ONIX Code Lists Issue 7, March 2007
List 21: Edition type code

Value Description Notes

ABR Abridged Content has been shortened: use for abridged, shortened, concise, condensed.
ADP Adapted 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.
ALT Alternate Do not use. This code is now deprecated, but is retained in the list for reasons of upwards compatibility.
ANN Annotated Content is augmented by the addition of notes
BLL Bilingual edition Both languages should be specified in the 'Language' group. Use MLL for an edition in more than two languages.
BRL Braille Braille edition
CRI Critical Content includes critical commentary on the text
CSP Coursepack Content was compiled for a specified educational course.
ENL Enlarged Content has been enlarged or expanded from that of a previous edition.
EXP Expurgated ‘Offensive' content has been removed
FAC Facsimile Exact reproduction of the content and format of a previous edition.
ILL Illustrated Content includes extensive illustrations which are not part of other editions
LTE Large type / large print Large print edition, print sizes 14 to 19 pt - see also ULP
MCP Microprint A printed edition in a type size too small to be read without a magnifying glass
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.
MLL Multilingual edition All languages should be specified in the 'Language' group. Use BLL for a bilingual edition.
NED New edition Where no other information is given, or no other coded type is applicable
REV Revised Content has been revised from that of a previous edition.
SCH School edition An edition intended specifically for use in schools.
SPE Special edition Use for anniversary, collectors’, de luxe, gift, limited, numbered, autographed edition. Use <EditionStatement> to describe the exact nature of the special edition.
STU Student edition Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions.
TCH Teacher’s edition Where a text is available in both student and teacher’s editions; use also for instructor’s or leader’s editions.
UBR Unabridged Where a title has also been published in an abridged edition; also for audiobooks, regardless of whether an abridged audio version also exists.
ULP Ultra large print For print sizes 20pt and above, and with typefaces designed for the visually impaired - see also LTE
UXP Unexpurgated Content previously considered 'offensive' has been restored
VAR Variorum Content includes notes by various commentators, and/or includes and compares several variant texts of the same work.