codelist 68
Some of the key changes and updates from this release
relate to:
● List 17 – Contributor role
● List 73 – Website role
● List 74 – Language
● List 79 – Product form feature type
● List 262 – Carbon/GHG emissions certification
scheme

10. What’s new for ONIX: Codelist 69
Some of the key changes and updates from this release relate to:
● List 17 – Contributor role
● List 27 - Subject scheme identifier
● List 45 – Publishing role
● List 73 – Website role
● List 79 – Product form feature type
● List 158 – Resource content type
● ist 175 – Product form detail
● List 258 – Special finish
● List 196 – E-publication accessibility details

11. What else is new for ONIX?
ONIX 3.1.1 was released in March and
ONIX 3.1.2 in November! 🎉

12. What’s new for ONIX: ONIX 3.1.1
“This revision comes only 12 months after the publication
of release 3.1. EDItEUR normally aims for a two-year
cadence to revisions of ONIX, but in this instance, the new
functionality was requested by a group of ONIX users and
national groups to meet an urgent need to express an ‘EU
[text and data mining] (TDM) opt-out’ on marketing
collateral.” - EDItEUR

13. What’s new for ONIX: ONIX 3.1.2
“This is a very minor update of ONIX 3.1, with the addition of a single new field
<PostalCode> (or <x590>). In turn, and alongside some existing fields, this enables
the inclusion of full postal addresses within <ProductContact> and <SupplyContact>
– enabling publishers and others to supply retailers with postal addresses related to
product safety. This is a requirement for the upcoming EU General Product Safety
Regulation (GPSR), […]. GPSR applies to essentially all consumer products.
The only other changes in 3.1.2 are an increase in suggested maximum length of the
text in <ProductFormFeatureDescription> to allow longer lists of GPS coordinates for
EUDR, and the addition of the new <PostalCode> tag in <EventOccurrence> because
all the other elements of a street address were already present there.” - EDItEUR

14. 💡 Advice worth reading from
EDItEUR

15. Advice worth reading from EDItEUR
ONIX records for books
in multiple markets

16. Advice worth reading from EDItEUR
Accessibility metadata in ONIX

17. Advice worth reading from EDItEUR
Product safety requirements
in ONIX

18. 📌 Key regulations: A recap
● European Accessibility Act (EAA)
● EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
● General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

19. Key regulations: European Accessibility Act (EAA)

20. Key regulations: EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)

21. Key regulations: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

22. What’s new for Thema? 🤔

23. Thema:
Thema version 1.6
is now available 🎉

24. Thema: More worked examples

25. 💡What about BISAC?

26. BISAC: The 2024 update

27. BISAC: The 2024 update

28. BISAC: New code for Nonbinary & Genderqueer
● COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS /
LGBTQ+ /
● FICTION / Erotica / LGBTQ+ /
● FICTION / LGBTQ+ /
● FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ /
● SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+
Studies /
● YOUNG ADULT FICTION /
LGBTQ+ /
● YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION /
LGBTQ+ / *tree newly created
● JUVENILE FICTION / LGBTQ+ /
*tree newly created
● JUVENILE NON FICTION /
LGBTQ+ / *tree newly created

29. BISAC: The 2024 update

30. ISNI: The Benefits of ISNI for
Publishers

31. Thank you
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