ONIX Code Lists Issue 3, August 2004
List 27: Subject scheme identifier code
Value Description Notes
01 Dewey Code
02 Abridged Dewey Code
03 LC class number Code
04 LC subject heading Text
09 UDC Universal Decimal Classification. Code
10 BISAC category code For information on BISAC subject categories, see http://www.bisg.org. Code
12 BIC subsidiary subject For all BIC subject codes and qualifiers, see http://www.bic.org.uk/subcats.html. Code
13 BIC geographical qualifier Code
14 BIC language qualifier (language as subject) Code
15 BIC time period qualifier Code
16 BIC educational purpose qualifier Code
19 LC fiction genre heading Text
20 Keywords Text
21 BIC children’s book marketing category See http://www.bic.org.uk/cbmc.html. Code
22 BISAC book merchandising code For information on BISAC subject categories, see http://www.bisg.org. Code
23 Publisher’s own category code Code
24 Proprietary subject scheme Code
25 Tabla de materias ISBN Latin America. Code
26 Warengruppen-Systematik des deutschen Buchhandels Code
27 Schlagwort-Normdatei der Deutschen Bibliothek Text
28 Thèmes Electre Subject classification used by Electre (France). Code
29 CLIL France. Code
30 DNB-Sachgruppen Deutsche Bibliothek subject groups. Code
31 NUGI Nederlandse Uniforme Genre-Indeling (former Dutch book trade classification). Code
32 NUR Nederlandstalige Uniforme Rubrieksindeling (Dutch book trade classification, from 2002). Code
33 ECPA Christian Book Category ECPA Christian Product Category Book Codes, consisting of up to three x 3-letter blocks, for Super Category, Primary Category and Sub-Category. See http://www.ecpa.org/ECPA/cbacategories.xls. Code
34 SISO Schema Indeling Systematische Catalogus Openbare Bibliotheken (Dutch library classification). Code
35 Korean Decimal Classification (KDC) A modified Dewey Decimal Classification used in the Republic of Korea. Code
36 DDC Deutsch Code