TitlePage ONIX updates: what you need to know
ONIX 3.0 introduced significant improvements over its predecessor, enhancing data richness and flexibility. It marked a major step forward in addressing the evolving needs of the digital publishing landscape.
But metadata standards need constant evolution to respond to the changing needs of the industry. Two big changes for TitlePage offer a significant leap in the richness of metadata that you can provide within the Australian supply chain.
Codelist updates – new vocab for describing books
If ONIX is the language of product metadata, the codelists are its vocabulary. From the types of contributors involved in a book’s creation to the supporting resources or text types you might use to describe a book, we rely on codelists for controlled vocabularies.
Since its transition to ONIX 3.0 in 2019, TitlePage has supported up to codelist issue 49. In this latest TitlePage release, we've updated our system to support codelist issue 64, ratified earlier this year.
In future TitlePage will update quarterly for each new codelist issue, ensuring no delays for publishers eager to leverage the latest advancements in book metadata. Speak to your system administrator to make sure your internal software is also loaded with the latest codelists.
Out of the nearly 800 new codelist updates, here are just a few highlights to whet your appetite:
Identifying when the creator is or is assisted by generative AI
Flash cards and greeting cards, toys and handicrafts
ONIX 3.1 is here
TitlePage now supports ONIX 3.1, which was released by EDItEUR in 2023.The transition to ONIX 3.1 from ONIX 3.0 involves minor structural changes and the removal of deprecated elements.
While a comparatively minor update, it is not backwards compatible. As TitlePage did not support the deprecated elements, in practical terms the ONIX 3.0 accepted by TitlePage is ONIX 3.1 “ready”. Of course, more functionality will be added to ONIX 3.1 over time. All metadata provided to TitlePage will be translated to the new ONIX 3.1.
For a detailed comparison of the changes, please refer to the side-by-side summary in the TitlePage ONIX 3.X elements summary.
Publishers can continue to provide metadata to TitlePage in ONIX 3.0 format. Any publisher still operating in ONIX 2.1 should urgently upgrade to either ONIX 3.0 or 3.1, as ONIX 2.1 is now obsolete.
ONIX 3.1 will continue to support ongoing enhancements within the digital publishing ecosystem, and will continue to evolve to meet industry needs for the foreseeable future.