In this session for metadata mavens, #eprdctn professionals, and audio oracles alike, EDItEUR’s Chris Saynor will discuss all facets of working with ONIX metadata for audio titles. What's different in ONIX for audiobooks? And how do you send good metadata for audio, including chapter-level metadata? techforum.booknetcanada.ca #TechForum

1. Audiobooks in ONIX 3.0
Chris Saynor
EDItEUR
BNC webinar, 30th April 2020

2. About me
• joined EDItEUR as standards editor in November 2016, working on
ONIX, Thema, EDItX
• prior to EDItEUR, worked for the ONIX solutions provider
GiantChair–OnixSuite in Paris
• active member of the CLIL commission in France and the French
Thema group, and part of BISG Metadata Committee
• prior to that worked as a bookseller in Paris and in the UK

3. About EDItEUR
• a not-for-profit membership organisation
• develops, supports and promotes metadata and identification
standards for the global book, e-book and serials supply chains
• acknowledged centre of expertise on standards and metadata for the
industry
• based in London, but a global membership of publishers,
distributors, wholesalers, retailers, subscription agents, libraries,
system vendors, rights organizations and trade associations

4. No longer your grandmother’s audiobook
• active growth area within the publishing sector
• market moved rapidly from cassette and CD to digital downloads
• DTO and subscription streaming services
• accompanied by a change of market demographics
• no longer skewed older and more female, and no longer the only option
visually-impaired readers
• which also implies a change in the most active genres
• ONIX has always been able to describe audio products
• and can mix print, e-, physical and digital audio in the same ONIX message

5. What is metadata for?
• for internal use at the publisher
• for distributors and wholesalers
• for retailers
• for libraries
• for buyers, borrowers and listeners
• for supply chain efficiency
• for market analysis

6. It’s about giving retailers, librarians, educators
and listeners enough information
so they can make an informed choice
and also making sure that this information is
available and used throughout
the data supply chain

7. Audio metadata
• most metadata for any audio
product is the same as for an
equivalent physical product –
title, contributor, ISBN,
descriptive text, sales rights, pub
date etc
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9 hrs 12 mins

8. ONIX 3.0 data elements
• message details
• identity and authority
• record details
• product identifiers
• 1. descriptive details
• product form
• special features
• packaging
• physical size
• DRM, usage constraints
• trade classification
• product parts
• collection titles
• titles
• contributors
• event
• edition
• language
• extent
• subject
• audience

9. • 2. collateral details
• supporting text
• cited material
• supporting resources
• prizes
• 7. promotion detail
• 3. content detail
• 4. publishing details
• imprint and publisher
• lifecycle dates
• copyright details
• territorial rights
• 5. related material
• related works
• related products
• 6. supply details
• markets
• market publishing details
• suppliers
• prices, tax, trade discounts
• reissue details

10. the book
dramatisation ➜
➜ reading
repackaged
as tie-in ➜

11. the book
dramatisation ➜
➜ reading
repackaged
as tie-in ➜
<RelatedProduct>
<ProductRelationCode>43<ProductRelationCode>
<ProductIdentifier>
<ProductIDType>03</ProductIDType>
<IDValue>9780552176453</IDValue>
</ProductIdentifier>
</RelatedProduct>

12. Product form
download to own
streaming

13. Product form

14. Contributor roles

15. <Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>1</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>A01</ContributorRole>
<NameIdentifier>
<NameIDType>16</NameIDType>
<IDValue>0000000121441903</IDValue>
</NameIdentifier>
<PersonNameInverted>Thackeray, William
Makepeace</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor>
<Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>2</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>E07</ContributorRole>
<PersonNameInverted>Sutton, Georgina
</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor>
. . .
<EditionType>UBR</EditionType>Abridged / Unabridged

16. . . .
<Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>2</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>E01</ContributorRole>
<PersonNameInverted>Fielding, Emma</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor>
<Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>3</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>E01</ContributorRole>
<PersonNameInverted>Cavanagh, Katy</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor><Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>4</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>E03</ContributorRole>
<PersonNameInverted>Fry, Stephen</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor>
<Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>5</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>B22</ContributorRole>
<PersonNameInverted>Wyatt, Stephen</PersonNameInverted>
</Contributor>
. . .
<EditionType>ADP</EditionType>
Adapted (eg dramatised)

17. <Contributor>
<SequenceNumber>1</SequenceNumber>
<ContributorRole>E09</ContributorRole>
<NameIdentifier>
<NameIDType>16</NameIDType>
<IDValue>000000010932953x</IDValue>
</NameIdentifier>
<TitlesBeforeNames>Professor<TitlesBeforeNames>
<NamesBeforeKey>John</NamesBeforeKey>
<KeyName>Sutherland</KeyName>
<ProfessionalAffliation>
<ProfessionalPosition>Lord Northcliffe Professor
Emeritus of Modern English Literature
</ProfessionalPosition>
<Affliation>University College, London</Affliation>
</ProfessionalAffliation>
</Contributor>

18. Content type
<PrimaryContent>02</PrimaryContent>
<!-- Performance – spoken word -->
<PrimaryContent>13</PrimaryContent>
<!-- Other speech content -->
<PrimaryContent>01</PrimaryContent>
<!-- Audiobook -->

19. Content type
<PrimaryContent>02</PrimaryContent>
<!-- Performance – spoken word -->
<PrimaryContent>13</PrimaryContent>
<!-- Other speech content -->
<PrimaryContent>01</PrimaryContent>
<!-- Audiobook -->

20. <Extent>
<ExtentType>13</ExtentType> <!-- Duration of introduction-->
<ExtentValue>16</ExtentValue> <!-- 16 mins -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>
<Extent>
Extent
<Extent>
<ExtentType>09</ExtentType> <!-- Duration -->
<ExtentValue>273</ExtentValue> <!-- 4hrs 33 mins -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>
<Extent>
<ExtentType>09</ExtentType> <!-- Duration -->
<ExtentValue>1938</ExtentValue> <!-- 32hrs 18 mins -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>

21. <Extent>
<ExtentType>13</ExtentType> <!-- Duration of introduction-->
<ExtentValue>16</ExtentValue> <!-- 16 mins -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>
<Extent>
<ExtentType>14</ExtentType> <!-- Duration of main content -->
<ExtentValue>1440</ExtentValue> <!-- 24 hrs -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>
Extent
<Extent>
<ExtentType>09</ExtentType> <!-- Duration -->
<ExtentValue>273</ExtentValue> <!-- 4hrs 33 mins -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>
<Extent>
<ExtentType>09</ExtentType> <!-- Duration -->
<ExtentValue>1938</ExtentValue> <!-- 32hrs 18 mins -->
<ExtentUnit>05</ExtentUnit> <!-- Minutes -->
</Extent>

22. <EpubUsageConstraint>
<EpubUsageType>01</EpubUsageType>
<EpubUsageStatus>02</EpubUsageStatus>
<EpubUsageLimit>
<Quantity>0001200</Quantity>
<EpubUsageUnit>16</EpubUsageUnit>
</EpubUsageLimit>
</EpubUsageConstraint>
3.0
Preview
Subject to limits
Hours, mins, secs

23. <EpubUsageConstraint>
<EpubUsageType>01</EpubUsageType>
<EpubUsageStatus>02</EpubUsageStatus>
<EpubUsageLimit>
<Quantity>0001650</Quantity>
<EpubUsageUnit>17</EpubUsageUnit>
</EpubUsageLimit>
</EpubUsageConstraint>
<EpubUsageConstraint>
<EpubUsageType>01</EpubUsageType>
<EpubUsageStatus>02</EpubUsageStatus>
<EpubUsageLimit>
<Quantity>0002850</Quantity>
<EpubUsageUnit>18</EpubUsageUnit>
</EpubUsageLimit>
</EpubUsageConstraint>
3.0
Allowed usage start time
Allowed usage end time

24. Chapter-level metadata

27. chapter title
chapter number
sort description, or
chapter abstract

28. <ContentDetail> <!-- Block 3 -->
. . .
<ContentItem>
<LevelSequenceNumber>2.33</LevelSequenceNumber>
<AVItem>
<AVItemType>03</AVItemType>
<TimeRun>
<StartTime>0161205</StartTime> <!-- 16 hours, 12 mins, 5 seconds -->
<EndTime>0164219</EndTime>
</TimeRun>
<Duration>0003014</Duration> <!-- 30 mins, 14 seconds -->
</AVItem>
<ComponentTypeName>Lecture</ComponentTypeName>
<ComponentNumber>33</ComponentNumber>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>04</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase=“02”>1840s – Growth of the Realistic Novel</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
<TextContent>
<TextType>03</TextType>
<ContentAudience>00</ContentAudience>
<Text textformat="05"><p>‘The 1840s saw a phenomenal growth in the realistic novel’s popularity. We explore four from this period
– Dickens’s <cite>Dombey and Son</cite>, Mrs. Gaskell’s <cite>Mary Barton</cite>, Disraeli’s <cite>Sybil</cite>, and Thackeray’s
<cite>Vanity Fair</cite>. Each asked hard questions about the direction in which England was headed.’</p></Text>
</TextContent>
</ContentItem>
<!-- other Content Items (ie other chapters) —>
</ContentDetail>
Where chapter starts & ends
Length of this chapter

29. <ContentDetail> <!-- Block 3 -->
. . .
<ContentItem>
<LevelSequenceNumber>2.33</LevelSequenceNumber>
<AVItem>
<AVItemType>03</AVItemType>
<TimeRun>
<StartTime>0161205</StartTime> <!-- 16 hours, 12 mins, 5 seconds -->
<EndTime>0164219</EndTime>
</TimeRun>
<Duration>0003014</Duration> <!-- 30 mins, 14 seconds -->
</AVItem>
<ComponentTypeName>Lecture</ComponentTypeName>
<ComponentNumber>33</ComponentNumber>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>04</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase=“02”>1840s – Growth of the Realistic Novel</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
<TextContent>
<TextType>03</TextType>
<ContentAudience>00</ContentAudience>
<Text textformat="05"><p>‘The 1840s saw a phenomenal growth in the realistic novel’s popularity. We explore four from this period
– Dickens’s <cite>Dombey and Son</cite>, Mrs. Gaskell’s <cite>Mary Barton</cite>, Disraeli’s <cite>Sybil</cite>, and Thackeray’s
<cite>Vanity Fair</cite>. Each asked hard questions about the direction in which England was headed.’</p></Text>
</TextContent>
</ContentItem>
<!-- other Content Items (ie other chapters) —>
</ContentDetail>
Length of this chapter

30. <ContentDetail> <!-- Block 3 -->
. . .
<ContentItem>
<LevelSequenceNumber>2.33</LevelSequenceNumber>
<AVItem>
<AVItemType>03</AVItemType>
<TimeRun>
<StartTime>0161205</StartTime> <!-- 16 hours, 12 mins, 5 seconds -->
<EndTime>0164219</EndTime>
</TimeRun>
<Duration>0003014</Duration> <!-- 30 mins, 14 seconds -->
</AVItem>
<ComponentTypeName>Lecture</ComponentTypeName>
<ComponentNumber>33</ComponentNumber>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>04</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase=“02”>1840s – Growth of the Realistic Novel</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
<TextContent>
<TextType>03</TextType>
<ContentAudience>00</ContentAudience>
<Text textformat="05"><p>‘The 1840s saw a phenomenal growth in the realistic novel’s popularity. We explore four from this period
– Dickens’s <cite>Dombey and Son</cite>, Mrs. Gaskell’s <cite>Mary Barton</cite>, Disraeli’s <cite>Sybil</cite>, and Thackeray’s
<cite>Vanity Fair</cite>. Each asked hard questions about the direction in which England was headed.’</p></Text>
</TextContent>
</ContentItem>
<!-- other Content Items (ie other chapters) —>
</ContentDetail>
Name of the chapter
Type of component & number

31. <Language>
<LanguageRole>08</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>eng</LanguageCode>
<CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
</Language>
<Language>
<LanguageRole>08</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>spa</LanguageCode>
<CountryCode>CO</CountryCode>
</Language>
<Language>
<LanguageRole>08</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>spa</LanguageCode>
<CountryCode>MX</CountryCode>
</Language>
<!-- other ONIX elements -->
<Audience>
<AudienceCodeType>27</AudienceCodeType>
<AudienceCodeValue>eng<AudienceCodeValue>
</Audience>

32. <Language>
<LanguageRole>08</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>eng</LanguageCode>
<CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
</Language>
<Language>
<LanguageRole>08</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>spa</LanguageCode>
<CountryCode>CO</CountryCode>
</Language>
<Language>
<LanguageRole>08</LanguageRole>
<LanguageCode>spa</LanguageCode>
<CountryCode>MX</CountryCode>
</Language>
<!-- other ONIX elements -->
<Audience>
<AudienceCodeType>27</AudienceCodeType>
<AudienceCodeValue>eng<AudienceCodeValue>
</Audience>
Language of
content (US eng)
Language of
audio tracks
Intended
language of
audience

35. Supporting material

36. <SupportingResource>
<ResourceContentType>33</ResourceContentType> <!-- Students guide -->
<ContentAudience>03</ContentAudience> <!-- End customers -->
<ContentAudience>06</ContentAudience> <!-- Students -->
<ResourceMode>04</ResourceMode> <!-- Text -->
<ResourceFeature>
</ResourceFeature>
<ResourceFeatureType>01</ResourceFeatureType> <!-- Caption to accompany resource -->
<FeatureNote textformat="00">Download the full vocabulary list</FeatureNote>
<ResourceVersion>
<ResourceForm>01</ResourceForm> <!-- Linkable resource -->
<ResourceVersionFeature>
<ResourceVersionFeatureType>01</ResourceVersionFeatureType> <!-- File format -->
<FeatureValue>D401</FeatureValue> <!-- PDF -->
</ResourceVersionFeature>
<ResourceLink>http://www.publisher.com/b2c/vocabguide_Spanish/9780001234567-fc1250.pdf</ResourceLink>
<ContentDate>
<ContentDateRole>17</ContentDateRole>
<Date dateformat="00">20200226</Date>
</ContentDate>
</ResourceVersion>
…
</SupportingResource>
3.0

37. <TradeCategory>17</TradeCategory>
Podcast metadata

38. <TradeCategory>17</TradeCategory>
Podcast metadata

39. <Collection>
<CollectionType>10</CollectionType>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>02</TitleElementLevel>
<NoPrefix/>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase="02">BBC World Service – Witness History</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
</Collection>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix textcase="02">The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase="02">Man who First Published Harry Potter</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>

40. <Collection>
<CollectionType>10</CollectionType>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix textcase="02"> The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase="02">Missing Cryptoqueen</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<PartNumber>Episode 8</PartNumber>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>
</Collection>
<TitleDetail>
<TitleType>01</TitleType>
<TitleElement>
<TitleElementLevel>01</TitleElementLevel>
<TitlePrefix textcase="02"> The</TitlePrefix>
<TitleWithoutPrefix textcase="02">Technology and the Dream</TitleWithoutPrefix>
</TitleElement>
</TitleDetail>

41. What’s next?
Block 8

42. Questions?

43. chris@editeur.org
www.editeur.org
https://bit.ly/35gCiqq

44. • EDItEUR ONIX 3.0 Specification, global Implementation and Best
Practice Guide, and various XML tools
• https://www.editeur.org/93/Release-3.0-Downloads/
• EDItEUR ONIX 2.1 Specification and tools are still available
• important notes on using 2.1 after sunset
• https://www.editeur.org/15/Archived-Previous-Releases/
• codelists are a vital part of the framework
• https://www.editeur.org/14/Code-Lists#code lists
• https://ns.editeur.org/onix
• technical support mailing list
• https://groups.io/g/onix (subscribe via e-mail to onix+subscribe@groups.io)

45. • EDItEUR application notes
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Pricing in ONIX part one.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Sales rights in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Dimensions and weights in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Open Access Monographs in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE HTML markup in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Describing e-books in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Audiobook products in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Accessibility metadata in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Block updates in ONIX.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Validating ONIXC 3.0 files.pdf
• https://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX 3/APPNOTE Did you know.pdf
• EDItEUR general enquiries info@editeur.org

46. • BISG and BookNet Canada ONIX best practices
• https://bisg.site-ym.com/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id=6972807 (metadata)
• https://bisg.site-ym.com/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id=6972954 (keywords)
• BIC/Nielsen UK ONIX best practices
• https://www.nielsenbookdata.co.uk/uploads/BookData ONIX Guidelines V3_2.pdf
(ONIX 2.1, apparently no longer available but contact qa.book@nielsen.com)
• https://www.bic.org.uk/files/pdfs/111114 BIC UK ONIX 3 guidelines revision 1 final.pdf
(ONIX 3.0)
• BookNet Canada migration blog and webinar
• https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2015/9/22/onix-21-to-30-transition-markets-and-
supply (four-part blog post)
• https://booknetcanada.wistia.com/medias/1nrl6owlh3 (recorded webinar)

47. • Thema subject scheme 1.4
• https://www.editeur.org/151/thema (all resources)
• https://ns.editeur.org/thema (interactive browser)
• https://groups.io/g/thema (subscribe via e-mail to thema+subscribe@groups.io)
• BISAC Subject codes 2019
• https://bisg.org/page/BISACEdition
(note annual licensing requirement for non-members)
• BIC Subject codes 2.1
• http://www.bic.org.uk/files/pdfs/101201 bic2.1 complete rev.pdf
• https://ns.editeur.org/bic_categories (interactive)